Election Day

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Election Day
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When Election Day occurs

• Election day happens after the second Tuesday in
  November
• Last year election day was on November 6, 2005
• This year election day takes place on November 7,
  2006
• Next year election day we take place on November
  8, 2007

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Why is election day held on a Tuesday?

• Election day is held on a Tuesday because
• Most American residents that lived in rural areas
  needed time to travel to the voting areas (these
  people start traveling on Sunday so they needed
  two days)
• November was chosen because it was the month
  after the crops were harvested
• If it was on Monday, it would conflict with
  church services since church is held on Sundays.
• Election day follows after the week of All Saints
  Day

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Reasons Election Day was not held the first week
of November

• The lawmakers did not want Election day on
  November 1st since that was all Saints Day, which
  is a Holy Day for the Roman Catholics. This is
  the day that Roman Catholics go to church
• Another reason was that the merchants were
  looking at the books on November 1st and they
  would not be ready (which worried Congress
  because they did not want the economic to fail
  and cause the votes to be influenced by that)

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Why Dwyer school is closed on Election Day
Do you know why Dwyer school is closed?

• Many people come out to vote and there is
  concerns with parking issues and even security.
  (which is why many schools have decided to close
  and consider this a holiday)
• Each district has a choice whether to close the
  school or to leave the school open
• Schools close as a safety procedure "It's just a
  safety precaution," Rumolo said. "We have kids
  around the school all day. It's just a wise
  safety move with kids running around, cars
  pulling in and out all day. (http//www.phillybur
  bs.com/pb-dyn/news/104-10202004-386331.html)
• "Parents have indicated to me that they are
  concerned for the safety of their children
  because even routine security procedures are
  difficult to enforce when thousands of voters
  will be flocking to the polls," Buono said in a
  letter to McGreevey (http//www.phillyburbs.com/pb
  -dyn/news/104-10202004-386331.html)

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Why we celebrate Election Day

• Election Day is important because that is when
  people can make a difference on what is going on
  around them.
• People have a choice on what they want to be able
  to vote for and choose better aspects around
  them.
• It gives many people the opportunity to voice
  their opinions and show they care about what is
  happening around them.

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Rules on Election Day
Does anyone know what rules are?

• Rules are Established standards, guides, or
  regulations set up by an authority.

Why do we have rules?

• We have rules to remain safe and not cause chaos
  throughout the world.. Without rules there would
  be major problems occurring and many children and
  people would get very hurt.

Do you think rules are important?
The rules on the voting sites 1) Come to
where you go to vote 2) The people working at
that site will ask your name and give
you a ballot slip 3) Then you give them back
the ballot slip 4) Then you go into the
voting booth and vote.

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Voting Booth
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Sample of a absentee ballot
What is an absentee ballot?

• An absentee ballot is a ballot marked and sent in
  advance through the mail to voters who cannot go
  to the polls on election day.
• These ballots are then sent back through the mail
  and then counted that way

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The rules of a voting booth

• Come into the voting booth
• Press the button to the right of the candidates
  of your choice and then a green X will appear
  next to your selection
• To change a selection, press the button again and
  the green X will disappear and you can now make
  a new selection
• If you wish to write in a vote instead, go to the
  write in column and press the button next to
  the write in. Then a blinking green X will
  appear and by using the keyboard you can type in
  the name of the person that you chose. In order
  to put a space make sure you use the arrow on the
  keyboard. (The arrow will be pointing to the
  right). Once that is done you you hit the enter
  button and your vote will be recorded.
• When you want to vote on public questions, you
  have to press the button to the right of the word
  Yes or No and that is when a green X will
  appear next to your choice
• After you are finished with all your selections,
  make sure you press the Red Cast Vote Button and
  this will record all your votes.
• Then you will exit the voting booth.

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Some things that are being voted on

• U.S. Senate
• 1) Thomas H Kean, Jr. (Republican) Robert
  Mendez (Democrat), Nomination by Petition
  Edward Forchion, Daryll Mikell Brooks, J.M.
  Carter, N. Leonard Smith, Gregory Pason, Angela
  Lariscy, and Len Flynn
• Members of the House of Representatives
• Republican - Rodney P. Frelinghuysen
  Democratic Tom Wyka, Libertarian Party
  Richard S. Roth Constitution Party John Mele
• Members of the Board of Chosen Freeholders
• John J. Murphy, Gene F. Feyl, and William J.
  Chegwidden (Republican), Democratic Dana Wefer,
  Richard Leary, and William Jack Hartford
• Then some different state questions are asked
  that you have to say yes or no to one has to do
  with the fuel prices and one has to do with sales
  tax