Voting Is Near!!!!!!!
Date: The first Tuesday after the first monday in November!!
Requirements
- You must be at least 18 years of age.
- Must be a resident for the state for a certain period of time.
- Must be a United States citizen.
Casting your vote!!!
To vote you must go to a polling place which can be a public building.
Then you go to a voting booth where you cast your vote on a ballot or a list of candidates.
Then you go to a voting booth where you cast your vote on a ballot or a list of candidates.
Counting your votes!!!
When the polls close, election workers count the votes, then they take the returns to the election board. The election board then counts the returns of the entire city and send them to the state canvassing authority.
Election!!!
The candidate with the the most electoral votes wins the election
People eligable to vote!!!!!
- Women as of the 19th amendment
- African Americans as of the 15th amendment
- Any American citizen
- If you are registered
- You cannot vote if you have been convicted of a serious crime :(
History of Suffrage!
1870 Fifteenth Amendment- Prohibits denying a person's right to vote on the basis of race.
1944 Smith v. Allwright- Supreme court rules prohibiting African Americans from in primary elections is unconstitutional
1960 Civil Rights Act of 1957- Justice dept. can sue to protect voting rights in various states
1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965- Literacy tests prohibited; Federal voter registrars authorized in seven southern states
1971 Twenty- sixth Amendment- minimum voting age reduced to 18 for all elections
1944 Smith v. Allwright- Supreme court rules prohibiting African Americans from in primary elections is unconstitutional
1960 Civil Rights Act of 1957- Justice dept. can sue to protect voting rights in various states
1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965- Literacy tests prohibited; Federal voter registrars authorized in seven southern states
1971 Twenty- sixth Amendment- minimum voting age reduced to 18 for all elections
Amendments!!!
15th- African American (male) can vote
17th- Electing our senators
19th- Women's right to vote
23- You can vote in D.c.
24th- Ended poll taxes
26th- Voting age lowered to 18
17th- Electing our senators
19th- Women's right to vote
23- You can vote in D.c.
24th- Ended poll taxes
26th- Voting age lowered to 18
Straight and split tickets
- Straight ticket- voting for an entire part
- Split ticket- voting for some candidates from one party to another
- Ballot Fatigue- there are several names on the ballot and you get tired at the bottom and don't really care who you pick.