The following questions are based on the reading:

U.S. Election Process

True or False

1. Primaries are held after the General Election.
2. Primaries started so that the party leaders would have less influence on the choice of nominee.
3. In an open (crossover) primary, a registered Republican can vote only in the Republican primary, not in the Democrat primary.
4. The General Election is always on a Monday.
5. Election Day is usually on November 1.
6. The American president is chosen directly by the voters.
7. The word `ballot´ originally meant `little ball´.
8. There are 435 electors.
9. The citizens of Washington, D.C. cannot vote for president.
10. Inauguration Day has always been January 20.