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Districting Process
Begins at Local Level
From the county board of supervisors to the president of the nation, our form of government relies on the districting process. In a quick study, this article will try to shed some light on these areas of government and the requirements for voting. For simplification, the subject will be approached separately on the national, state and county levels.
National Presidential
Elections
The President and Vice-President of the United States are the only elective Federal officials not elected by direct vote of the people. They are chosen by members of the Electoral College, an institution that has withstood over 100 congressional attempts to alter or abolish it. In three elections, the Presidential candidate receiving the majority popular vote actually has lost: in 1824 John Quincy Adams won over Andrew Jackson; in 1876 Rutherford Hayes over Samuel Tilden; and in 1888 Benjamin Harrison over Grover Cleveland. In November of every fourth year, each state chooses as many electors as it has Senators and Representatives in the U. S. Congress, resulting in 12 electors for Virginia. The political parties customarily nominate their lists of electors at the state conventions and the electors of the party receiving the highest vote are elected. By tradition they vote for their party nominee, thus Virginia gives its 12 electoral votes to him, although the constitution does not require it to do so.
The importance of v o t i n g
85.7%