Elections
Chapter 7
Section 2
The Administration of Elections
• What level of government controls most
election laws?
• What powers does Congress have in
elections?
• What were the provisions of the Help America
Vote Act of 2002?
• When do all federal general elections occur?
• What is absentee voting?
• What is the coattail effect?
Precincts and Polling Places
• What is the difference between a precinct and
a polling place?
• What are typically the hours for voting?
• What is purpose of poll watchers?
Casting the Ballot
• What is a ballot?
• Why does each State use a secret ballot?
• How did people first vote in our nation’s
history?
• What were the problems with paper ballots in
the 1800s?
• What are the features of the Australian Ballot?
• What is office-group ballot?
• What is the party-column ballot?
• What is the purpose of the sample ballot?
• What is the bedsheet ballot and what could it
lead to?
Automated Voting
• What was the primary purpose of leveroperated voting machines?
• Why have most States turned to EDP-based
voting systems? What two types are there?
• What are the criticisms and positives of voteby-mail elections?
• Why is online voting being promoted?
• What are the criticisms of online voting?