1. How do Elections Work?
Section 2 (pages )

2. What you need to Know?
How are elections conducted in the United States?

3. Administering Elections
Most elections laws are set by the state
Congress determines time, place,
Congressional elections- 1st Tuesday following the 1st Monday of November
Even Numbered Years
Every Four Years vote for President (Leap Years)

5. Where to Vote? precinct- voting district
polling place- the place where the voters who live in a precinct actually vote
absentee voting- process by which they could vote without going to their polling places on election day

6. Voting Issues Paper Ballots were first form of voting
Timely and Human Error
Move to lever-based machines
More Efficient than paper ballots
Difficult to use

8. Help America Vote Act of 2002
Upgrade voting machines
Lever-operated systems to electronic machines
Training Election Officials
Better understanding of voting machines (mostly volunteers)

9. Help America Vote Act of 2002
Computerize Registration
Minimize fraudulent voting
Make it easier to access voting information
Pennsylvania Voting Registration
Allows Provisional Voting
Person whose voting eligibility is put in questioned is able to cast a ballot. This individual’s vote will count if proven as an eligible voter.

10. Different Ways People Can Vote
Electronic voting machines are most commonly used
Optical scanning- voters fill in and scanners read and record
Direct Response Electronic Voting- Voters touch screen or push buttons and votes are electronically record
Vote by Mail
Online Voting

11. Future of the Vote Internet E-Ballot
Make voting registration more accessible
E-Ballot
1st e-vote was cast in November 1997 by astronaut David Wolf in Houston City
1st public election using computer balloting held in in Arizona

12. Fears of E-voting Fear of digital disaster Jammed phone lines
Blocked Access
Hackers
Virus
Fraudulent Voters