Methods of Voting - Unit 9

Match

Match the method of voting with its description.

• This type of voting may use hand-marked paper ballots, machines that physically mark paper ballots, or direct-recording electronic (DRE) machines, depending on your location.

• Voters who will not be able to vote in-person on Election Day request a ballot in advance and fill it out at home. The ballot is returned either by mail or by dropping it off at a designated location before the deadline.

• This method allows eligible citizens to cast their ballots before Election Day. Ballots are either cast in person at a polling place or marked at home on hand-marked paper ballots and mailed back to voting officials or deposited in a secure ballot drop box.

In-person voting

Absentee voting

Early voting

• In-person voting

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  Absentee voting

• Early voting

Multiple Choice

How do the requirements to win an election in a first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting system vary from the requirements in the two-round system (TRS) and instant-runoff voting (IRV)?

• In a first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting system, candidates can win with a plurality of the votes; in both the two-round system (TRS) and instant-runoff voting (IRV) the winning candidate must cross the 50 percent +1 threshold.

• In all three systems, candidates can win with a plurality of votes.

• In all three systems, candidates must win a majority of votes to win the election.

• In a first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting system, the votes of losing candidates are transferred to the total of the leading candidate.

Multiple Choice

What is the primary goal of automatic voter registration?

• To reduce voter fraud

• To eliminate the need for voter ID

• To increase voter registration rates

• To make voting mandatory