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The procedure for holding elections in the USA Made by: Nika Mamedova Catherine Lyaver The procedure for holding elections in the USA Made by: Nika Mamedova Catherine Lyaver 425

In the United States for the organization and conduct of elections, including tabulating and In the United States for the organization and conduct of elections, including tabulating and certifying the results, the answer is a thousand administrative employees. They had a range of important and difficult problems: they assign the exact date of the election, certify the right of candidates to stand for election, registering voters, eligible voters, and make up their rosters, choose equipment for voting, are developing forms of the ballots, gaining a huge temporary staff to work on sites in the election day, and then tabulating the votes and approve the election results.

Voting in the United States takes place in two stages. National list of voters Voting in the United States takes place in two stages. National list of voters in the USA don't exist, so to participate in the elections a citizen must first qualify by registration. Citizens registered at the place of residence. Registration systems were designed to prevent fraud, but every state has its own registration procedure.

One of the most important functions of the election officials – to ensure that One of the most important functions of the election officials – to ensure that every citizen eligible to vote, was included in the registration list, and no man without this privilege, did not get there. Today, when at the polls the voters are not included in the lists, they are given a provisional ballot. Subsequently their right to vote is verified before the counting of votes.

Organization and holding of elections in the United States is the powers of local Organization and holding of elections in the United States is the powers of local authorities. They are not only responsible for year-round voter registration and identification of persons entitled to participate in these elections. Their responsibilities include designing the format of the ballots for each election, the concern that all registered candidates were included, and that all matters put to vote were duly formulated. To top it off, they need to make the contents of the newsletter is extremely simple and easy to understand.

The technique of voting In the United States there is a wide variety of The technique of voting In the United States there is a wide variety of voting machines, and the nature of technology is constantly changing. Today, there are very few places people vote in the old way with paper ballots by placing crosses against the name of the candidate, but many computerized systems still handle paper ballots with filled circles or connected lines. Then the registration of voters by mechanically scanning the ballots. The equipment of this type is called “optical scanning system”.

The technique of voting Another innovation – “early voting”. For these purposes, the voting The technique of voting Another innovation – “early voting”. For these purposes, the voting machines are installed in malls and other public places not earlier than three weeks before election day. Passing citizens come to them and vote according to their discretion.

The counting of votes takes place on election day. Although early voting is gaining The counting of votes takes place on election day. Although early voting is gaining popularity, the count of early ballots begins, along with the rest only after the polls close and the results of early voting does not publish any official information about which candidates are ahead or behind, because the information about the results of early voting can affect the subsequent stages of the elections.

The movement for reform In 2002, Congress enacted the “Help America vote Act” (HAVA), The movement for reform In 2002, Congress enacted the “Help America vote Act” (HAVA), which includes several notable elements. First, the Federal government offered to States and localities to replace outdated voting machines. Secondly, the law established a Commission to promote voting in order to provide technical assistance to local election administration officials and establish standards for voting machines.

Thus, we can say that the electoral system in the USA differs from the Thus, we can say that the electoral system in the USA differs from the Russian system of elections in the technological aspect. American system more innovative and automated. Overall, the election process in America is much easier than in Russia.

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