Election season is the best season, even more than pumpkin spice latte season, football season or spider season Imagine raking leaves, drinking hot apple cider, munching on donuts and getting ready to participate in democracy – it’s one of the great American fall traditions. Here are a handful of fun facts to take to the… Read more »
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Voting Ahead
Election Day is November 5th in the United States, and Americans have the opportunity to decide who serves in their government, at the federal, state, and local level. In preparing to exercise this power – and responsibility – there are many useful tools that registered voters can avail themselves of to inform their vote. An… Read more »
Celebrating 237 years of the U.S. Constitution
On September 17, 1787, thirty-nine delegates of the Constitutional Convention, our founding fathers, signed and enacted the United States Constitution. This document establishes the “checks and balances” system among the three branches of government: Judicial, Executive, and Legislative. We have celebrated this milestone with Constitution Day on September 17th each year, marking 237 years in… Read more »
A guide to political (mis)information
During any election season, voters are bombarded with messages regarding candidates, policies and the potential outcomes of a particular candidate’s victory. Yet much of that messaging is distributed as lower-quality information, sometimes fact-free in its entirety. Voting is an incredibly important duty for American citizens, and that means it’s doubly important to know how to… Read more »
Election Preparation
Election Day is November 8th in the United States, when a free people have the power to decide who serves in their government, at the federal, state, and local levels. There are several useful tools that registered voters can use to prepare for their civic opportunity – some would say civic duty – to vote. … Read more »
Celebrating the Constitution and Your Right to Vote
September 17, 1787 – Thirty-nine of our founding fathers, delegates of the Constitutional Convention, signed and put into effect the United States Constitution. The Constitution outlines the “checks and balances” of our three branches of government: Judicial, Executive, and Legislative. That was 233 years ago, and we continue to celebrate that achievement with Constitution Day… Read more »
Your vote counts! Then and Now: a brief timeline of women’s suffrage
On August 26, 1920, women in the U.S. secured the right to vote. It was a victory 80 years in the making, opening voting rights on a national level to all women for the first time. While the Constitution first extended voting privileges, it did so only for property-owning men. Eventually, all men were allowed… Read more »
Why voting matters
While the right to vote has been part of the US Constitution since the founding of this country. it was originally limited to white male landowners – a wealthy elite in many cases. The right to vote, considered a cornerstone in the popular conception of democracy, is a hard-won right earned through centuries of war,… Read more »
It’s Not too Late!
It’s not too late to be an informed voter! And, if you are reading this after 6:00 p.m. on November 6, you will be plenty early for the next election! Why do I vote? Even if people tell me that my vote doesn’t really matter, I know that my voting does. I vote, primarily,… Read more »
Why should YOU care?
Why should you join the American Democracy Project and IU East in celebrating Constitution Week? During this time in a presidential election year, we are bombarded with ads on the television and radio, and endless talking heads with conflicting perspectives on the news. It can be difficult and time-consuming to follow the issues. One can… Read more »