Government 101--Elections

What are the different kinds of elections?

What are open primaries?

What are blanket primaries?

What are primaries?

What are closed primaries?

What are runoff primaries?

What is a presidential primary?

What is an electoral college?

What are the kinds of ballots used in elections?

What is an office-block ballot?

What is a party-column ballot?

What is split-ticket voting?

What is straight-ticket voting?

Basic description of the different kinds of elections, with a focus mostly on the national level. Also includes a comprehensive elections vocabulary list.