Question

Read the hypothetical situation below and answer the questions that follow.

After a city council election, officials are examining votes. They discover that too many votes were cast for a candidate; some citizens voted 10 to 12 times for the same candidate in order to help that candidate win the election.

What kind of illegal voting obstacle was used by the group of citizens who voted more than once? Why would they use it?

Answer 1

Voting and elections are important topics or terms with its own unique register. This glossary best explain some of the special words or register that you may come in contact with in the course of an election period.

Ballot

— It is an item that highlights the candidates and proposed laws that voters tick to register their choices.

A ballot can be designed in a paper form which is to be marked with a pen or hole punch by voters to register their choices and/or could be in an electronic form for voters to pick their choices with the push of a button or by touch screen aid.

Ballot Initiative

— It is a proposed law that is created or drawn by citizens to be attached on the ballot to be accepted or rejected by voters. Ballot initiatives are mainly drawn out by a set of voters who show maximum interest about a specific issue or cause.