voting-age population
citizens who are eligible to vote after reaching the minimum age requirement
registered voters
people who are registered to vote
motor-voter laws
law that requires states to allow people to register to vote when applying for driver's licenses and to provide registration through the mail and at some state offices that serve the disabled or provide public assistance (such as welfare checks)
literacy test
a requirement that citizens pass a literacy test in order to register to vote
poll tax
a requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote
grandfather clause
a clause in registration laws allowing people who do not meet registration requirements to vote if they or their ancestors had voted before 1867
white primary
the practice of keeping African Americans from voting in primary elections through arbitrary implementation of registration requirements and intimidation.
Australian ballot
a government-printed ballot of uniform size and shape to be cast in secret that was adopted by many states around 1890 in order to reduce the voting fraud associated with party-printed ballots cast in public
activists
individuals, usually outside of government, who actively promote a political party, philosophy, or issue they care about