voting and interest groups
registration
Allows for the identification of voters, with the intent of preventing voter fraud
grandfather clause
Being required to prove the American citizenship of your father; targeted African Americans
off year elections
Do not involve the President, but other offices including the House of Representatives and some Senators
white primaries
Excluding African Americans from voting and running for office; has been ruled unconstitutional
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Law that helped end some of the discrimination occurring at the polls in regards to voting
split ticket voting
Not limiting the voter from selecting members of different parties
straight ticket voting
Only selecting members of a certain party when voting
independents
People who are not affiliated with a political party
lobbying
Process by which organized interest groups attempt to affect the decisions & actions of public officials
poll tax
Requiring someone to pay to vote
literacy test
The requirement to read in order to have the opportunity to vote
suffrage
The right to vote
cannot voters
Those individuals who are disqualified from voting based on any of a number of factors
transients
Those people who are not residents of the place they are, or are currently in the process of moving
gerrymandering
When lawmakers decide to redraw the voting districts to benefit their political party
political efficacy
When someone has no interest in politics
interest groups
collection of people who share views on public matters and work to shape policies to their benefit
grassroots
convincing people to apply pressure to politicians at a very basic level