Electronic voting

Voting is a core element to the process that keeps our system of government operational. Through elections, citizens have the ability to decide on who represents them in government, be it a local official, a state or national representative, or the president. When voting for a president we should not vote based on morals, but instead what that candidate can do to help restore this country. None of these presidential candidates are suitable for the position or have morality. However, I would have…

What is the Texas’ Picture ID Law? The Texas’ Picture ID Law is to propose a legal measure to prevent illegal voting. There are several different forms of identification. According to Vote Texas, Texans can used their “driver license, election identification certificate, personal identification card, license to carry a handgun, military identification card containing the person’s photo, citizenship certificate with photo, and United States passport”. If someone does not have a photo…

In 1915, five years before ladies were allowed the vote in America, an article distributed in The New York Times recommended that, when everybody of each religion, sex, financial status, and race had the capacity to vote, the class rule would end and the genuine vote based system would follow. Such an announcement was hopeful, at the same time, right around one hundred years after the fact, there are still a few angles that remain constant. In any case, American history proves that widespread…

Most people would agree that the ability to vote is one of the most potent ways for an American citizen to participate in the government. From electing state representatives to US senators, the American population chooses who is to govern them. But that is not the case when it comes to the election of the President. That job is left to appointed electors who are influenced by their own thoughts, their political parties and the popular vote of the nation in their decision of who is to be the…

84 electoral votes. On the other hand, three, if you check Illinois 20 appointive votes, which in the previous four presidential decisions has voted Democratic by a normal of somewhat more than 16 focuses. A substantial part of the answer lies in the state's voting…

Recently there has been much controversy over the latest election of Donald Trump, leading to protests and chaos in some cases. I think the current controversy over the election is a great example of peaceful resistance to laws in that it is not being used enough in this case. There are some groups who decide to use peaceful resistance to express their opinions but, there are many others in which who do not use peaceful resistance and cause much chaos throughout society and making their ideas…

Every four years during the fall, people chat constantly about the upcoming election. News outlets report stats and air speeches from the candidates. But it all comes down to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November: election day. People all around the nation go to their polling place and cast their vote to determine the next president...so we thought. The electoral college is a system that allows each state’s senators to vote for the final tally. It is crucial for appointing the…

people not going to the polls and voting. Compulsory voting or mandatory voting are laws that several democratic nations have passed making citizens go to vote on election day. The number one opposing statement to mandatory voting is that it impedes on the Right to Vote. Mandatory voting is effective at raising turnout and reducing turnout inequality. In Australia, the introduction of compulsory voting for Commonwealth elections in 1924 resulted in an increase in the voting levels from 57.9% at…

Electoral College: A Flawed System For generations, a man who holds more potential power than anyone else on this imposing earth has been ordained his power by a small group of 538. This system has been continually tarnished and contorted until it arranged itself to the system of today; a warped empty shell of good intentions gone wrong. It is of my opinion that the system we have today is fallacious and must be removed with great haste. Once an idea on a path paved with good intentions, at some…

Louisiana and California are immensely one-sided on the political spectrum. This is, generally, untrue. In fact, states are often, with exception, relatively balanced in political opinion. Liberal states such as California and New York always end up voting for a liberal elector, which renders all of the votes of the other party pointless. Removal of the electoral college would make people’s votes in such states that are outweighed by the other party still matter, as they would all count toward…