Why are elections important to democracy? Find out on today's podcast.

What is a fair election? Find out on today's podcast.

On today's podcast, we learn what makes an election fair and honest.

Government is not the possession of the ruling party: it belongs to the people.

Americans have the authority and the responsibility to choose their elected leaders.

Today we look at how the United States can increase voter turnout.

Today we learn about the birth of the Electoral College.

Does the popular vote determine who wins the presidency? Find out on today's podcast.

It takes 270 electoral votes to win a presidential election outright. Learn more on today's Election Day podcast.

What happens if there is a tie vote in the Electoral College? We'll find out on today's podcast.

On today's podcast, we discuss the property requirement for voting in the American colonies.

The right to vote is the backbone of American democracy, making it possible for all adult citizens to participate in government.

The right to vote in the American colonies was limited to property owners, and although a wider subset of the population could vote than in Britain, many groups were still excluded.

The Constitutional Convention left it to the states to decide who was eligible to vote.This meant that struggles to win the right to vote first happened in individual states.

Today on 60-Second Civics we learn how 18-year-olds gained the right to vote.

Responsible voting is essential to democracy. Today we discuss what citizens must do in order to vote.

The right to vote was limited to white men who owned property in the early republic, but change came in fits and starts.

Laws passed after the Civil War made it easier for African American men to vote, but some states passed laws to stop them. In some states, African Americans to pass a literacy test and pay a poll tax. See how these tests affected those...

How long did it take for women to gain the right to vote? Too long. Learn about the long struggle on today's podcast.

The Indian Citizenship Act made it easy for Native Americans to vote, right? Well, not exactly.

In this documentary, Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Stephen G. Breyer and other experts discuss how the principle of one person, one vote emerged from a series of landmark decisions in the 1960s, including Baker v. Carr and Reynolds v....

Big Bird learns how people vote on Election Day.

The security of electronic voting machines is a concern, as there are fears that they could be hacked into. An expert discusses the technology behind them. Aired Nov. 2, 2012 [16:31 min]

The video examines why voting takes place on a Tuesday. [3:27]