UAPP225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Fifteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Husting, Electoral College

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Urban Affairs and Public Policy
• Course: UAPP225
• Professor: David Carter

Document Summary

Elections at the national, state, county, municipal, and local levels. Electoral college (getting away from england) and rural bias (outside influence of founding fathers from small colonies) Male population (13th 15th amendment- 1865; 1870) Includes african americans after enslavement ends. The african american vote went away and has to be resurrected by this act. Adulthood redefined (26th amendment- 1971) 18 year olds can now vote. Citizens discuss and then vote for delegates to district and state conventions that are closed to the public. Closed system: party ballot only (only can participate if you are apart of the primary"s party) Open: may request any one party ballot (do not declare party affiliation) Partisan primary: selecting candidates within a party (similar to a closed primary) Runoff: contest between top 2 vote- getters (in order to have 1 candidate get a majority vote) Every party has one (even small parties)