Glossary

A

absentee voting

audit

Australian ballot (also: secret ballot)

B

Ballot Act (UK 1872)

ballot

balloting

C

citizenship

civil rights

constituency

D

democracy

disenfranchise

E

e-voting

election

electoral system

electronic voting

equal opportunity

F

G

Gerry, Elbridge

gerrymandering

H

hacking

I

i-voting

J

K

L

legislature

list system

M

malware

N

O

optical scanner

overvote

P

plurality system

political party

political science

political system

poll tax

population

primary election

propaganda

punch card

Q

R

recount

representation (government)

S

suffrage

T

U

V

voter ID (identification) law

voter suppression

voting rights

W

women’s suffrage

X

Y

Z