https://padlet.com/camryn_pierce/sao300uhrqo0 en-us 2018-01-24 22:18:37 UTC 2018-01-25 13:24:44 UTC hello@padlet.com camryn_pierce https://padlet.com/camryn_pierce/sao300uhrqo0/wish/224465713 An election is an orderly process for making group decisions. Free and fair elections are the hallmark of democracy. Voting is making a choice among alternatives in an election. Like other rights, the right to vote is not absolute but subject to regulations and restrictions. During periods of American history, law, custom, and even violence have prevented certain groups of people from voting.

]]> 2018-01-24 22:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/camryn_pierce/sao300uhrqo0/wish/224465713 camryn_pierce https://padlet.com/camryn_pierce/sao300uhrqo0/wish/224465879 When the Constitution went into effect in 1789, African Americans, both enslaved and free, made up about 20 percent of the U.S. population. Yet enslaved persons were not permitted to vote anywhere, and free African Americans who were allowed to vote could do so in only a few states.]]> 2018-01-24 22:20:34 UTC https://padlet.com/camryn_pierce/sao300uhrqo0/wish/224465879 camryn_pierce https://padlet.com/camryn_pierce/sao300uhrqo0/wish/224465971 Beginning in the mid-1800s, women organized to fight for their right to vote. Groups of women suffragists held meetings, gave lectures, wrote articles and pamphlets, marched, and lobbied for a constitutional amendment providing them the right to vote. Women held vigils and hunger strikes and practiced civil disobedience by unlawfully registering and voting. By 1914, they had won the right to vote in 11 states, all of them west of the Mississippi.]]> 2018-01-24 22:21:11 UTC https://padlet.com/camryn_pierce/sao300uhrqo0/wish/224465971 camryn_pierce https://padlet.com/camryn_pierce/sao300uhrqo0/wish/224466080 For many years, the minimum voting age in most states was 21. In the 1960s, many young Americans were fighting in Vietnam, and many others became involved in protests and politics. They also started a movement to lower the voting age to 18. The basic argument was that if individuals were old enough to be drafted and fight for their country, they were old enough to vote. The Twenty-sixth Amendment, which was ratified in 1971, ended this debate, lowering the voting age to 18 in every state. Thus, more than 10 million citizens between the ages of 18 and 21 gained the right to vote. In 1972 a large number of young people exercised their right to vote for the first time.]]> 2018-01-24 22:21:50 UTC https://padlet.com/camryn_pierce/sao300uhrqo0/wish/224466080 camryn_pierce https://padlet.com/camryn_pierce/sao300uhrqo0/wish/224623754 There are four major factors that tend to drive voters’ election choices. They are the personal background of the voter, the degree of loyalty to a political party, issues in the campaign, and the voter’s perception of the candidates. These factors help determine whether a citizen will vote and who he or she will vote for.
-Personal Background 
-Party Loyalty 
-Canidate Qualifications and Image 
-Issues]]> 2018-01-25 13:23:36 UTC https://padlet.com/camryn_pierce/sao300uhrqo0/wish/224623754