Did you know these voting facts?

Did you know why the the voting age changed from 21?

The voting age was changed back in the '70s because of the draft. The minimum age for the draft was 18, and people thought that if you are old enough to be sent into combat, you should have a say in what goes on within the government.
The minimum voting age in the US in 2007 is 18.

Did you know How many electoral votes does United States have?

There are 538 one allocated for each Senate and House member and executed by the state or district.

Did you know how the Electorial Votes are determined for each state?

Each state has a number of electoral votes (electors) equal to the number of Senators and Representatives that particular state is entitled to have in Congress. If a state is entitled to have 10 Representatives and 2 Senators, it gets 12 electoral votes.

Did you know what the top 10 states that gets the most Electorial Votes?

They are as listed...

1. California 55
3. Texas 34
2. New York 31
4. Florida 27
5. Pennsylvania 21
6. Illinois 21
7. Ohio 20
8. Michigan 17
9. Georgia 15
9. New Jersey 15
9. North Carolina 15

Did you know that how many states that get fewest electoral votes?

The following 8 states have the fewest electoral votes each: (3)

Alaska
Deleware
Washington DC
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Vermont
Wyoming

Did you know how many times a president was elected who did not win the popular vote?

It has happened four times in history.
The 2000 election was the most recent when the candidate who received the greatest number of electoral votes, and thus won the presidency, didn't win the popular vote. But this scenario has played out in our nation's history before.

In 1824, John Quincy Adams was elected president despite not winning either the popular vote or the electoral vote. Andrew Jackson was the winner in both categories. Jackson received 38,000 more popular votes than Adams, and beat him in the electoral vote 99 to 84. Despite his victories, Jackson didn't reach the majority 131 votes needed in the Electoral College to be declared president. In fact, neither candidate did. The decision went to the House of Representatives, which voted Adams into the White House.

In 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes won the election (by a margin of one electoral vote), but he lost the popular vote by more than 250,000 ballots to Samuel J. Tilden.

In 1888, Benjamin Harrison received 233 electoral votes to Grover Cleveland's 168, winning the presidency. But Harrison lost the popular vote by more than 90,000 votes.

In 2000, George W. Bush was declared the winner of the general election and became the 43rd president, but he didn't win the popular vote either. Al Gore holds that distinction, garnering about 540,000 more votes than Bush. However, Bush won the electoral vote, 271 to 266.

Did you know who was the Authors of the Constitution?

Who were the Authors of the Constitution ?

Gouverneur Morris of Pennsylvania was put in charge of the committee to draft the final copy of the Constitution. Other men who had much to do with writing the Constitution included John Dickinson, Gouverneur Morris, Edmund Randolph, Roger Sherman, James Wilson, and George Wythe. Morris was given the task of putting all the convention's resolutions and decisions into polished form. Morris actually "wrote" the Constitution. The original copy of the document is preserved in the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C.
Jacob Shallus who, at the time, was assistant clerk of the Pennsylvania State Assembly, and whose office was in the same building in which the Convention was held, was given the task of engrossing the Constitution prior to its being signed.
You can get more information from the World Book Encyclopedia on line and these sites: http://hometown.aol.com/we4amhis/AmGov.html http://www.teacheroz.com/colonies.htm
Here is more input from others:
The U.S. Constitution is the work of several men, directly and indirectly. The three most notable persons whose work influenced the Constitution but who were not involved in its writing are Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Thomas Paine. The group of men involved in the writing of the Constitution are generally referred to as the "framers".
No one person wrote it. Twelve of the thirteen states sent delegates to a convention to revise the Articles of Confederation and the whole convention worked on it. After the political questions were all resolved a committee of style was formed to put everything into formal words. It is generally accepted that Gouverneur Morris produced most of the language included in the final draft from the Committee of Style. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson was in France as a diplomat during the Constitutional Convention
Actually the man really known for writing the Constitution was actually Mr. James Madison... but there might really be more who helped him write it.
No one person wrote the Constitution of the United States. The entire membership of the Constitutional Convention, at least those delegates who stayed for the whole thing, contributed to its development. When all of the ideas had been hashed out a Committee of Style was appointed to set it out in proper legal language. Gouvernor Morris did most of the committee's work, so he is responsible for most of the specific phrasing in the constitution but, as said, they had all contributed to the ideas therein.
Primary Author: James Madison (Drafted the Virginia Plan)
The delegates to the Constitutional Convention approved the Constitution of the United States. Gouverneur Morris of Pennsylvania was put in charge of the committee to draft the final copy of the Constitution. Other men who had much to do with writing the new Constitution included John Dickinson, Edmund Randolph, Roger Sherman, James Wilson, and George Wythe. Morris was given the task of putting all the convention's resolutions and decisions into polished form. Morris actually "wrote" the Constitution. The original copy of the document is preserved in the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. Jacob Shallus, who was the assistant clerk of the Pennsylvania State Assembly, when the Constitution was drafted, was given the task of engrossing the Constitution prior to the signing.
Author of Constitution: Gouverneur Morris of Pennsylvania was put in charge of the committee to draft the final copy of the Constitution. Other men who had much to do with writing the new Constitution included John Dickinson, Gouverneur Morris, Edmund Randolph, Roger Sherman, James Wilson, and George Wythe. Morris was given the task of putting all the convention's resolutions and decisions into polished form. Morris actually "wrote" the Constitution. The original copy of the document is preserved in the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. Jacob Shallus who, at the time, was assistant clerk of the Pennsylvania State Assembly, and whose office was in the same building in which the Convention was held, was the penman who engrossed the Constitution before the signing.
Also check out http://www.montpelier.org, http://www.constitutioncenter.org, http://www.usconstitution.net, http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/constpap.asp.

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Did you know who's birthday is today, Nov 5?

Guess who wasBorn today:

1971 Jonny Greenwood - guitarist (Radiohead)
1963 Tatum O'Neal - actress (Oscar® winner, 1973)
1962 Brian Wheat - bassist (Tesla)
1959 Bryan Adams - singer, guitarist
1957 Mike Score - singer, keyboardist (Flock Of Seagulls)
1952 Bill Walton - basketball player, sportscaster
1947 Peter Noone - singer, guitarist (Herman's Hermits)
1946 Gram Parsons - singer (The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers)
1943 Sam Shepard - actor
1942 Elke Sommer - actress
1941 Art Garfunkel - singer (Simon and Garfunkel)
1931 Ike Turner - singer, pianist (Ike and Tina Turner)
1924 Ivan Rezak - composer
1913 Vivien Leigh - actress (Gone with the Wind)
1913 John McGiver - actor
1912 Natalie Schafer - actress (Gilligan's Island)
1912 Roy Rogers - cowboy singer, actor
1905 Joel McCrea - actor
1891 Earle Neale - football coach
1885 Will Durant - author

Did you know who's birthday is today, Nov 4?

Did you know who was born today?

1971 Shawn Rivera - R&B singer (Az Yet)
1969 Sean 'Puffy' Combs (aka Puff Daddy, P. Diddy) - rapper, producer
1969 Matthew McConaughey - actor
1966 Kool Rock - rapper (Fat Boys)
1963 Andrea McArdle - actress, singer
1962 Ralph Macchio - actor
1950 Markie Post - actress
1946 Robert Mapplethorpe - photographer
1938 Delbert McClinton - singer
1937 Loretta Swit - actress (M*A*S*H)
1930 Doris Roberts - actress
1919 Martin Balsam - actor (Oscar® winner, 1965)
1918 Cameron Mitchell - actor
1918 Art Carney - actor (Oscar® winner, 1974)
1917 Gig Young - actor (Oscar® winner, 1969)
1917 Virginia Field - actress
1916 Walter Cronkite - CBS TV news anchor
1913 Gig Young - actor
1879 Will Rogers - author, humorist
1862 Eden Phillpotts - author

Did you know what the hardest know substance know to man is?

Did you know what the hardest know substance know to man is?

According to an old English system of time units, a moment is one and a half minutes.

The typewriter was invented in 1829, and the automatic dishwasher in 1889.

The wristwatch was invented in 1904 by Louis Cartier.

When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour.

By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.

Ten minutes of one hurricane contains enough energy to match the nuclear stockpiles of the world.

Most gemstones contain several elements. The exception? The diamond. It's all carbon.

Diamonds are the hardest substance known to man.

Which of the 50 states has never had an earthquake? North Dakota.

When hydrogen burns in the air, water is formed.

Did you know who's birthday is today, Nov 3?

Did You know who was Born today?

1960  James Prime - keyboardist (Deacon Blue)

1959  Dolph Lundgren - actor

1956  Phil Simms - NFL quarterback, sportscaster

1954  Adam Ant - singer

1953  Dennis Miller - comedian, actor

1953  Kate Capshaw - actress

1953  Roseanne Barr - actress, comedienne

1949  Larry Holmes - WBC heavyweight boxing champ (1978-85)

1949  Mike Evans - actor

1948  Lulu - singer

1934  John Barry - film score composer

1933  Michael Dukakis - Massachusetts Governor

1933  Ken Berry - actor

1921  Charles Bronson - actor

1918  Bob Feller - baseball pitcher

1908  Bronko Nagurski - football running back

1845  Edward White - US Supreme Court Chief Justice (1894-1921)

1794  William Cullen Bryant - poet

1793  Stephen Austin - Texas patriot; state capital is named for him

1718  John Montague (Earl of Sandwich) - sandwich inventor