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The Caucus Crossword

Across
The word derived from the Algonquin tribe that means "counsel."
The election that excludes the voice of the people in the formative stages of choosing a candidate.
The form of government the founders and framers loathed.
The political division closest to the people where representatives are elected in the neighborhood.
The unalienable right that SB 54 violates, allowing candidates to petition onto the ballot in the name of the Republican Party.
The elected leader that is accountable to the State Central Committee
The signer of the Declaration of Independence that said the caucus is where "it is decided for whom the people shall be instructed to vote and by what course of politics the party may be secured"
Down
The city that hosted the Democratic National Convention where riots broke out, prompting the national campaign to eliminate the caucus.
Utah is divided into 75 of these districts
The form of government the US Constitution guarantees and that the caucus protects
The convention threshold that historically gives the voter an equal number of primaries and convention nominees
The state central committee's main role in the Republican Party
The American colony to first record the existence of a caucus in 1642.
The judge that ruled that political parties in Utah could define membership.
A neighborhood elected representative at the county and state conventions.
The Supreme Court Justice that ruled in favor of a political party's right to determine its rules, election process and membership.
The ballot initiative that ends the influence of the grassroots voice of the people and their elected representatives - the delegates, and gives the decision to media, big money, celebrities and lobbyists.
The ballot initiative that repeals SB 54, restores the caucus, the voice of the people and holds candidates accountable to the party platform.