Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- A choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
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- Government in which people vote for their leaders
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- A vote to select the winner of a position or political office
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- The highest federal ___ in the United States
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- The United States
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- The upper house of the United States Congress
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- A determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase
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- Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government (plural)
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- Immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
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- A statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document
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- The legislature of the United States government
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- Elected leader of a country
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- A native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
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- Being able to act without being controlled
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