Voters Awareness

NEWSLETTER

November 20, 2015 / By Rachel Hair

Everything You Need To Know

To Be A Rational Voter

A new president is voted in every four years in the United States. The next election
for President of the United States of America is coming up! Voting is for our next
President is scheduled for Tuesday, November 8, 2016. The date seems far off, but
it is important to start getting educated about everything voting so you can be a
rational voter.

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to

vote except the American people themselves and the only way
they could do this is by not voting. Franklin D. Roosevelt
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How Voting Works in The United

States of America
First there are Primary elections and Caucuses. Both of these
result in awarding delegates to candidates. Delegates are
individuals chosen to represent their respective states
In the
primaries, political parties select a presidential nominee by voting.
Registered voters are able to vote, and the number of votes a
nominee receives determines the number of delegates they will have.
Primaries can be open or closed; open means that you can vote for a
candidate outside of you party, closed means you have to be a
member of the party to vote for their candidate.
In a caucus,
members of a party get together in their districts and pledge their
support to a certain candidate, giving the candidate a certain number
of delegates.

Next there is a National Convention. In the national convention,

the two main parties announce their presidential nominee. To win the
nomination, the candidates must have the most amount of delegate
votes. The nominee often time chooses his own vice president, and
they run on a ticket.

After the national convention, the general elections take place.

The nominees have opportunities to share their views in debates and

campaigns.

The presidential elections use the Electoral College. A states

number of electoral votes is the sum of their US Senators and US
Representatives. The nominee with the majority of electoral votes in
a state receives all of the states votes. The nominee with at least
270 electoral votes is the new President.

Candidates
To run for President of the United States of America there are some requirements:
the individual must be 35 years old, be native-born citizens in the United States,
and must have lived in the United States for at least 14 years. The President serves
a 4 year term, and can serve a maximum of 2 terms. It is important to get familiar
with all the candidates and their views. Here are two of the main candidates:

Folton Ciedler:

Coltler Fiedton:

-Is against higher taxes

-Wants to increase taxes

-Pro Business
regulations

-Increase business

-Pro-gun rights

-Anti gun rights

-Doesnt support abortion

-Pro-Choice

-Wants to get rid of Obamacare

-Supports Obamacare

How To Vote
Requirements
Voters must be US citizens of at least 18 years old that have been residents
of their area at least 30 days before election day.
Registering to vote
Voting registration for Utah is available online at vote.usa.gov.
Registration is also available in person, or by mail.
To register by mail, go to
www.eac.gov/voter_resources/register_to_vote.aspx, fill out the forms, sign
them, and mail them in!
To register in person, there are several places that may be able to help apply.
Several of the places include:

DMV
Election offices
Armed service recruitment centers
Public assistance agencies

For help and more information, go to the Federal Voting Assistance Programs
website: http://www.fvap.gov/
Absentee Voting
You can still vote if you are away from home by an absentee ballot, which allows
you to vote before the election and mail it in to your local election officials.
Absentee ballots are available by contacting local, state, or territorial election
offices.

Voting
On election day, votes can be casted at polling places or polling stations.
Information about where those are can be found by contacting your local
government election department.

Only 38.5% of Americans voted in 2014.