Ballot access

The 2016 presidential election will go down in history as one of the most controversial elections in American history. During the campaigning our lives revolved around news jam-packed with predictions and contentious headlines about both the Republican and Democratic candidates. Most of us were fed up and could not wait until November 8th when the incessant character assignations would finally come to an end. All the while many of us had high hopes for the future mixed with the fear that…

Marijuana is a very controversial topic. In the community, you can find several different opinions on marijuana. Some people believe marijuana must be legalized for the greater good of society, some people believe the United States should legalize marijuana solely for medical usage, some believe it is only good when we use marijuana as an edible or break it down for its main chemical which is THC, some believe there should be a no tolerance law set in place restricting the use of any forms of…

live a life of their own. We wouldn’t want it to have happened to us, so why do it to an innocent child? Another way he argues his statement is he uses facts in the beginning such as “Last fall, the personhood movement offered Mississippi voters a ballot question that would have added the equation “Sperm+egg= full human rights” to the states constitution” (Graff 1). This shows that many people believe along with Graff that abortion is not morally justified; a baby deserves full human rights just…

American Exceptionalism runs so deep that sometimes it’s hard to admit when our democracy fails to uphold the values laid out in the Constitution. And at first glance it may appear as though Benjamin Franklin’s quotation regarding the relationships between Democracy and Liberty with minorities buys into this traditional pro-democracy, pro-American narrative that gets perpetuated by mainstream academia. By asserting that “liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote,” Franklin provides an…

Fair Wage A looming problem for America today is the lack of a comparable fair wage that enables a family to live at or above the poverty line without struggling to make ends meet. There are basic needs for every individual and every individual deserves the right to fair economic growth. Too often I see families who cannot even provide some of the basic necessities like food, clean clothing and even shoes. There are even those who work three jobs trying to make ends meet, putting off…

The reinterpretation and rewriting of the Civil Rights Era would chronicle the fight for black liberation and the shifting perception of black women to activists, organizers, and as human. The intentional use of sexual violence on black women during the Civil Rights Era reemphasized the notions that black women are not the owners of their bodies, that black women would be faced with devastating opposition from the police and the court, and that the support of black men meant silencing their…

The regime is semi presidential. The president is elected on the ballot by a simple popular vote in just one round for a seven year term and unlimited renewals. Even though foreign policy is carried out by the minister of external relations bureaucrats, the president remains the central actor. Ndiva Kofele-Kale (1981)…

Marine POYLO Redesigning Marketing – Carole ZIBI Sciences Po – Fall 2017 HBS Cases A/ ACCOR HOTEL CASE 1) Describe the customer journey and identify the problem they are trying to solve with Room Key The customer journey used to be exclusively handled by the hotel itself. Clients used to pick a destination and call the hotel to book a room. Today new entrants step in the customer journey. The customer journey is the following: • Dream: the future client thinks about travelling. He/she is…

21. Explain the purpose of primary elections. A primary election is an “intraparty election used by political parties to select a candidate to run in the general election.” (pg.661) The purpose of primary elections is to narrow down and select a candidate for each party and elect party officers; then the general election will decide who becomes the next president. 22. List the pros and cons of political machines. Political machines are “groups that control activities of a political party.”…

would be understood by all people. One of the best examples on the use of signage is in traffic signs where they are used to drivers, passengers and pedestrians information about the road. In addition, the use of symbols has been adopted in election ballot boxes to distinguish between participants vying for the open positions. In addition, foreign places such as airports include a sign to help guide traveler to where they can get their baggage, elevators…