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CHAPTER 17. ELECTIONS AND VOTING. POPULAR VOTE VOTE TAKEN BY REGISTERED VOTERS ON ELECTION DAY. THIS VOTE TELLS OUR STATES ELECTORS HOW OUR STATE SHOULD VOTE. (11). ELECTORAL VOTE BASED ON POPULAR VOTE. ELECTORS CAST THEIR VOTES IN DECEMBER.
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CHAPTER 17 ELECTIONS AND VOTING
POPULAR VOTE VOTE TAKEN BY REGISTERED VOTERS ON ELECTION DAY. THIS VOTE TELLS OUR STATES ELECTORS HOW OUR STATE SHOULD VOTE. (11) ELECTORAL VOTE BASED ON POPULAR VOTE. ELECTORS CAST THEIR VOTES IN DECEMBER. TOTAL TAKEN AND 1ST CANDIDATE TO 270 OF 538 IS WINNER. 11R 11D ELECTORAL COLLEGE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE • WHAT IS IT? • WHY DO WE HAVE IT? • DO WE STILL NEED IT? • POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES? • WHO DOES IT CHOOSE? • FAIR? 2 PRESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ELECTED WITHOUT POPULAR VOTE.
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