Sentences with phrase «study election processes»

As representatives of our disciplines, we encourage U.S. states that still lack paper trails to adopt systems that provide for them before 2018 elections,» said the leadership of the AAAS Section on Social, Economic and Political Sciences, which includes scholars who study election processes.

Faced with the unique quandary presented by 2016 presidential politics, we put our heads together as a fifth - grade team (classroom teachers, special education teachers, academic support teachers) to create a project where our students could study the election process, the executive branch and former presidents.

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On giving diaspora Nigerians a chance to participate in elections, president Buhari said his government was studying the scenario, stressing that what was utmost was to make the process more credible.

«The Commission is charged with studying the integrity of the registration and voting processes used in federal elections,» Heastie wrote to the board in July.

My colleagues and I, including Sen. Tkaczyk, will be studying this election and others to find ways to make certain people who take the time to participate in the electoral process can do so unfettered by hyper technical barriers.»

Ms. Throne - Holst studied conflict resolution on the graduate level at Columbia University and served with the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations, notably in helping guide an election process in the Congo.

Molly Reynolds, a Brookings fellow in governance studies, said a number of indicators suggest that congressional capacity to process information has continued to drop even after precipitous declines following the Republican takeover of the House and Senate in the 1994 elections.

In any presidential election year, the months before the election afford middle and high school teachers a great opportunity to engage students in the new The College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards (C3s) These new frameworks center on guiding students in activities so that they can see how citizens apply civic virtues and democratic principles and have the opportunity to see actual civic engagement in the democratic process.

While a formal civics course is not offered until high school, kindergarten students learn to «identify personal traits, such as courage, honesty, and responsibility» and third - graders learn to «explain how local government officials are chosen, e.g., election, appointment,» according to the Idaho State Department of Education's social studies standards.22 By the time students reach 12th grade, they are more prepared to learn civics - related topics, such as the electoral process and role of political parties; the methods of public participation; and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, than students with no prior exposure to a civics curriculum.

According to a poll funded by the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, 74 percent of Oklahoma voters favor choosing appellate judges in contested elections over a merit selection and retention process, and 69 percent support amending the constitution to make this change.