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- 4. Committees that may receive unlimited contributions from individuals, corporations, labor unions and other PACs for the purpose of financing independent expenditures.
- 6. An official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals.
- 10. The process of dividing seats for the House among the 50 states following the decennial census.
- 11. A strategy by which organized interests seek to influence the passage of legislation by exerting direct pressure on members of the legislature or bureaucracy.
- 13. A body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.
- 14. A legislative act referred for final approval to a popular vote by electorate.
- 15. Direct group involvement in the electoral process.
- 16. Mandated racial segregation in all public facilities in the states of the former Confederate States of America.
- 17. A small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics.
- 18. A published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.
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- 1. A condition or system in which two or more states, groups, principles, sources of authority, etc., coexist.
- 2. A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide the platform.
- 3. A person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference.
- 4. Contributions made outside the limits and prohibitions of federal law.
- 5. All the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election.
- 7. The right to vote in political elections.
- 8. Granted women the right to vote.
- 9. The power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges.
- 12. A person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.