AMERICAN GOVERNMENT Chapter 7, Section 2 Funsheet Key

1. Congressional elections are held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November of every even numbered year. 2. Presidential elections are held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November of every fourth year. 3. Absentee voting is provisions made for those unable to get to their regular polling places on election day. 4. The coattail effect is when a strong candidate running for an office at the top of a ballot helping to attract voters to other candidates on the partys ticket. 5. A precinct is the smallest unit of election administration. 6. A polling place is the place where the voters who living in a voting district actually vote. 7. A ballot is the device voters use to register a choice in an election. 8. Four features of the Australian ballots are: a. Printed at public expense b. List the names of all candidates c. Given out at polls only, one per voter d. Secret 9. Two types of Australian ballots are: a. Office-Group b. Party-Column