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What is convenience voting and list some examples of it?

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What is convenience voting and list some examples of it?

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A handful of states implement various ways to make voting convenient. Some examples are voting by mail, early voting, election day registration, and no-excuse absentee voting.

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What is the National Voter Registration Act? What is the Help America Vote Act?

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What is the National Voter Registration Act? What is the Help America Vote Act?

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The NVRA helped make registration easier and helped make more people vote.

The HAVA addressed voting for the disabled. The purpose was to create national standards for voting and election management. This law required states to replace punch card and lever systems.

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What are the statistical voting behaviors of the following groups: men, women, young voters, seniors, African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, Evangelicals, Catholics, Jews, Business community, and Labor Unions.

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What are the statistical voting behaviors of the following groups: men, women, young voters, seniors, African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, Evangelicals, Catholics, Jews, Business community, and Labor Unions.

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Men-Republican; Women-Democrat; Young voters-Liberal; Seniors-72% voter turnout, typically care about Social Security and Medicare; African Americans-Democrat; Hispanics-Democrat; Asians-Typically Republican; Evangelicals-Republican; Catholics-Very divided with 36% conservative, 35% moderate, and 29% liberal; Jews-Democrat; Business community-Republican; Labor Unions-Democrat

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What are some factors that affect voter turnout? How do we rank as a country for Presidential elections?

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What are some factors that affect voter turnout? How do we rank as a country for Presidential elections?

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Voter turnout is the number of voters who actually cast votes as a percentage of the voting age population. Turnout varies based on the type of election

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How much participation have we had in America over the years, in terms of voting?

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How much participation have we had in America over the years, in terms of voting?

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Compared to other nations, our voter apathy is very low. With a higher number of elections, there will be a lower voter turnout, since people will not vote in every election.

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Describe the impact of the 19th amendment and women’s suffrage on American voting.

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Describe the impact of the 19th amendment and women’s suffrage on American voting.

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It gave women the right to vote and added an entire voting demographic to the American populace changing public opinion

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Describe the progression of African-American suffrage in America. (from the 15th amendment to the Voting Rights act of 1965)

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Describe the progression of African-American suffrage in America. (from the 15th amendment to the Voting Rights act of 1965)

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The Voting Rights Act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson (1908-73) on August 6, 1965, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment (1870) to the Constitution of the United States. The act significantly widened the franchise and is considered among the most far-reaching pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S. history.

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List and describe the suffrage amendments. Which amendments are they? How did each affect voting in America?

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List and describe the suffrage amendments. Which amendments are they? How did each affect voting in America?

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15th Amendment: Race No Bar to Vote

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Passed by Congress: 2/26/1869
Ratified by states & took effect: 2/3/1870
19th Amendment: Women's Suffrage

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any on account of sex.

Passed by Congress: 6/4/1919
Ratified & took effect: 8/18/1920
26th Amendment: Voting Age

The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of age.

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Jackson's expansion of democracy was largely limited to Americans of European descent, and voting rights were extended to adult white males only. There was little or no progress (and in some cases regression) for the rights of African-Americans and Native Americans.

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Explain the first presidential election. Who was able to vote?

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Explain the first presidential election. Who was able to vote?

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land owning white men of power,it was a very limited voting pool.

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Define electorate, suffrage, initiatives, referendum, franchise, and recall.

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Define electorate, suffrage, initiatives, referendum, franchise, and recall.

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Electorate-all the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election.
Suffrage-the right to vote in political elections.
Initiatives-the power or opportunity to act or take charge before others do.
Referendum-a general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decisions.
Franchise-the right to vote.
Recall-bring (a fact, event, or situation) back into one's mind, especially so as to recount it to others; remember.