Election Terminology & Copywork

Help students take the mystery out of what they hear about elections in the United States by helping them learn the terminology of elections with this copywork. Students copy 65 keywords and their definitions. Each copywork page also includes a border with geometric patterns that students can color and use to design patterns if they wish. It’s the perfect way to help them decipher the news and learn more about the electoral process. Ages 8-13.

Keywords covered are absentee ballot, absolute majority, adjudication, affiliation, amendment, audit, ballot, ballot harvesting, ballot stuffing, bicameral, campaign, campaign finance report, caucus, circulate, closed primary, debate, Declaration of Intent, delegate, direct elections, drop box, early voting, election, electoral college, electorate, electors, endorse, fraud, fundraising, general election, gerrymandering, gubernatorial, indirect elections, irregularities, midterm election, national convention, nominee, noncitizen, nonpartisan, Oath of Office, open primary, opponent, PAC, politics, polling place (polls), poll watchers, popular vote, precinct, provisional ballot, recall, recount, referendum, register, regulations, retention vote, running mate, run-off, straw poll, suffrage, tabulate, ticket, turnout, unicameral, vacancy, voting, and write-in candidate. Seventy-five pages total. Available in print and cursive handwriting versions.