of course the election won't be rigged what does that even mean

What is the paradox when it comes to voting?

The paradox of voting, also called Downs' paradox, is that for a rational, self-interested voter, the costs of voting will normally exceed the expected benefits.

How do you win the election?

A total of 538 electors form the Electoral College. Each elector casts one vote following the general election. The candidate who gets 270 votes or more wins. The newly elected President and Vice President are then inaugurated on January 20th.

Is the right to vote?

According to the U.S. Constitution, voting is a right. Many constitutional amendments have been ratified since the first election. However, none of them made voting mandatory for U.S. citizens.

How does the Electoral College work?

A candidate must receive 270 of the 538 electoral votes to become President or Vice President. If a candidate for President fails to receive 270 votes, the House itself will choose the President from among the three individuals who received the most electoral votes.

What is the purpose of the Electoral College?

The Electoral College is how we refer to the process by which the United States elects the President, even though that term does not appear in the U.S. Constitution. In this process, the States (which includes the District of Columbia just for this process) elect the President and Vice President.

Does the Constitution protect the right to vote?

1870: The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prevents states from denying the right to vote on grounds of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude". Disfranchisement after Reconstruction era began soon after.

What does the 15th Amendment say?

FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of ser- vitude.

Can a person be denied equal protection of the law?

The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment prohibits states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law. In other words, the laws of a state must treat an individual in the same manner as other people in similar conditions and circumstances.

How long are ballots kept in chain of custody?

And then those are actually, by law, maintained for seven years in case there's ever any-- even after the term of the people who ran in that election is over, we've still got those to be able to verify.

Why do we have a paper trail?

FRANK LAROSE: One of the reasons why we have to have that paper trail is so that we can do a post-election audit. And we audit every election in every county to make sure that the results came out accurately and honestly.

What is the only legitimate authority that any government member has?

FRANK LAROSE: In our form of government, the only legitimate authority that any government member has, any elected official has is from the consent of the governed. And the only way we establish the consent of the governed is through a free and fair election that everybody just intuitively knows was an accurate and honest contest.

Is voting a privilege?

TOM RIDGE: Voting isn't a privilege. It's a civic responsibility. And since neither party has a particular electoral advantage because of absentee voting, you shouldn't have to choose between standing in line with a mask on, maybe waiting three, four, five hours, maybe jeopardizing your health, or being able to exercise your civic responsibility, and that's voting on November 3.

Will mistakes happen in every cycle?

BENJAMIN GINSBERG: And mistakes will happen. Mistakes happen every cycle. They should be rooted out. They should be corrected. But that should not be confused with widespread fraud that yields inaccurate election results.