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GovernmentGovernment
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How do our leaders become our leaders?
As American citizenscitizens we have the right to votevote for “who” we want to lead us at the nationalnational, statestate and locallocal levels. The people electelect leaders by votingvoting.
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Who are our electedelected leaders at
the National National level?
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Our PresidentPresident is George W. Bush and our Vice Vice PresidentPresident is Dick Cheney. They were electedelected in the last PresidentialPresidential electionelection.
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Who is our elected elected leaderleader
at the StateState
level?
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Our Louisiana GovernorGovernor
is Kathleen Blanco.
She was electedelected
by the people in the state.state.
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We also have GovernmentGovernment electionselections at the ParishParish
Level.
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This is our Vermilion Parish Court HouseCourt House. This is where all of our votesvotes are tallied after each election.election.
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These men serve as our Vermilion Parish School Board Members.
Parishes have School Board, Police Juror, Sheriff and Clerk of CourtClerk of Court.
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Our town has a MayorMayor and 5 AldermenAldermen or
CouncilmenCouncilmen. The group meets at the Erath City HallCity Hall to
make town decisions.
Who are some of our electedelected officials at the city or town levelcity or town level?
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Erath has had mayorsmayors since it became a village. The first MayorMayor was Frank Williams. Our
MayorMayor now is George Dupuis.
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Schools have leadersleaders too. Many schools have Student CouncilsStudent Councils.
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American citizenscitizens that register to votevote at 18 years old get to votevote in the local, local, statestate and nationalnational electionslections.
How do leadersleaders get electedelected?
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• These candidatescandidates will decide your taxestaxes, rightsrights and how you live.
•To be an informed and active citizencitizen.
•Everyone should votevote because one votevote can make a difference.
Step into a Voting Booth Link
Why is it important ?
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1.Character- Which person can I trust the most?
2.Qualifications- What education does this person have that would be helpful in the office they are seeking.
3. Experience- What experience does the person have that would help them deal with issues important to you.
4.Charisma-Will this person be able to move people to action.
How to select a CandidateCandidate??
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Students will host Students will host and get to vote in a and get to vote in a class election. The class election. The class will vote for a class will vote for a Mayor and five Mayor and five council members.council members.
Mock Mock ElectionElection
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