Elections Unit crossword review 1

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Across
  1. 3. A group of similar people who meet to select candidates to support in the upcoming election
  2. 4. Members of a party meet to pick candidates for higher offices
  3. 6. those that don't vote because they feel it makes little difference or that believe nothing will really change no matter who wins the election
  4. 10. The place where the people who live in the voting area actually vote
  5. 11. includes the numbers of people who could vote but don't (including resident aliens, physically ill, or those that had to travel unexpectedly)
  6. 13. Any qualified voter may vote in the party’s nominating election
  7. 14. An intra-party election to select the parties candidate for the general election
  8. 16. when polls close earlier on the east coast and mid-westor an outcome is predicted early by the media, it can discourage west coast voters from going to the polls
Down
  1. 1. those with political beliefs that fall somewhere in the middle
  2. 2. A voting area
  3. 5. The naming of those who will seek office
  4. 7. A party’s nominating election in which only registered party members can vote
  5. 8. Voting without actually going to the polling places usually by mail
  6. 9. A person who wants to announce that they will run for office, or someone makes the announcement for them
  7. 12. Candidates for a public office are nominated by getting a certain number of qualified voters to sign a petition
  8. 15. A device by which a voter registers their choice in an election