9.7- Methods of Voting

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May be open, closed, or blanket

Process where a party’s voters choose among candidates to select the party’s nominee.

Held in the spring

Held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November

Candidates from each party compete to decide who will hold the elected office.

Match the descriptions below with the correct terms.

Primary election

general election

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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)?

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

• FPTP elects by plurality; TRS and IRV require a candidate to win with 50% + 1.

• 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.

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ID laws can help prevent voter fraud

Identification is necessary for other types of activities, such as driving

May help public confidence in the electoral process

Challenges may disenfranchise voters

Voter fraud is rare, ID laws are a solution in search of a problem

Some communities face barriers that make getting required identification harder

Identify the arguments for and against voter identification laws in the United States.

Arguments in favor of Voter ID laws

Arguments against Voter ID laws