Voting Rules
Dates To Know
Voting Vocabulary
Local Elections
Black History Voting
100

The age you have to be to vote

What is 18?

100

Early voting starts on this day in October for Louisiana 

What is October 18?

100

Define Nominee

What is the candidate a political party chooses to run in the national election?

100

This is the person in your local community who oversees the administration of your city and proposes new laws and budgets to the city council. 

Who is the mayor?

100

This amendment guaranteed black men the right to vote

What is the 15th amendment?

200

Americans with Disabilities Act include policies that polling places must have these things (name at least two)

What is...

 wheelchair-accessible voting booths

 entrances and doorways at least 32 inches wide

 handrails on all stairs

 voting equipment for people who are blind or visually impaired

200

This is Election Day

What is November 5, 2024?

200

Define an Absentee Ballot

What is a mailable paper ballot that is used by voters who will not be able to physically vote on Election Day? 

200

True or false: Local elections have a more direct impact on your everyday life

What is true?

200

The first African American president of the United States served two consecutive terms. Name those terms by year.

What is 2009 to 2017? 

300

The limit for how much you can donate to a candidate in the primary election. 

$3300 

300

This is how many days early voting lasts in Louisiana. 

What is 10 days?

300

Define Electoral College

What is a process that chooses the president and vice president of the U.S. through electors appointed by each state? 

300

He is the mayor of Grambling.

Who is Alvin Bradley, Sr?

300
He is known as the first African American to serve in the United States House of Representatives. 

Who is Joesph Rainey

400

Forms of ID (other than a driver's license) you can show when you vote

What is utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, or government check

400

This is the day absentee voting (vote by mail) begins in Louisiana

What is Sept 21?

400

Define Closed Primary

What is a primary election in which only those voters who have registered as belonging to a particular political party can vote?

400

She is Louisiana's Secretary of State. 

Who is Nancy Landry

400

This act eliminated racial discrimination in voting and increased voter registration and participation among African Americans.

What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

500

Where you would report voting fraud

What is a local FBI office, local U.S. attorney office, or the Public Integrity Section of the Department of Justice's Criminal Division

500

This is the day the U.S. president gets inaugurated

What is January 20? 

500

Define the Two-Party System

What is a political party system with two major political parties?
500

This is the day of the week Grambling holds their city council meetings. 

What is all City Council meetings are held at 6:00 pm the first Thursday monthly in the Grambling Community Center 127 King Street, Grambling, LA?

500

This movement was named to recognize the decades-long struggle aimed at ending racial segregation and discrimination. One of the goals during this time was to secure equal voting rights for African Americans. 

What is the Civil Rights Movement?