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| A state imposed tax on voters as a prerequisite for registration. The Supreme Court rendered poll taxes unconstitutional in national elections by the 24th amendment and in state elections in 1966. |
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| An electoral format that presents the names of all the candidates for any given office on the same ballot. Introduced at the end of the 20th century and replaced the partisan ballot and facilitated split-ticket voting. |
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| An electorate that is allowed to elect only one representative from each district; the normal method of representation in the United States? |
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| Apportionment of voters in districts in such a way as to give unfair advantage to one political party. |
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| Type of electoral system in which, to win a seat in the parliament or other representative body, a candidate need only receive the most votes in the election, not necessarily a majority of votes cast. |
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| Type of electoral system in which, to win a seat in the parliament or other representative body, a candidate must receive a majority of all the votes cast in the relevant district. |
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| Proportional Representation |
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| A multi-member district system that awards seats based on the percentage of the vote won by each candidate; "winner-take-all." |
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| The practice of referring a measure proposed by legislature to the vote of the electorate for approval or rejection. |
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| The process that allows citizens to propose new laws and to submit them for approval by the state's voters. |
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| Procedure to allow voters an opportunity to remove state officials from office before their terms expire. |
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| An individual voter's psychological ties to one party or another. |
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| Electoral choice based on issue preferences rather than partisanship, personality, or other factors. |
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| Voting based on the imagined future performance of a candidate. |
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| Voting based on the past performance of a candidate. |
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| Political Action Committee (PAC) |
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| A private group that raises and distributes funds for use in election campaigns. |
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