Transcript Casting Your Vote

TOTD: “Nobody will ever deprive the
American people of the right to vote except
the American people themselves and the only
way they could do this is by not voting.”Franklin D. Roosevelt
 What term did we learn last week that
represents FDR’s point in this quote?
 AGENDA:
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Notes pg 44 Election Day and Propaganda
 Propaganda Sign
 Review (test Wednesday)
 Can you spot the content?
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Polling Places
-Polling Places
-precinct based- based on your
district
http://www.vote411.org
-Usually in schools, town halls:
public places
-open early and close late:
WHY??
General Elections
-Elections are controlled by the local Board of Elections
-General Election held November-- 1st Tuesday after 1st Monday
-Plurality---winning the most votes
-majority---getting more than half of the votes
-most popular votes (plurality) wins most elections
-majority of electoral votes determine the winner of the
Presidency
Voting on Issues
-Initiatives
-method where citizens propose a
bill through a petition and place it
on the ballot for a general
election vote
** WE INITIATE (Start)
SOMETHING
-Referendums
-method of public approval for a
proposed bill where the
legislature temporarily passes a
bill until the public is given a
chance to approve or disapprove
the bill
**STUFF IS REFERRED TO US!
Casting Your Vote
-must go to the polling place
-I.D. is checked against list of
registered voters
-cast your vote
paper ballots
lever machines
punch cards
computer
-you may encounter an exit pollasked upon exiting polling place
how you voted
Types of Votes
-Straight Ticket
-voting only for one political party
Ex: all Democrat
-Split Ticket
-voting for candidates from either
party
Ex: Democrat, Republican or
Independent
-Absentee Ballot--- pre vote if you
know ahead of time you will be
absent on election day
-Write-In Votes- Mickey Mouse
Special Kinds of Elections
-Referendums
-Initiatives
-Recounts- votes are counted for a
second time
-Run-Offs-a final election to resolve
an earlier election that did not
produce a winner
-Recalls- procedure by which voters
can remove an elected official
from office through a direct vote.
Decided by voters who sign a
petition