U.S. Constitution - Elections and Terms in Office Use these resources to answer the questions. Printer versions: pdf | Digital answer document
1. Article I sets out how members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate are elected.
2. Article II of the Constitution outlines how the President and Vice President of the United States are chosen.
3. Term limits - George Washington served two terms
as U.S. President. He then retired.
4. The most important right citizens have is the right to vote. Each state has the power to decide which citizens in the state can vote.
5. The citizens of the United States of America do not
directly elect the President or the Vice President.
Food for thought: What is meant by the election terms battleground or swing state?
Did you know? On July 2, 1776, New Jersey gave "all inhabitants" of adult age with a net worth of 50 pounds the right to vote. Women property holders then had have the vote until 1807, when the state limited the vote to "free, white males."
In some states, convicted felons are prohibited from voting. Can they vote in your state?
Should convicted felons be denied the right to vote? Why?
Essays: I - Electoral College Love it of Leave It? In the Presidential election, you vote for Candidate
A. In your state, Candidate B gets the majority of the votes. Critics of the Electoral College process argue that then your vote is changed to Candidate B. Some leaders support changing the Presidential election process to a popular vote. Do you support abolishing the Electoral College or keeping it? Essay II Digital Privacy and the US Elections Watch - PBS Frontline: The Digital Factor in Election 2012 - Read - Campaigns Mine Personal Lives to Get Out Vote by Charles Duhigg, New York Times, October 13, 2012
"The ballot is stronger than the bullet." Abraham Lincoln Extras:
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