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Webelos – 4th Grade
My Community
Citizenship
Required
Requirement 2

Our Elected Official

Webelos – 4th Grade
My Community
Citizenship
Required
Requirement 2

Our Elected Official

Snapshot of Activity

Invite a community-elected official to learn about the type of voting used in their election. 

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  • Government Types found in Additional Resources 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Contact an elected community official and ask if they can attend your den meeting and answer questions about how they were elected.  Make sure that they are willing and able to share about majority and plurality voting and which system was used for them to become elected and what would happen if there were a tie. 
  2. Review the Government Types document. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Introduce the guest speaker. 
  2. Encourage Cub Scouts to raise their hands to ask questions. 
  3. If Cub Scouts are having a hard time asking questions, using the Government Types document, consider the following questions:  
    • When did you first get elected? 
    • How often is the election held for your position? 
    • Is there a limit on how long you can be in the position? 
    • Were you elected by a majority or plurality? 
    • How many votes did you receive? 
    • What percentage of people eligible to vote in your election actually voted?  
  4. Thank your guest. 

After the meeting: 

  1. Send your guest a thank you card. 

Additional Resources

Government Types

Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.