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Empowering the Electorate: Breaking Barriers and Encouraging Voting Participation

Discover the historical barriers faced by women and African Americans in suffrage and the key amendments that paved the way for equal voting rights. Explore the reasons behind non-voting and potential solutions to boost voter turnout, from making Election Day a national holiday to implementing direct participation methods. Learn about different types of ballots, mail voting, and the challenges related to fraud and technology in the voting process. Let's work together to enhance democracy by engaging more citizens in the electoral process.

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Empowering the Electorate: Breaking Barriers and Encouraging Voting Participation

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  1. The Electorate

  2. Eliminating Barriers • Historically, women and African Americans have faced the greatest barriers to suffrage • 15th and 19th Amendments - Suffrage for African Americans and women • 24th Amendment – abolished Poll taxes • Voting Rights Act of 1965 – empowered the federal government to outlaw discriminatory practices • 26th Amendment – lowered voting age to 18

  3. Non-voters • 59.9 million people not registered in 1992 – most common reason; may be due to high mobility • No interest in politics, negative view of government, can’t make time, low voter efficacy

  4. Are turnout rates cause for concern? • How to get out the vote • Election day – Sunday?/National Holiday • Make requirement – illegal to not vote in Brazil • Appeal to direct participation: initiative, referendum, recall

  5. Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections

  6. Conduct of Elections • Australian Ballot • Two common types: • Office Block (Mass) Ballot • Party Collumn (Ind) Ballot • Coattail effect • Mail Voting • Typically absentee ballots, some states offer to entire electorate • good way to increase turnout, but … • may lead to premature decisions, allow less secrecy, and encourage fraud

  7. Ballots Office Block Party-Column

  8. Issues and Problems • Fraud • provisional and absentee balloting • Voter ID cards • Fraud reduction or voter suppression • Computerized Voting • Optical scan vs. touch screen

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