Chapter 6
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Literacy
a person's ability to read or write
Registration
a procedure of voter identification intended to prevent fraudulent voting
Injuctions
court orders that either compels or restrains the performance of some act by a private individual or by a public official
Poll Tax
payment of a special tax in order to vote
Electorate
potential voting population
Purge
remove the names of people not eligible to vote
Gerrymandering
the practice of drawing electoral district lines in order to limit the voting strength of a particular group or party
Suffrage
the right to vote
