voting badge extra credit opportunity
DESCRIPTION
sample of a simple assignment to interest college students in the election process and focus attention on the upcoming presidential election rationale: college students often need to plan ahead in order to vote - to register to vote and/or arrange for an absentee ballot (this link may be helpful: http://www.rockthevote.com/get-informed/elections/#elecresources) assignment also suggests use of a "badge" as an alternate social media profile picture on election day #youthvote #election2016 #vote #registertovote #democracy #artschool #collegeinstructor #highschoolart #hsartclass #artclass #designclass #polysciTRANSCRIPT
Extra Credit opportunity: NEW “I voted” badge
up to 10 points, or 15 points for the best presentation between 2 current classes
Assignment:
1) using Adobe software, design a new “I voted” badge to be used as a sticker distributed to voters at polls or as an alternate profile picture for social media after you vote, etc. notes: use red and blue in approximately equal amounts; avoid party symbols such as a donkey or elephant...
2) write about your artwork as if you were addressing your local board of elections and offering your design for use as an “I voted” badge in upcoming elections (1-2 paragraphs)
Considerations: • could a great badge increase voter participation and by doing so have an effect on the election outcome ? in the March 15th Missouri presidential primary, a candidate who won by only .2% (less than 2000 votes) in the Republican election will take the majority of delegates (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/primary-calendar-and-results.html)
• younger voters are generally less likely to vote “Between 2010 and 2014, at least 22 states passed laws that made it harder or less convenient for eligible voters to vote, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. These include new photo-ID requirements with restrictive lists of acceptable identification (including no student IDs); shorter voting hours; the end of same-day voter registration; and prohibitions on out-of-precinct voting...” see: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/where-are-the-young-voters/2015/07/23/2781990e-316f-11e5-8f36-18d1d501920d_story.html • recent presidential election voter turnout - 2012, 57.5% of all eligible voters cast a ballot; in 2008, 62.3%; and in 2004, 60.4% (http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/08/report-shows-turnout-lower-than-2008-and-2004/)