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Chapter 7

Chapter 7. Petterson/Dalebout. 7.1: ELECTIONS QUESTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS. Self-Announcement Process? Caucus? Convention? Direct Primary? Pros: Allows only eligible voter to be part of process

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Chapter 7

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  1. Chapter 7 Petterson/Dalebout

  2. 7.1: ELECTIONS QUESTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS • Self-Announcement Process? • Caucus? • Convention? • Direct Primary? • Pros: Allows only eligible voter to be part of process • Cons: Must declare a party, lengthy ballots, costly, division w/in party, gives edge to most familiar candidate (incumbent). • Difference between closed and open primary? • Petition?

  3. 7.2 How Elections are Administered • Elections must be FREE, HONEST, and ACCURATE in order for a democracy to work. • Federal Election Law • Even though states run their own elections there are laws dictating some basic principles.

  4. Congress has the right: • to set the TIME, PLACE & MANNER of holding elections to elect the legislative branch. • To set the time for choosing presidential electors, to set the date for casting electoral votes, to regulate other aspects of presidential election process. • Ex: electronic voting machines required for pres. races, must ensure a secret ballot.

  5. The Problem with Electronic Voting Machines November 2004: • “In the aftermath of the U.S.’s 2004 election, electronic voting machines are again in the news. Computerized machines lost votes, subtracted votes instead of adding them, and doubled votes. Because many of these machines have no paper audit trails, a large number of votes will never be counted. And while it is unlikely that deliberate voting-machine fraud changed the result of the presidential election, the Internet is buzzing with rumors and allegations of fraud in a number of different jurisdictions and races.”

  6. WHEN ELECTIONS ARE HELD • Most states use the same date as the national elections. “Tuesday-after-the-first-Monday”. • Early Voting: • Absentee voting – process by which voters of an area can vote if they will be unable to get to the polls on election day. • Those too ill or disabled. • Those who expect to be away from home on a trip, business, at college, • Those serving in the armed forces. • Mail-in voting – some states allow people to use mail in ballots up to 7 days in advance.

  7. WHERE TO GET ABSENTEE BALLOT • http://www.idahovotes.gov/ • Other info? • http://www.latah.id.us/elections/index.php#absentee

  8. Coattail Effect: • When a strong candidate running for an office at the top of the ballot helps attract voter to other candidates on the party’s tickets. The “ride the coattails” of the prestigious candidates. • Note: this can also be reversed as many undesirable candidates have drug their party members down.

  9. Precinct – voting district, smallest geographic units for conduct of elections. PRECINCTS AND POLLING PLACES

  10. Precincts and Polling Places • Polling place – place where votes in a certain precinct go to vote. • Usually supervised by the precinct election board. • Attended by poll watchers –one from each party - who challenge any person they believe is not qualified to vote, check to make sure party supporters vote, and the ballot counting process. • http://www.latah.id.us/elections/sample-ballot-pollingplace-prec-coomm-2010-POSSIBLE.pdf

  11. Who won 2000? VS

  12. Electoral College • In the US, we have an indirect election. • When we vote, we are voting for electors who cast official votes • Electoral College created in reaction to Political Parties with the 12th Amendment. • Since 1964, there have been 538 electors in each presidential election. • Faithless Electors: those who vote for candidates that are different from the voting public. • According to a Gallup Poll, most Americans favor removing the electoral college. Do you favor it? • Who would have won the 2000 election if we had a direct election?

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