https://padlet.com/kiley_harris/pj3789trkgfj Made with ♥ en-us 2019-04-25 16:29:49 UTC 2019-04-25 16:33:56 UTC hello@padlet.com kiley_harris https://padlet.com/kiley_harris/pj3789trkgfj/wish/354181409 In politics. In a democracy, a government is chosen by voting in an election: a way for an electorate to elect, i.e. choose, among several candidates for rule. In a representative democracy voting is the method by the which the electorate appoints its representatives in its government.
**With the recent question of "should people in prison be able to vote" my personal opinion is no. You wouldn't want a rapist voting on the MeToo movement....**]]> 2019-04-25 16:30:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kiley_harris/pj3789trkgfj/wish/354181409 kiley_harris https://padlet.com/kiley_harris/pj3789trkgfj/wish/354182240 A voter's background has the largest influence on that voter's decision. Voter background means the voter's social identity, such as economic class, ethnicity, gender, race and religious preference. Often, a candidate will purposely gear campaign messages to particular voters, using a theme that conveys sameness.]]> 2019-04-25 16:32:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kiley_harris/pj3789trkgfj/wish/354182240 kiley_harris https://padlet.com/kiley_harris/pj3789trkgfj/wish/354182707 26th Amendment- lowered voting age to 18 in every state back in 1971.
15th Amendment- no state could deprive any citizen of the right to vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, ratified in 1870.
24th Amendment- outlawed poll tax in national elections.
19th Amendment- gave women the right to vote.

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