Election & Voting Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. voter who does not belong to a political party
  2. 6. person currently holding office
  3. 9. printed form used in voting
  4. 13. all the voters of a particular district
  5. 16. person elected to head the government of a state
  6. 18. statement of the principles or beliefs of a political group
  7. 19. process by which a person's name is added to the list of eligible voters
  8. 21. group of representatives chosen by voters to elect the president and vice president of the U.S.
  9. 23. place where votes are cast
  10. 24. period of time immediately before an election when politicians try to persuade people to vote for them
  11. 25. lack of interest/concern
  12. 28. political subdivision for the purpose of electing U.S. Representatives
  13. 29. lower house of the congress consisting of 435 members who each serve two‐year terms and can be re‐elected
  14. 30. person given authority to vote for others democracy government that is run by the people who live under it
Down
  1. 1. group of people in charge of managing a country, state, or city
  2. 2. drawing up of voting districts in unusual shapes in order to benefit a certain group
  3. 4. upper house of the Congress, with two members from each state (100 members total) who each serve six‐year terms
  4. 5. member of the Republican political party
  5. 7. major unit of local government
  6. 8. closed meeting of party members to determine nominations
  7. 10. formal meeting of members of a party to nominate candidates to run for president
  8. 11. not associated with a particular political party
  9. 12. person who was born in or chooses to live in and become a member of a country
  10. 13. legislative group consisting of the House of Representatives & the Senate
  11. 14. person who lives in a specific jurisdiction
  12. 15. preliminary elections in which voters choose party candidates to run for office on their party ticket in general elections
  13. 17. member of the Democratic party
  14. 20. person that a political party names, or nominates, to represent it in a general election
  15. 22. person who seeks political office
  16. 26. right to vote
  17. 27. those eligible to vote