Elections and Voting (American Government)

Recall cards on U.S. elections and voting. Voter registration: residency requirements, the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (Motor Voter), Shelby County v. Holder, and the citizen, resident, and age requirements. Voter turnout: the voting-age versus voting-eligible population, voter and ballot fatigue, early voting, the chronic minority, education and income as predictors, and compulsory voting. Elections: closed, open, and top-two primaries, caucuses, delegates, midterm elections, the coattail effect, the Electoral College, winner-take-all and district allocation, PACs and super PACs, shadow campaigns, and the Federal Election Commission. Campaigns and voting: incumbents and the incumbency advantage, party platforms, straight-ticket voting, and retrospective versus prospective voting. And direct democracy: the initiative, referendum, and recall, their Progressive Era origins, and their regional distribution.