Introduction

On today’s episode, the final episode in this series on US election vocabulary, we will look at the Election Day. Who can vote? Where do they vote? How do they voter? When will the results be announced? When will the winner become president? These questions, and the vocabulary connected to them, will be answered in today's episode of Thinking in English! If you haven’t already, make sure you listen to episodes 6, 9, and 12 for even more political vocabulary!!

FULL TRANSCRIPT: https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2020/11/01/15-election-day-vocabulary/

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VOCABULARY LIST

To go to the polls (v) - to vote

The USA will go to the polls on November 3rd

To cast (v) - to vote

All the votes in the election have now been cast and counting has begun

absentee (n) - someone who is absent

If you can’t vote on election day, you can vote using an absentee ballot

intimidation (n) - the action of frightening or threatening someone, usually in order to persuade them to do something that you want them to do

As the election approaches, it will be difficult to prevent voter intimidation and fraud

invalidation (n) - the action of stopping a document, ticket, law, etc. from being legal or officially acceptable

Voting fraud led to the invalidation of the election

To tamper (v) - to make changes to something that you should not, usually without enough knowledge of how it works or when you are trying to damage it

I could see immediately that the lock had been tampered with

suppression (n) -the act of preventing something from being seen or expressed or from operating

The suppression of free speech

electorate (n) - all the people who are allowed to vote

The electorate chose Barack Obama as the next President of the USA

surge (n) - a sudden and great increase

There has been a surge in house prices recently

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