Voting in America - From Barkers to Booths - Extra History

Teacher or professor: Extra Credits
Subject: History, Politics, Mythology
Content of the Lesson: Wanna learn more? Swoop on over to @LegalEagle at https://youtu.be/KYVw9lPiCHQ to find out about how the electoral college works... or doesn't. Voting can be a bit of an ordeal in America, but that's been true for as long as we've decided to put the chips down on democracy. Before secret ballots and booths, we used to vote loud and proud. Literally. Just yell out the person you wanted to vote for at the carnival. What could possibly go wrong? We talk about all the different voting systems we've tried in America from shouting your vote, to colored slips that were an entire party, to ballot boxes, booths, and even touch on mail-in voting. Got a favorite subject you want covered? Support us at Patreon to suggest EH topics: http://bit.ly/ExtraHPatreon Check out all our shows at http://becauselearningmatters.com Grab your Extra Credits gear at the store! http://bit.ly/ExtraStore Subscribe for new episodes every Saturday! http://bit.ly/SubToEC Thanks for participating in this week's discussion! We want you to be aware of our community posting guidelines so that we can have high-quality conversations: https://becausegamesmatter.com/extra-... Contribute community subtitles to Extra History: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_p... Follow our social media! Twitter (@ExtraCreditz): http://bit.ly/ECTweet Facebook: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage Twitch: http://bit.ly/ECtwitch Tumblr: http://bit.ly/EConTumblr Instagram: http://bit.ly/ECisonInstagram ____________ ♪ Get the intro music here! http://bit.ly/1EQA5N7 *Music by Demetori: http://bit.ly/1AaJG4H ♪ Outro music: "Extra History Theme" By: Sean and Dean Kiner


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