TX Chapter 7

Question 1

Annual registration

Answer 1

A system that requires citizens to register to vote every year

Question 2

Permanent registration

Answer 2

A system that keeps citizens on the voter registration list without their having to reregister every year

Question 3

Political participation

Answer 3

All forms of involvement citizens can have that are related to governance

Question 4

Poll tax

Answer 4

In place from 1902 until 1972 in Texas, a tax citizens were required to pay each year between November and January to be eligible to vote the following November

Question 5

Registered voters

Answer 5

Citizens who have formally gone through the process of getting their names on the voter registration list

Question 6

Same-day voter registration

Answer 6

Voters are allowed to register on election day; no preregistration before the election is required

Question 7

Socioeconomic factors

Answer 7

Factors such as income, education, race, and ethnicity that affect voter turnout

Question 8

Voter registration

Answer 8

The act of qualifying to vote by formally enrolling on an official list of voters

Question 9

Voter turnout

Answer 9

The proportion of people who cast ballots in an election

Question 10

Voting-age population

Answer 10

The number of people age 18 and over

Question 11

Voting-eligible population

Answer 11

The voting-age population, corrected to exclude groups ineligible to vote, such as noncitizens and convicted felons

Question 12

White primary

Answer 12

From 1923 to 1945, Democratic Party primary that excluded African Americans from participating