Voting and Democracy
How concerned do you think we should we be about the integrity of the 2020 election? What problems worry you most? What should be done to address them?
Lesson plan
- Read this article. Nytimes.
- In groups of 3-4 decide om some key points you would like to study.
- Watch the video found below and the text above it.
- Start a joint document where you include the facts you would like to work on and the questions you have
- Use the information you found and write an article on your blog.
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How concerned do you think we should we be about the integrity of the 2020 election? Experts say this election has the potential to be “explosive.” In “The Voting Will End Nov. 3. The Legal Battle Probably Won’t,” Times journalists write:
[The clash over voting rights] has been vastly complicated this year by the challenge of holding a national election in the middle of a deadly pandemic, with a greater reliance on mail-in voting that could prolong the counting in a way that turns Election Day into Election Week or Election Month. And the atmosphere has been inflamed by a president who is already using words like “coup,” “fraud” and “corrupt” to delegitimize the vote even before it happens.
The battle is playing out on two tracks: defining the rules about how the voting will take place, and preparing for fights over how the votes should be counted and contesting the outcome.
Watch the video below.
Students 13 and older in the United States and the United Kingdom, and 16 and older elsewhere, are invited to comment. All comments are moderated by the Learning Network staff, but please keep in mind that once your comment is accepted, it will be made public.
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