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Election and Duties, Responsibilities,

and Rights of Citizenship

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List the duties of a U.S. citizen.

Obey laws,

pay taxes,

defend the nation, serve in court,

attend school

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List the responsibilities of a U.S. citizen.

Be informed,

vote,

respect each others rights, respect diversity,

contribute to the common good

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List the rights of a U.S. citizen.

Security,

equality,

liberty

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How are duties and responsibilities

different? Duties-things we have to do legally,

Responsibilities- things we should do and

is voluntary

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Why should we volunteer?

It benefits other people and is satisfyingpersonally because you can make adifference in someones life.

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What are the requirements to be able to

vote in an election?

Registered to vote,

18 years old, must be a U.S. citizen and live in the

voting district in which they vote.

People who are imprisoned or on

probation for committing a felony arenot allowed to vote

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Who cannot vote?

People who are imprisoned or onprobation for committing a felony are notallowed to vote

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What does one have to do before they

can officially vote?

REGISTER!!!

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What are the 5 steps in the voting

procedure?

Register to vote

Go to polling place with ID and providepoller with name

Poll worker checks that voter is registeredin that district

Voter signs poll list

Voter casts their vote

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What is the Electoral College?

The method that we elect president by-electors are chosen by each state andwhichever candidate gets the most votes,

electors cast their vote for that stateswinning candidate.

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What requirements must a person meet

to be able to run for U.S. President?

Must be a U.S, citizen born in the U.S.

Must be at least 35 years old

Must have lived in the U.S. for at least14 years

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What requirements must a person meet to

be able to run for U.S. Senator?

Must be at least 30 years old

Must be a citizen of the U/.S. for at

least 9 years

Must be a resident of the state fromwhich he or she is elected

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What requirements must a person meet to

be able to run for U.S. Representative?

Must be at least 25 years old

Must be a citizen of the U/.S. for at least 7years

Must be a resident of the state from which

he or she is elected

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How many people are members of the

Senate?

100

-2 people per state and we have 50 states

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How many people are members of

the House of Representatives?

435

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Name some examples of local

government and officials.

Governor, state senators, staterepresentatives, mayor

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How does a candidate campaign?

Make speeches, advertise on tv and radio,mail campaign literature, participate indebates, make many public appearances,

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What are some strategies that a

candidate uses to campaign?

Printed materials like flyers, ads onradio and tv, internet, negative

campaigning

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What are campaign supporters and what

duties are they responsible for?

Fund raisers

Issue specialists

Pollsters

Advertising

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What are some of the presidential campaign jobs and

what the techniques that they use to persuade

voters to vote for them?

Fund raisers

Issue specialists

Advance people

Professional speech writers

Pollsters

Press secretaries

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What is a political party?

A group of citizens organized to electcandidates to public office that are basedon political views

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What are the major political parties that

exist today?

Democrat and Republican