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|\n| D | Delegate |\n| E | Executive Branch |\n| F | Federal Republic |\n| G | Gerrymander |\n| H | House of Representatives |\n| I | Initiative |\n| J | Judicial Branch |\n| K | Key Management |\n| L | Legislative Branch |\n| M | Majority Vote |\n| N | Nominee |\n| O | Office-Block Ballot |\n| P | Platform |\n| Q | Quorum |\n| R | Recall election |\n| S | Senators |\n| T | Term |\n| U | Unofficial results, Unicameral Legislature |\n| V | Voter Registration |\n| W | Washington D.C. |\n| X | eXit Polls |\n| Y | Yellow Dog Democrat |\n| Z | Zoning |\n\nElection Vocabulary A to Z  \nAnswer Key  \n\n| A | Absentee Ballot – A special form voters use to vote in an election if they cannot get to their polling place. |\n| --- | --- |\n| B | Ballot Box – A receptacle for voters’ ballots. |\n| C | Chad-A small piece of waste paper produced by punching a hole in punched card or tape. |\n| D | Delegate-An individual who is elected to represent others. |\n| E | Executive Branch-The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws. |\n| F | Federal Republic-The powers of the national government are restricted and states retain a degree of self-government. Power rests with the voters who chose their governmental representatives. |\n| G | Gerrymander – To divide a state or county into voting districts so that one political party has an unfair advantage. |\n| H | House of Representatives-One of the two Houses of the US Congress |\n| I | Initiative – A procedure in which constituents can introduce a matter to the public for voter approval. |\n| J | Judicial Branch – Branch of Government that is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state. |\n| K | Key Management-The management of “cryptographic keys” assigned to voting machines in efforts to eliminate voter fraud. |\n| L | Legislative Branch – The branch of government having the power to create laws. |\n| M | Majority Vote – Having the most votes or the highest percentage of the votes. |\n| N | Nominee-A person who is proposed or formally entered as a candidate for an office. |\n| O | Office Block Ballot-A ballot on which the candidates are listed alphabetically, with or without their party designations, in columns under the office for which they were nominated. |\n| P | Platform – A public statement of the principles, objectives and policy of a political party. |\n| Q | Quorum-The minimum number of members of a deliberative assembly, such as the legislature, necessary to conduct a vote of that group. |\n| R | Recall election – An election by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote before the term has ended. |\n| S | Senators – A member of the Senate. Works to create laws. |\n| T | Term-The length of time a person serves in a particular office. |\n| U | Unicameral Legislature – A legislature where there is only one set of representatives. Nebraska and Washington DC are examples of a Unicameral Legislature. |\n| V | Voter Registration – The process of getting citizens signed up to vote in an election. |\n| W | Ward-A district or division of a city or town, for purposes of administration, representation, voting, etc. A ward is further divided into precincts. |\n| X | eXit Polls – A poll taken of voters as they leave the voting location. |\n| Y | Yellow Dog Democrat-A loyal Democrat who votes along party lines without exception. |\n| Z | Zoning-Divide (a town or stretch of land) into areas subject to particular planning restrictions. 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