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The Electorate
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Eliminating Barriers • Historically, women and African Americans
have faced the greatest barriers to suffrage• 15th and 19th Amendments - Suffrage for
African Americans and women• 24th Amendment – abolished Poll taxes • Voting Rights Act of 1965 – empowered the
federal government to outlaw discriminatory practices
• 26th Amendment – lowered voting age to 18
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Non-voters
– 59.9 million people not registered in 1992 – most common reason; may be due to high mobility
– No interest in politics, negative view of government, can’t make time, low voter efficacy
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Are turnout rates cause for concern?
• How to get out the vote – Election day –
Sunday?/National Holiday– Make requirement – illegal
to not vote in Brazil – Appeal to direct
participation: initiative, referendum, recall
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Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections
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Conduct of Elections
• Australian Ballot– Two common types:
1. Office Block (Mass) Ballot
2. Party Collumn (Ind) Ballot• Coattail effect
• Mail Voting– Typically absentee ballots, some states offer to entire
electorate– good way to increase turnout, but …– may lead to premature decisions, allow less secrecy, and
encourage fraud
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Ballots
Off ice Block Party-Column
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Issues and Problems• Fraud
– provisional and absentee balloting
• Voter ID cards– Fraud reduction or
voter suppression
• Computerized Voting– Optical scan vs.
touch screen