VOTING
Because they occur halfway between presidential election years, the 2026 U.S. House and Senate elections are commonly known by what name also used to refer to an important exam halfway through a college semester?
What is Midterms?
How long is a typical presidential term?
What is 4 years?
In addition to working to register Black voters, Medgar Evers served as the first field secretary for this civil rights organization in Mississippi.
What is the NAACP?
This system allows each branch of the U.S. government to limit the power of the other two branches.
What is checks and balances?
This group of the first 10 amendments protects the basic individual liberties.
What is the Bill of Rights?
If you can’t go to your local polling place on election day, which type of mail-in ballot can you request to make sure you can still cast your vote? You can sometimes use them to vote early, too.
What is... Absentee?
How long is a U.S. Senate term?
What is 6 years?
This Mississippi civil rights activist famously challenged the all-white Mississippi Democratic Party delegation at the 1964 Democratic National Convention after facing discrimination while trying to register Black voters.
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?
Who is the leader of the Executive Branch?
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
What is the 19th Amendment?
In a U.S. presidential election, this group formally casts the votes that determine the president and vice president.
What is the Electoral College?
How long is a U.S. House of Representatives term?
What is 2 years?
When is the last day to register to vote in the state of Mississippi for the November midterm elections?
What is October 6, 2026?
What are the two parts of the Legislative Branch?
What is the House of Representatives and the Senate?
This constitutional amendment was intended to protect citizens from being denied the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition servitude.
What is the 15th Amendment?
Who is the only U.S. president to have been elected unanimously, receiving every electoral vote available to him?
What is the term limit for Congressional reelection?
What is... there is no term limit?
This 1964 project brought hundreds of volunteers to Mississippi to register Black voters and increase participation in the political process.
What is Freedom Summer?
How many Supreme Court justices are there?
What is 9 Justices?
This amendment guarantees freedom of speech, religion, and the press.
What is the First Amendment?
This federal law outlawed discriminatory voting practices, including literacy tests, and greatly expanded federal protection of voting rights.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This is the maximum number of times a person can be elected president under the 22nd Amendment.
What is two terms?
This Mississippi law, passed in 1890, required voters to pay a tax before voting and became one of the tools used to disenfranchise Black voters.
What is for life or until he or she retires?
This amendment lowered the official voting age in national elections to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?