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Congressional Elections and Districting (Absentee and Mail In Ballots…
Congressional Elections and Districting
Absentee and Mail In Ballots
In states with mail in voting, postal interference is a crime; There are also secure drop off locations for ballots
NC had people collecting absentee ballots and "helping fill them out" or altering them.
Absentee ballots are more likely to be Republican, but provisional ballots are not
Signature matching is on absentee ballots; can cause a ballot to be thrown out if not a match
There should be a way to see if a ballot was thrown out on a signature match
End of the Invisible Primary
Over 20 people flirting publicly with the Democratic candidacy for president
Some people, such as Clinton, Kerry, and Biden, may be running just because they have nothing better to do
Democrats are usually "one and done" for presidential races
Political Amateurs: someone with no elected office experience who runs for office
Experience they have is not a political background
Vast majority of candidates are amateurs
Hopeless amateurs are called this because they don't behave strategically and lack resources
Strategic Amateurs: for example, Hillary Clinton in the 2000 senate race
Military Veterans are a new group of amateurs
Many of these members are now women, especially in the most recent elections
House Districting and Apportionment
Every 10 years, federally mandated
We decide nationally what the allocation of the 435 house seats will be AKA reapportionment
435 is not mentioned in the constitution