Class Is In Session: GO VOTE!

In this episode Alexandra Hodge and Astrid Ferguson explain how the three US government branches (legislative, executive and judicial branches) work and what the various elections are. We discuss what the various parties are that we vote for during the primary and general elections. With a big election coming up it’s important to understand what appointed vs elected officials are in your local community.

Learn about the electoral college, difference between the people’s vote and the electoral vote and how trump won the election in 2016. In this episode you also learn more about Daniel Cameron’s background and closing thoughts on Breonna Taylor’s case.

Sources used for this podcast:

1. https://www.history.com/topics/us-government/three-branches-of-government
2. https://www.usa.gov/branches-of-government

1. https://www.votespa.com/About-Elections/Pages/Types%20of%20Elections.aspx - Alex
   1. Daniel Cameron (about him https://ag.ky.gov/about/Pages/Attorney-General.aspx) was an elected official (attorney general) who chose to handle Breonna Taylors case after the district attorney of Louisville Tom Wine, (https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/metro-government/2020/05/13/breonna-taylor-shooting-top-prosecutor-wont-review-officer-conduct/5186857002/) removed himself from the case which would have been handled by the city instead of the state of Louisville Kentucky. Which is why Breonna’s family was able to get a settlement of $12 Million. So the whole conspiracy that the officers would not have been charged because money was paid to her family is false because they were handled on two different parts of the court system. Think of it as local county vs. state. https://definitions.uslegal.com/d/district-attorney/ https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Attorney+General
2. What is the electoral college and how does it work?
   1. https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/the-electoral-college.aspx
   2. Let’s revisit the election of trump in 2016 and the states that he won https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/president

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