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Dates to Know Sept. 19 Intro Quiz Sept. 21 and 23 work on OTTW Project Sept. 27 Elections Vocab. Quiz Sept. 29 Gallery walk for OTTW Project Oct. 5 Unit I Test Oct. 7 Final OTTW PSA due

Sept. 15, 2016 1. CNN News 2. Diagnostic 3. Current Event 4. Disenfranchised – literacy tests and Harvard Video 5. Voter eligibility notes 6. Intro. Quiz Monday

Students will be able to: Summarize the history of voting rights in the United States. Identify and explain constitutional restrictions on the States’ power to set voting qualifications. Identify the universal requirements for voting in the Unites States.

Voters and Voter Behavior

When the Constitution was ratified who could vote and who could not vote?

What is an electorate? The potential voting population.

Extending Suffrage What are the five stages of voter expansion? (who, where, what, how …) pages 149-150

What five restrictions are placed on states when setting voting qualifications?

What 3 qualifications must you be able to satisfy if you want to vote? Age Citizenship Residency

For what reasons do most States require voter registration? To prevent fraudulent voting It gives election officials a list of those persons who are qualified to vote in an election

Who is denied the right to vote? Cannot Voters People in mental institutions Anyone who has been legally found to be mentally incompetent People convicted of a serious crime Some states don’t allow anyone who was dishonorably discharged from the armed forces to vote

“Your vote is your voice, Use it!” Nonvoters (Greek for people who do not vote)

Nonvoters (idiots) Many people deliberately choose not to vote They are convinced that is makes no real difference who wins a certain election Some distrust politics and politicians They lack political efficacy

Factors Affecting Turnout Off Year Elections—Congressional elections that don’t take place during a Presidential Election year. Ballot Fatigue—As a vote ballot increases in length, voters tend to run out of patience and may not be sure what they are voting on. Inconvenient registration “Time Zone Fallout”—East coast time zone can ruin the vote for the west coast.

Voters Nonvoters Voters v. Nonvoters More likely to… Younger than 35 Have higher income Higher employment status Better educated More integrated into community Long time & active resident Belong to political party Believe voting is important Live in areas that have party competition Nonvoters More likely to… Younger than 35 Unmarried Unskilled Live in rural south Be a man

Gerrymandering The practice of drawing electoral district lines in order to limit the voting strength of a particular group or party.

15th Amendment Declares the right to vote cannot be denied to any American citizen. The amendment was intended to ensure that African American men could vote. It did not include a means for enforcing it.