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To increase voter turnout, some states allow early voting or ___ balloting.
EENTSEAB
2.
1960s: young Americans argued that if we are old enough to fight for their country, they were old enough to vote, and the 26th amendment changed the voting age from ___ to eighteen.
NYNOEWETT
3.
To increase voter turnout, some reforms suggest shifting Election Day from Tuesday to ___ .
ADYRTAUS
4.
1920: Women gained the right to vote with the ___ Amendment, but did not face the legal barriers that African Americans faced.
THENENTENI
5.
Citizens are more likely to vote if they are ___ , middle-aged, and hold high socioeconomic status
DTDEEAUC
6.
1965: ___ ___ Act resulted in 200 African American mayors in cities of all sizes, such as Richard Hatcher, Mayor of Gary, Indiana.
GTINGVTROSIH
7.
Voter turnout may be impacted by requiring ___ , which Republicans favor, and which Democrats oppose.
IITNPCIFTOANEIODOHT
8.
1964: ___ Amendment outlawed the poll tax in national elections, and 1966 Harper v. Virginia Board of Election eliminated it in state elections.
WRTYFNTTHUOE
9.
European nations, government ___ eligible citizens to vote; In the U.S., the burden of registering falls on the citizen.
ERESGSRIT
10.
Southern leaders disenfranchised African American voters with the ___ Clause, which said: only voters whose grandfathers voted before 1867 were eligible to vote.
RAGDNHFEART
11.
Presidential Election Voting was 69% in 1964 & 56% in 2012; Voter participation in U.S. is low compared to democracies around the ___ .
DRWOL
12.
1870: the 15th Amendment was the first time the Constitution dictated rules to states about who was allowed to ___ .
OTEV
13.
Strong party voters are those who select their party’s candidates regardless of the specific issues; They vote ___ ___ticket.
TAGTYTARRPHIS
14.
1850s: state legislatures abolished voting restrictions based on property requirements & ___ affiliation.
GSUEIRILO
15.
These four factors drive voters’ ___ ___ : voter’s personal background, loyalty to party, candidate qualifications, & issues.
OECSEOTILECHNCI
16.
After creating the Constitution, Congress made no laws regulating ___ elections until after the Civil War.
LDFREEA
17.
People have proposed limits to Congressional terms, but efforts to amend the Constitution have failed; though 36 states have limits on ___ terms.
ERNROGVO
18.
Voting restrictions existed because educated white men believed voting was best left to wealthy, white, property-owning males, because they made ___ ___ .
IECOISCESRWH
19.
1845: ___ ___ is Tuesday after the first Monday in November, & most states use this federal date as well.
LYTAEONCIDE
20.
Before American Revolution, these groups could not vote: Women, African Americans, & White males who did not ___ ___ ; so 6% of the adult population was eligible to vote.
