7 th Grade Civics Miss Smith *pgs

 Must be ___ years old by a set ____ before the next ________  Voter _________ protects your vote  No one can vote more than ____ or _____ to be you and cast your ____  _________ voters- citizens who are not _______ of a political party

 ______ election- election in which voters choose candidates _______ the party who will run in the ________election  ________ election- election in which ______ actually choose a _________ for office

 ______ primary- only those voters who are __________- in the party can vote to choose the party’s _________  Open primary- voters may ____- for the candidates of either major party whether or not the voters _______ to the party

 Can have their name ______ on the _____ if enough supporters sign a ________  Some states let voters _____ in the _____ of a candidate

 ______ Ballot- method of voting in which a voter marks a ______ ballot in ________  Before this, voters had to _________ their vote ______

 _____ ballots  Mechanical _____ machines  _________  ________ (Used in ________)  Direct __________ electronic (DRE)- This is a ______ screen  _______ ticket- voting for all the _____ party members  ______ ticket- voting for members of _______ parties