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Period: Mar 4, 1540 to
How Does Voting Work
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Timeline #1
John Locke believed that all men had the power to choose who they wanted to govern them and that the person who governs should act in the interest of the people. He said that "Government being for the preservation of every man's right and property, by preserving him from the violence of injury of others, is for the good of the governed". He believed that people should be protected by the government and that in choosing who they voted for the people will get what they want from the government. -
Timeline #6
When voting for a president you vote for your candidate but your popular vote is not the whole way a president is elected. The popular votes are sent to the Electoral College in each state. The electors of each state put the popular votes into each party that they are from and figure out which party wins in the state. The highest percentage of votes for a party is what candidate wins in that state. This process started when the constitution was written in 1787. -
Timeline #3
In 1789 the Second Continental Congress finally decided that each state would have two delegates that together made one vote. They also decided that slaves were considered 3/5 of a person. They decided on these ways of voting so that the larger states didn't have more delegates and the smaller states would be satisfied. -
Timeline #2
To ratify the Constitution nine out of the thirteen states needed toagree that the Constitution was a good document. The Federalists beleived that a strong central government was more important then a weak central government. The Anti-Federalists believed that a weak central government was better. They needed a Bill of Rights or else the people would not agree to have it ratified. The Federalists won and the Constitution was ratified. -
Timeline #4
Dunn vs. Blumstein: This case was about Tennessee and that Tennessee required its citizens to have had a residence for a year in the state and a residence in the county for three months. James Blumstein filed a complaint against Dunn because he wanted to vote that year but he couldn't because of the law. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Blumstein because the law was unconstitutional. This relates to my question because it is about the voting rights and that it is illegal to inhibit voting. -
Timeline #5
When a bill is being voted for it needs to go through many different levels of congress before it can become a law. First the House of Representatives gets to look at the bills and choose which are most relevant and actually make sense. They read through the bill and then they decide on the amendments and whether they want it passed. Then if the House of Representatives accept it the senate gets to look at it. If the Senate accepts it the bill will go to the President to pass or veto.
