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Warm-up

Warm-up. Collect the voter registration form from the counter and complete. Have out your vocabulary homework to be checked. After the Warm-up, we will organize your notebook. Vocabulary Check. Two party system Political party Third party Platform Recruit Nomination Mass media

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Warm-up

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  1. Warm-up Collect the voter registration form from the counter and complete. Have out your vocabulary homework to be checked. After the Warm-up, we will organize your notebook.

  2. Vocabulary Check • Two party system • Political party • Third party • Platform • Recruit • Nomination • Mass media • Social media • Public policy • Ballot • Apathy • Electorate • Polling place • Propaganda • Bias • Editorial • Interest group • Political Action Committee (PAC) • Soft money • Electoral college • Elector • Winner-take-all system

  3. Notebook Set-up Citizenship Unit Study Guide Political Parties and Elections Unit (Table of Contents) Title Page ???????? Vocabulary List Crossword Puzzle Voting In Virginia Notes Warm-up Preview

  4. Voting in Virginia

  5. Daily Objectives What are the qualifications for voter registration in Virginia? What factors determine voter registration and turnout?

  6. Preview activity: Write an answer to the question below on your warm-up page (underneath the registration form) If you were eligible to vote in the upcoming election, who would you vote for and explain your answer Barack Obama (Democrat) Mitt Romney (Republican) .

  7. How is voting part of the “Political Process” ? • Voting is a basic responsibility of citizenship • Registration is required before a citizen may vote • Only citizens who register may participate in primary and general elections • The number of citizens who register and vote is related to how important election issues are

  8. Don’t write What are primaries? Think of a basketball tournament… out of all of the good teams, who goes to the finals? Answer: They hold quarter & semi finals to narrow down the list of teams. Political Parties do this in elections. Each political party can only send one person to run in the General Election. How do they decide? Answer: They hold primaries (or semi finals) which are elections to help the political party decide who should run for their party in the General Election.

  9. What are the qualifications to vote? 1. Must be a U.S. citizen 2. Must be a resident of Virginia and precinct 3. Must be18 by the General Election Day

  10. (add this as a bullet) To be eligible to vote means that you are part of the electorate.

  11. Don’t write Once you are registered, you may vote on General Election Day which is always… The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. • Go to your official polling place on that day to cast your ballot and vote • EVERY VOTE COUNTS

  12. How to register to vote? • Mail application • In person at- • Registrar’s office • DMV (Division of Motor Vehicles) • Other sites

  13. Registration is closed 22 days before elections

  14. Brainstorm If the process is so simple, why doesn’t everyone vote? Failure to vote

  15. Why do people fail to vote? 1. Apathy- lack of interest 2. Fail to register

  16. What factors predict which citizens will vote? • Age • Education • Income Generally, the more you have , the more likely you are to vote.

  17. More people vote in presidential elections than in state and local elections.

  18. How can students under 18 participate in the democratic (political) process? • Direct participation in campaigns • Participate in classroom and on-line simulations

  19. EVERY VOTE IS IMPORTANT!

  20. ODDS AND ENDS REVIEW Who is most likely to vote? How many days before the election must a person register? 22 Name the 3 qualifications to vote in Virginia. Citizen of the US Resident of Virginia 18 years old false true

  21. Objective Check • What are the qualifications for voter registration in Virginia? • What factors determine voter registration and turnout?

  22. Return Tests (cartoon) • Do you want to do test corrections? • You have to sign a contract and do some re-learning work. This will be due in 3 class periods. • Take the re-test in Resource or your lunch • Maximum points back- 20 Everyone has to complete the Checkpoint work whether you do the re-test or not. You will have time to start this in class today once you have finished your pairs activity.

  23. Pairs Activity With your 3: 00 partner: Create a poster about voting- due at the end of class Ideas: • Why voting is important • How to qualify and where to vote • Encourage more people to vote • Advertise one of the presidential candidates and encourage people to vote for him

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