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Elections and Voting

Elections and Voting. Types of Elections. Primary elections – voters decide which of the candidates within a party will represent a party’s ticket in the general election. General election – voters decide which candidates will fill the nations elective public offices.

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Elections and Voting

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  1. Elections and Voting

  2. Types of Elections • Primary elections – voters decide which of the candidates within a party will represent a party’s ticket in the general election. • General election – voters decide which candidates will fill the nations elective public offices. • Initiative – citizens propose legislation and submit to the state electorate for popular vote, as long as they get a certain number of signatures on a petition supporting the proposal.

  3. Referendum – a state’s legislature submits proposed legislation to the state’s electorate for proposal. • Recall – the removal of an incumbent from office by popular vote. • Caucus – a closed meeting of party leaders in which they select candidates for office .

  4. Types of Primary • Closed – only registered members can vote in this primary. • Open – party members, independents and members from another party can vote. • Run off – conducted for nomination contests in which no candidate has received a majority. The two candidates polling in the preceding poll are the candidates and the winner is the official party nominee.

  5. Blanket – one can vote for both a Republican candidate and Democratic or any other person for office. • Presidential – is used to pick delegates to the presidential nominating convention of the major parties. It is held in some states. • Invisible –refers to the efforts of would-be candidates to gather support, raise funds and cultivate the media in the year before the visible primaries for president begin. Essentially, the wealthiest Americans pre-select and pre-determine who the next president will be.

  6. Differences between primaries and caucuses • Primaries are considered democratic in that a party’s members choose candidates for public office; caucuses are undemocratic in that a party’s leaders choose the candidates for public office. • Caucuses are closed in that only party members are able to take part; but primaries allow persons who are not party members to be involved in choosing candidates.

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