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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- A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
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- A member of the ___ Party
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- A ___ of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote
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- A member of the ___ Party
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- A member of the United States House of ___
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- The upper house of the United States Congress
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- An energetic attempt to achieve something
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- A vote to select the winner of a position or political office
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- The month following October and preceding December
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- The formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it
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- The capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca
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- A politician who is running for public office
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- Elected leader of a country
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- A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution
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- Government in which people vote for their leaders
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