Essential Question What are the procedures for voting?

Qualifications of Voting 18 years old a US citizen Registered to vote Resident of voting district

Vocabulary Precinct: a voting district

Meet registration deadline Ways to register: Registering to Vote Meet registration deadline Ways to register: in person by mail when you get your driver’s license through the Motor Voter bill Be able to prove citizenship, address, and age

Steps in Voting Go to a polling place located in your precinct Check in with the clerk - sign in and they verify registration Go to a challenger’s table who double checks the info Go to the voting booth

Vocabulary Polling Place: the location in a precinct where people vote

Voting Methods Optical scan Electronic Touch Screen Voters fill in ovals with a #2 pencil Easy for voters to use, but scanning equipment is expensive Electronic Touch Screen Voters simply touch who they want on a computer screen, similar to an ATM machine Easy to use Machinery is expensive and there is no paper trail

Voting Methods Punch Card Voters insert cards into clipboard size devices Punch a hole next to their choice Tough to read if holes are not punched correctly “Butterfly” ballots confusing to read

Voting Methods Lever machines Simply push down lever of candidate you want Very simple to use Machines are expensive, heavy, old, and no longer manufactured No paper trail

Voting Methods Paper ballot Voters mark by hand who they want Very cheap method Counting is slow

What else on the ballot ? (Video)

Vocabulary Canvassing Board: the official body that counts votes and certifies the winner

If you can’t make it to the polls, you can vote an absentee ballot If you can’t make it to the polls, you can vote an absentee ballot. You get the ballot early and return it by mail.

Vocabulary Early Voting: a provision that allows a person to vote in person for a specified period of time prior to Election day

Steps to Voting When the polls close, the returns (final results) are taken to the board of elections where they are recounted. Media often try to predict the final results through exit polls - asking people how they voted as they leave the polls

Why People Don’t Vote Did not register Don’t meet the requirements Don’t like the candidates Apathy-just don’t care Didn’t research the issues Work schedule

Voter ID laws (Video)

Who Typically Votes All people eligible to vote are called the electorate Those who do vote usually are more educated, middle-aged, and with higher incomes

Sources of Information to Help You Make an Informed Choice Newspapers TV Radio Internet Voter info pamphlets From the parties themselves Interest groups

Questions to ask yourself when you do vote? Does the candidate stand for the things I think are important? Is the candidate honest and reliable? Does the candidate have any experience? Will they be effective? Does the candidate have a shot at winning?

Why Should You Vote? You can chose your leaders You can voice your opinion on the government You can vote on key issues

Vocabulary Recall: the procedure by which an elected official may be removed from office by popular vote

Can you rig the US presidential election? (Video)

Index Card Assignment Go to our class website Open up Chapter 18 Practice Test Choose 10 questions that you do not know the answer Look up the answer to those questions Write the question on one side of the card and the answer on the other side Hand in for grade on Friday!

Review Question: Chapter 18 : Lesson 4 Read pages 560-565 and answer Review Questions on page 565. Hand in Google Class Room.