The General Election 2024: Home
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 is the General Election in the United States
The General Election is a federal election where the President of the United States is elected. States and counties and cities will also have elections for Governor, State and Federal legislators, and many local seats.
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- Vote 411 - comprehensive voting and elections informationFind out about voter eligibility, voting, elections, your rights as a voter, where to find registration offices and ballot drop boxes, and so much more. Link lands on Washington state, but information for all states and territories is available. Did you know that if you are 16 or 17, you can pre-register?
Informational: Return to this spot on November 5th and 6th to see 2024 election results
Cross discipline collaboration
The information in this guide was compiled by two of your faculty at Tacoma Community College, Melissa Adams, Library and Information Science, and Katrina Taylor, Political Science. Materials were selected using several criteria, including clarity, factuality, neutrality, source reputation, length/duration, and to some extent timeliness (you may find older materials that cover information that doesn't change, such as the requirements to run as a United States president). We hope that you find this guide useful not only in finding out how to participate in this coming election, but also in understanding how the U.S. election system works, and how to process the enormous amount of information surrounding U.S. politics and elections.
We welcome constructive feedback and clarifying and curiosity-driven questions. See our contact information on this page.
What is included in this guide
- understand United States presidential election process, including the Electoral College;
- evaluate news stories and campaign messaging;
- critically investigate the nature of and messaging in conspiracy theories;
- learn about voter eligibility, registration, and voting in Washington state.
- November 5, 2024 General Election: the deadline to register by mail or online is October 28; to register between October 29 and November 5, you must register in person.
- learn about voting history of the United States
- information about voting in the United Statesfind election and voting offices and more
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