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The Electoral Process Assessment

Directions: Select the number of the word that best answers the question.

1. hard money
2. plurality
3. direct primary
4. absentee ballot
5. caucus
6. soft money
7. open primary
8. voter registration process

1. Money donated to the Democratic Party.
2. Meeting of party members who select the candidates to run for an election.
3. Money donated to Hillary Clinton for her 2008 presidential campaign.
4. The “first” election held if more than one member of a political party seeks the same office.
5. Any registered voter may vote in either party’s primary election.
6. May be one reason for low voter turnout in the United States.
7. When a candidate wins by having more votes than anyone else.
8. Ballot submitted through the mail on or before election day.

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