PT Voltaire - US Elections

1) The process

how-to-become-president-of-the-united-states.pdf (5.99 Mo)

2) Presentation of the candidates

The-candidates.odt (3.58 Mo)

3) The impac of Covid-19 on the elections

covid-impact.pdf (299.59 Ko)

4) Reading Comprehension Exercizes

reading-comprehension-articles.pdf (268.51 Ko)

5) Mandatory and Suggested readings

democracy-in-crisis.pdf (187.72 Ko)

scripts-2-co-voter-fraud-cf-news-of-the-day-.pdf (61.87 Ko)

Mandatory readings:

- "US election 2020: Trump goes after absentee and mail-in voting" (video)

- "Voter websites in California and Florida could be vulnerable to hacks, report finds"

- "Race for a (ballot) cure: the scramble to fix absentee-ballot problems"

- "Could Trump contest even a landslide? That depends on his fellow Republicans"

- "US election: what is voter suppression?"

- "Iran and Russia seek to influence election in final days, US officials warn"

Suggested readings:

- "Trump Covid: how will this affect US election?"

- "Here's where the threat of militia activity around the elections is the highest"

- "Voters in Florida and Alaska receive emails warning 'Vote for Trump or Else!'"

- "US election: do postal ballots lead to voting fraud?"

- "'There is a voter-suppression wing': an ugly American tradition clouds the 2020 presidential race"

- "One week out, Biden imagines a post-Trump America and the president launches more attacks"