PPT-Candidate’s Guide to Elections

General Expectations All Board members are expected to perform as follows Attend Board Meetings Attend Membership Events Attend Training Events Set goals for your position by January Board meeting. The Local Elections Campaign Financing Act was brought into force on May 29 2014 Candidates running for local elections must now comply with the Local Government Act Local Elections Campaign Financing Act and the Vancouver Charter when running for Introduction. Each MP or Member of Parliament represents one constituency or riding.. The number of constituencies in a province relates to population.. One candidate only is elected “first by the post.”. May 30, 2012. PTA:. Role in Elections. ★ . Election Campaigns. ★ . Voter Registration . ★ . Candidate Forums . ★. Candidate Questionnaires. ★ . Ballot Measures. PTA:. Our Purpose. Promote the welfare of children and youth. Election . Processes. Regulations. Expenses. How Voting Works. Campaign Advice. Timeline. Questions. Election Processes. Administration is handled by Rebecca Davies, Democratic Support Co-ordinator.. Campaigns, Elections & the Media. FRQ Review!. 1999 ~ See Ch. 7 Notes. In recent decades presidential election campaigns have become more candidate centered and less focused on issues and party labels. This change has been attributed both to how media cover presidential campaigns and to how candidates use the media. . Municipal Elections. Opening Discussion. Have you ever voted for something before?. How was the winner decided?. Did you think the process was fair? . Elections. Elections are contests of leadership, ideas, power and politics.. Elections. Issues to candidate-centered elections. Issues to candidate-centered elections. TV as an instrument of change. Issues to candidate-centered elections. TV as an instrument of change. Role of money. Off year and General Elections. Vocabulary. Suffrage 14. General Elections. Electorate 15. off-Year Elections. Direct primary 16. Coattail Effect. Recall 17. Caucus. Referendum 18. Presidential Preference Primary. What do you see?. . . Your . worldview . is your outlook on life and the world, and how you interpret events on a daily basis. Your worldview relates to your . values. , which are your principles or standards of behaviour and priorities in life. “. Elections in the United States. ”. How does a candidate get from this point… . … to this point? . …narrows the field of possible candidates for public office. . Why do political parties need to “narrow the field?”. Math for Liberal Studies. How do we choose the winner of an election?. Harder than you might think. There are many examples in history where the results were disputed. We care about this because we want the outcome of the election to be “fair”. “. Elections in the United States. ”. Ch. 7, Sec. 1. How does a candidate get from this point… . … to this point? . Let’s illustrate why “narrowing the field” is important… . “$1,000 Bill example”. Christina Worrell . Adkins. Texas Secretary of State Elections Division. 1. What to Expect?. Basic Election Concepts. Terminology and “Election Lingo”. Citations and References . Preview of other Presentations. Intro to Elections: Caucuses & primaries. Homework:. Begin reading CH. 9, pgs. 290-298. Make sure you are keeping up on KBAT’s (there is a pretty lengthy list of SCOTUS cases with this unit). Quiz Corrections.