US Government – Elections and Voting Rights (4-27/4/28)

US Government – Elections and Voting Rights (4-27/4/28)

Good Morning! We are finishing up our unit on Political Participation. Today we will be looking at Elections. We will be focusing on the following:

Today’s topic will be focusing on the following:

US Government classes -We will be looking at the following topics and questions

• How to register to vote
  • NM voting laws
  • Should you be able to vote if you are younger than 18?
• Nomination Process
  • What is a primary what is a caucus?
• Past Presidential Elections
  • Controversial elections
• Voting Rights
  •  What laws are in place to protect your rights?
    • Disenfranchised voter
    • Voter fraud/problems
  • Should you right to vote ever be taken away?
  • Should felons be able to Vote?
  • Should non-citizens be able to vote?

I am including some handouts and a link to ProCon.org. Please take some time to go over the material so you can participate in this weeks online discussion.

New Mexico Voter Qualifications

Download (PDF, 38KB)

United States Election Facts

Download (PDF, 100KB)

ProCon.org is a website we have used in class before. It is a good website to use when you want to see goo arguments supported by laws, court cases and other strong evidence for a particular side on an issue. Take some time to look over any or all of the arguments they have listed in regards to elections. We will be talking about a few of these during this weeks online discussion.

ELECTIONS & PRESIDENTS

Source: US Government Class