Voting & Elections Review

How is the winner chosen in the general election for local and state offices?

• The person who has ⅔ of the votes is declared the winner.

• The person who has the most money left after the campaign is the winner.

• The people from each party who have the majority of votes share the office.

• The person who gets the most votes is declared the winner.

Who determines how elections will be run in each state?

• The President decides how it will be run.

• Each state determines how the election will be run in their own state.

• The Vice President decides how it will be run.

• The Prime Minister decides how it will be run.

When is the primary election held in Indiana?

•  in May

• in November

• on July 4

• in September

Who decides who will become president if neither candidate receives enough electoral votes?

• The American People

• Congress

• The Senate

• The House of Representatives

Place the following in the order they occur on Indiana’s primary election day.

• The voter declares their political party (Democrat or Republican)

• The candidate from each party who gets the most votes will represent their

  party in the fall general election for the office they are seeking

• The voter gets a ballot for ONLY their political party’s candidates

• The voter chooses ONE candidate for each office for their party

True or False: The number of electoral votes for each state is determined by the number of members the state has in Congress (House of Representatives & Senate)

• True

• False

True or False: Each state's party determines the electors for their party!

• True

• False

True or False: The winner of the popular vote in each state gets all the electoral votes for that state (EXCEPT for 2 in states)

• True

• False

True or False: Electors meet in December to cast votes

• True

• False

True of False: Election is certified in January

• True

• False