. The essential facts of Oklahoma history and civics . ch party are ona separate ballot. The ballots of each party areon different colored paper. Each voter is giventhe ballot of his party. Forms of ballots are shown on page 221. Questions. Why are elections held? What is thetime of the general election? Of the primary election?What are the qualifications of voters? What is anelection precinct? How large should it be? Howis the state election board chosen ? What are the dutiesof that board? How is the county election boardchosen? What are its duties? How is the precinctboard chosen ? What are
. The essential facts of Oklahoma history and civics . ch party are ona separate ballot. The ballots of each party areon different colored paper. Each voter is giventhe ballot of his party. Forms of ballots are shown on page 221. Questions. Why are elections held? What is thetime of the general election? Of the primary election?What are the qualifications of voters? What is anelection precinct? How large should it be? Howis the state election board chosen ? What are the dutiesof that board? How is the county election boardchosen? What are its duties? How is the precinctboard chosen ? What are its duties ? When are votersrequired to register? Why? What does it mean toregister? What is meant by a mandatory primary?What difference between the primary and the generalelection ballot? LESSON 15 TAXATION Need of Taxes. — A tax is money paid for thesupport of the state. It takes money to keep up agovernment. Money is required for roads^bridges, and school buildings. Until people im-prove, a great deal of money will be needed for t>bV10CRATIC. Sample Ballot, Genera) Election Hel)t,otl»5*tl^«(«g.»tT,, MIZ. Watd 2, Cfty o< Edniond Oklahyma County ., „ ^ ^1 (] o n :G :gg r- n r 221 222 OKLAHOMA CIVICS jails and penitentiaries. A good government is ablessing. Right-minded people are willing tobear the expense. Assessment. — Most people think the expenseof government should be distributed according tothe ability of the people to bear it. Most of ourstate and local taxes are based on the value ofproperty. In order to collect taxes in that wayit is necessary to have a value placed upon theproperty. The officer who makes a list of theproperty and fixes the value is the assessor. InOklahoma the property is assessed by a countyassessor. The property should be assessed at itsactual cash value. Levying Taxes. — To levy taxes means to fixa rate to be collected on the assessed value. Thedistrict school tax is levied by the people at theannual school meeting. The towns
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