Voting Skills | Election Vocabulary | Election Day, June 6th | Basic Election Facts |
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True
True or False? A person can vote only one time in each election.
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False
True or False? A person who wants to be elected is called a "ballot".
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True
True or False? We had Election Day off from school yesterday.
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False
When you vote, everyone can see who you are voting for.
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A voting booth
This is what you go into to vote.
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A candidate
This is a person who wants to be elected.
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Governor
This is the leader of our state that we will vote for this year.
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A sample ballot
This helps you get ready to vote. It comes to you in the mail before an election
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A polling location (or polling place)
This is where you go to vote.
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Democratic and Republican
These are the two main political parties in the United States.
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11 (eleven)
This was the total number of candidates for the Democratic and Republican parties this year.
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Tuesday
In America, Election Day is almost always this day of the week.
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Press the "cast vote" button
This is what you do after you make all of your choices on the ballot.
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Majority
This means "more than half".
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Primary Election
This is the kind of election June 6th was, in contrast to the General Election we will have in November.
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What is the US Presidential Primary Election?
This is why we were off from school the first Tuesday in June last year (2016).
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An absentee ballot
By filling this out, you can vote if you won't be near home on Election Day.
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A graph (or pie graph or circle graph)
This is a picture or diagram that helps us understand election results.
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Who will be the Democratic and Republican candidates for Governor of New Jersey
This is what will be decided in the Primary Election.
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Must be at least 18 years old, and a citizen
These are the two things that qualify you to register to vote.
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