3. BUT the Constitution states that Congress has the power to fix “the Times, Places and Manners of holding Elections” of members of Congress.
4. Congress has set the date for holding congressional elections as the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November of every even-numbered year. It has the same date every fourth year for presidential elections.
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6. upgrade the way elections were handled, especially better training of local officials and poll workers.
7. centralize and computerize voter registration system, to identify qualified voters quicker and cut down on fraudulent voting.
8. provide for provisional voting, a person will still get to vote even if their eligibility is challenged so their vote will count later.
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10. prevents election day from falling on the first day of the month, which is often payday and therefore peculiarly subject to campaign pressures.
19. They use to be either by voice or just a slip of paper (sometimes colored paper). The political corruption of the post-Civil War years brought widespread demand for ballot reforms.
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21. It lists the names of all candidates in an election
22. It is given out only at the polls, one to each qualified voter
42. Supporters – can be as fraud-proof as any other method of voting, increases voter turn-out in elections, reduces the cost of conducting them.
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44. Supporters – it will make participation much more convenient , increase voter turnout, and reduce the costs of conducting elections.
45. Critics – electronic infrastructure is not ready for e-voting, jammed phone lines, blocked access, hackers, viruses, denials of service attacks, fraudulent vote counts, and violations of voter secrecy. Not everyone can afford home computers.