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| The process of candidate selection in an electoral system |
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| The regularly scheduled election at which voters make a final selection of officeholders |
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| As a nominating device, a group of like-minded people who meet to select the candidates they will support in an upcoming election |
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| An election held within a party to pick that party's candidates for the general election |
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| A party nominating election in which only declared party members can vote |
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| A party-nominating election in which any qualified voter can take part |
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| A voting process in which voters receive a long ballot containing the names of all contenders, regardless of party, and can vote however they choose |
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| A primary in which the top two vote-getters in the first direct primary face one another |
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| Elections in which candidates are not identified by party labels |
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| The smallest unit of election addministration, a voting district for hoes |
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| The effect of a strong candidate running for an office at the top of a ballot helping to attract voters to other candidates on the party's ticket |
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| The place where the hoes who live in a certain precinct go to vote |
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| The device voters use to register a choice in an election |
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| political action commitee (PAC) |
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| The political extension of special-interest groups which have a major stake in public policy |
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| A grant of money, usually from a government |
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| Money given to State and local party organizations for voting-related activities |
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| Campaign money that is subject to regulations by the FEC |
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| Provisions made forr those unable to get to their regular polling places on election day |
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