Federal Election Commission

Good morning my fellow classmates and teacher. In this speech, I would like to talk about a crucial part in our government, our voting system. In today’s society, we elect our president by using the Electoral College system, but I think as a young American citizen, that we, as America, should vote for our President by a popularity vote instead. For the people who don’t know what a popularity vote is, it is when the majority of the population votes for the president. There are an abundance of…

The 1920’s was the era radio transformed presidential elections. Now, presidential elections are hearable, readable, and seeable on what is known today as “SOCIAL MEDIA.” During the last two elections, social media played a significant role in presidential campaigns and voter engagement. In 2008, President Obama was the first presidential candidate to use social media as a platform to engage and influence millennial voters. Today, we see Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Jeb Bush as the…

gun control. The Green Party does not coincide with the NRA. While the NRA wishes to reduce the amount of restrictions on the guns, the Green Party wishes to enforce more restrictions on guns. The Green Party’s presidential candidate for the 2016 election said this about the NRA, “People don’t trust government because government has been bought and paid for by powerful special interests like the NRA” (Ballotpedia). Therefore, instead of the Green Party targeting voters that have a more liberal…

Electoral College Alternative The Electoral College is a voting system that was put into place by our founding fathers in the constitution. The Electoral College has 538 electors and out of those electors, 270 votes are needed to win an election (National Archives and Records Administration 1) . Most Americans dislike the Electoral College and what it stands for, being that Americans feel their votes do not count. If there were alternative ways for people to cast their votes, whether that be…

compulsory voting conflict with “Free and Fair Elections?” My opponent claims that because democracy is “built upon a political system… through free and fair elections” that compulsory voting violates the “free” aspect. In addition to being a puerile way to apply freedom; the idea that compulsory voting attacks “free elections” is to misunderstand the concept itself. When “free” is applied to elections it is typically applied to the idea that an election is “open.” Meaning the electorate is…

Identity Theft Protection by IFSM 201 Feb 25, 2015 According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) “… a stolen identity is a powerful cloak of anonymity for criminals and terrorists…and a danger to national security and private citizens alike…” (Identity Theft, 2010). Identity theft has been for many years the number one growing crime across America. According to the Bureau of Justice and Statistics (BJS) 16.6 million people were victims of Identity theft in 2012, with…

Courts. This system allows justices and judges to stand unopposed for a retention vote in the general election. An approval vote starts a new ten-year term for the incumbent judge or justice. A rejection makes the office vacant for appointment. Judges in the lower levels are still chosen by election. With a few exceptions, most candidates for the trial courts compete in partisan primary elections. The trial courts are made up of the circuit, superior, and probate courts. There are 317 judges…

then went into a discussion about border security and its significance. However, at the end of his speech, Parker then went into a discussion over conditional amnesty and how it would help this country prosper. In a sense, Parker said that breaking federal law isn’t illegal. In Parker’s rationale crossing the American border illegally does not suffice as illegal entry into the United States. Rather, Parker suggested that we should put these illegals on a quick path to citizenship, as he found…

system (Sidlow and Henschen 171). As, not every individual is represented equally defeating the true purpose of a democracy, because the current situation is defined to be “patently unfair” (Sidlow and Henschen 171). In fact, many citizens or the federal courts within the United States would not approve of any restrictions enforced on rights mentioned within the First Amendment as they are classified to be the fundamental…

The implementation of village elections allows the villagers to vote for the communist party member to represent and oversee their village productivity and operations. The productivity and performance of rural life in China is a very important concern. Village elections have resulted in hundreds of millions of voters in China expressing their views. However there are issues where the voting can seem to be nothing but a mere formality. In other cases village elections seem to increase…