Didn’t Bother Voting

Friday's Editorial Cartoon   —   Posted on October 28, 2011

Question(s)

1.  a) When is election day this year?
b) How is the date determined?

2.  This will be an off-year election, there are no seats up for election in the United States Congress. There will be two gubernatorial races on November 8th, in Kentucky and Mississippi.  There will also be a few state legislative and judicial elections as well as numerous citizen initiatives, mayoral races, and a variety of other local offices on the ballot.  What candidates and/or ballot measures are on your ballot in November?
(Go to studentnewsdaily.com/become-an-educated-voter and scroll down for a link to your state's election board.)

3.  What is the point of Wright's cartoon?
a)  he is attempting to motivate people to vote
b)  he is pointing out that voting is a waste of time
c)  he is trying to get people to vote for his candidate