Ballot access

Trust is a complex interpersonal and organizational construct that “occurs when parties holding certain favorable perceptions of each other allow this relationship to reach the expected outcomes.” Trust is, therefore, an efficient means for lowering transaction costs in any social, economic, and political relationship. It is the central concept of not only human contacts, but also institutional interactions that take place in the political arena. Trust assessed in political terms is commonly…

Joshua Weg Professor Guevara POLS 197 (FRI 8-10:45AM) 3 March 2016 Why Does Race Still Matter? 2016 is going to make history again regardless of whoever is elected into office. This election, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 will not be fully enforced for the first time (Goodman). This leaves many people concerned about the possible disenfranchisement that can occur, especially for minorities. My thesis is that race is still matters because whites are interested in maintaining their power over…

Imagine life without having any rights, with zero freedom, and people coming into your house without permission and not leaving. What would you do to rebel against this or would you just stand there and let this happen? In this evolution they stood there and let it happen. This is what began the French revolution, the American revolution, and the Glorious revolution of England. These revolutions caused high taxes, which was not making anyone happy and then there was this idea of enlightenment.…

Parliament to change the law, not the Courts. The judgment of Seales v Attorney-General was released on the 4th of June 2015. Following this, on the 6th of June 2015 David Seymour announced that he was preparing a member’s bill, which was put in the ballot on the 14th of October 2015. It has not been picked yet. In the past few weeks the Parliamentary Health Select Committee has been hearing submissions in relation to the petition of the Honourable Maryan Street. The petition requested that…

Name: Institution: Course: Date: Why Hillary Clinton Should Have Been Elected The politics of the United States have been one of the issues that have been a world focus, and every time US goes to the ballot the world at large follows the proceedings. Recently, American conducted their presidential elections that saw two major candidates compete against each other. Americans desired for a change in leadership that would make progressive changes ranging from climate to health. Certainly, the…

schools (Oladele, 2013). Police officers accept bribes, instead of arresting criminals and imprisoning them because of their low salaries. With this happening criminals are just released back into the streets to continue their wrong doings. Electoral ballots are being rigged with more than one vote from a single individual, and police refuse to do nothing about the situation (Okafor,…

U.S. Policy makers dominate the “War on Drugs” for them to arrest ordinary citizenship for their illegal drug substance usage. In the year of 1971, Richard Nixon, the former U.S. President, declared the war on drugs against America society who refused to comply with the law by using it. The purpose is to make waves of arrests of the general population. The budget to fund the federal war is in the trillions of dollars, which covers expenses of weaponry and enforcements so they can maintain…

For example, a pressure group that tried to fight for the resist of slavery arise since 1787 onwards. In 1839, Anti-Corn Law Leagues was a successful political movement in Great Britain which influenced government. Antislavery and temperance organizations start to pioneer pressure group politics while the other inspiration for the early pressure group were religious mass organizations. Modern pressure groups always being critized that the presence of this group has corrupted the political system…

While progress has been made in cannabis accessibility, there still remains an unfortunate stigma surrounding users. Despite a shift in perception due to legal status, those who use cannabis are often misrepresented in our society. This is further compounded if you are a WOC or belong to any other marginalized groups, because of oppressive stereotypes rooted in falsehood. Throughout history, society’s depiction of a female-identifying cannabis user has often been unkind; despite countless…

The 2015 Canadian Federal Election in many ways can be considered a re-defining election in Canadian history that ended a Conservative dynasty that lasted nearly a decade, by electing a Liberal majority government led by Justin Trudeau. The election of the Trudeau Liberals saw the single largest increase of seats by a political party in Canadian history, which just four years ago faced near political extinction, and began the campaign polling third at the start of the writ period. This election…