Electoral systems

The Electoral Process

1. What is an electoral system?

2. Give the name of the type of electoral system used in Jamaica.

3. Outline one advantage and one disadvantage of using the electoral system named above.

4. Use correctly terms such as constituency, general election, electorate, political party, candidate, electioneering, universal Adult suffrage

Multiple Choice

A country where the head of state is the King/Queen is called

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Socialist State

• Republic

Multiple Choice

Which of the following carries out the work of the Executive branch of government?

• The Cabinet

• The Parliament

• The Court System

Multiple Choice

The police force in Jamaica can do all of the following except

• Enforcing laws

• making Laws

• Protect and serve the people

• Arrest and charge offenders

The Electoral Process/ Voting

What is an electoral process?

• Also called a voting system

• It is the procedures used by a country to select those individuals who would form the government

How did Jamaicans get this right to vote?

The right to vote is called suffrage.

Universal adult suffrage is therefore the right of all adults ( people over the age of 18) to vote in an election .

It was granted in 1944.

Individuals who cannot vote include person below 18, those who are incarcerated, aliens, persons who are insane.

If you are at least 18 years old you are eligible to vote , however, you must

• a citizen of Jamaica residing in Jamaica at the date of registration

• a commonwealth citizen who has been a resident in Jamaica for at least 12 months

What types of election are held in Jamaica?

• General Election - at least once every 5 years

• Local Government Election every 3 years

• Bi-election

Open Ended

What do the following terms mean?

1. Constituency

2. Candidate

3. Political party

4. Gerrmandering

Elections

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A body of voters in a geographical area who elects a representative.

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A method of choosing a representative and a government by a process of voting.

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An individual who stands for election in a geographic area

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A group of people with the same political views, ideas and beliefs whose aim is to get political power.

Multiple Choice

The ways in which the people of a country choose a government is called

• Universal adult Suffrage

• Electoral Process

Multiple Choice

All of the following are ineligible to vote in an election EXCEPT?

• persons serving prison sentences

• Persons who are insane

• Aliens

• persons 18 years and older

Multiple Choice

Mayors and councillors are examples of individuals in

• central government

• local government

• bi-election

THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY