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ABA Online Conversations: Law, Diversity & The Vote: Voting: Representation

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Online Conversation - Law, Diversity, and the Vote

Voting
Representation

Introduction | How We Choose Our Candidates | Voting Systems | The Electoral College
Do We Have Enough Representation?

YOU Vote!


Introduction
In a representative democracy we elect representatives and give them the responsibility and power to make laws. When we elect our congressional representatives, we elect them directly. Did you know that when we vote for a candidate in a presidential election, we are actually choosing a slate of electors who will in turn cast votes directly for the president? Do we have enough representation?

Click on the links above to read more, then come back to YOU Vote! to answer our question.

Now YOU Vote:

Should people be able to vote in all local, state, and national elections over the Internet?

Yes
No
Undecided


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