Civic Do(ty)
State residents can be randomly selected to be prospective participants in the courtroom in this civic duty.
What is Jury Duty/Jury Summons?
If a person can’t make it to an in-person polling location, this is the main form of voting available to them.
What are Mail-in/Absentee Ballots?
This is the office ROAR the Vote is run by.
What is the Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement
He was the most recent Republican governor of California and starred in the hit sci-fi movie “The Terminator”.
Who is Arnold Schwarzenegger?
You might recognize this historical figure who fought for African American civil rights (and we have a statue of him across the hall).
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This group of officials chooses the next president if the Electoral College is tied.
What is the US House of Representatives?
This is the election that decides who is on the ballot in the November presidential election.
What is a Primary Election?
This is ROAR the Vote’s major partner platform that we have registered or requested absentee ballots with for nearly 500 students this semester.
What is TurboVote?
This rapper ran a highly-discussed third-party campaign for president in 2020.
Who is Kanye West?
Part of the main plot of hit movie National Treasure, this US document was officially signed off in 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This set of policies implemented was put into place in 1965 to try to eliminate racial, religious, and gender discrimination in employment and education.
What is Affirmative Action?
This public figure, who is laid to rest here in Rochester, NY, is known for her work in the women’s suffrage movement.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
This volunteer program under ROAR the Vote officially launched in 2023.
What is the Voter Advocacy Network?
He starred in the movie “Interstellar” and publicly considered a run for Texas governor in 2022.
Who is Matthew McConaughey?
These were the years of the first federal election.
When/what was 1788-89?
This amendment says that the Vice President becomes the President if the President is removed, resigned, or dies.
What is the 25th Amendment?
18 year old’s were made eligible to vote in 1971 by the ratification of this amendment.
What is the 26th Amendment?
53% of eligible RIT student voters voted in this national election.
This former professional wrestler ran the only successful major campaign for the Reform Party in 1998.
Who is Jesse Ventura?
This Act was expanded in 1975 to protect language minorities, requiring that voting materials be provided in other languages and multilingual support to be available at polling locations, and expanded again in 1982 to require assistance for disabled and elderly voters.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
From 1949 to 1987, this policy from the Federal Communications Commission originally intended to present balanced coverage of issues on radio and video, but it was ultimately declared a violation of freedom of speech.
What is the Fairness Doctrine?
This is the only state that has no voter registration requirement to vote in elections, which is largely attributed to its rural and small precinct communities.
What is North Dakota?
One of the policy cornerstones of ROAR the Vote is this political concept that allows us to help students from all political backgrounds.
What is Nonpartisanship?
You may either know him as a prominent comedian from SNL or as the winner of the closest Senate race of 2008.
Who is Al Franken?
This voting barrier was ruled unconstitutional in 1966 by the Supreme Court due to it limiting the capability of low-income citizens from voting.
What are poll taxes?