General election

Wayne County Board of Elections will have to answer when it holds a hearing 10:30 a.m. April 5 to hear from Stephen Spoonamore about why he voted on a Democratic Party ballot minutes after filing petitions to run as a nonpartisan candidate in the District 1 state representative race. Scott Wiggam is the Republican nominee, having defeated David Kiefer in the primary, and no Democrat filed to run for the seat. Spoonamore’s status was raised during Monday’s Board of Elections meeting. Director…

The election is rigged, unless Trump wins. Trump’s repeated claim that the election is rigged is unfounded, almost certainly false, and threatens the foundation of our democratic society. Every time he feels threatened or his poll numbers drop, he becomes an eight year old who can’t admit he lost his little league game and blames it on the umpire's bad call. But Trump isn’t an eight year old and the ‘game’ he is playing will decide the future of America. Trump is a candidate, that even at…

Alexa Social Studies Faction: Moderate Democracy Period:6-109 Subject: Citizenship The men who were citizens of Athens each had a say in making its laws and were allowed to vote for whatever politicians they wanted in regular elections. A person had to be born in Athens in order to be a citizen. All the citizens decided how the city was run, which was called Democracy. But many people believe that this was not really a democracy because women and children did not have…

John F. Kennedy once said, “The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all” (BrainyQuote). In order to make a well-educated presidential vote, one must be well informed on the candidates at hand. Failing to know key aspects about the candidate puts the entire democracy in danger because the right to vote is then wasted. There are countless aspects of a candidate’s life that are crucial to note when attempting to better understand the position and viewpoints of a candidate.…

The two distinctive types of electoral system, single member plurality and proportional representation, are adopted differently and implement distinctive methods. Voters in a single member plurality election can vote for only one candidate. The candidate that collects the most votes wins. This system is also identified as “ first past the post”(FPTP) system .As any other plurality-majority electoral system, this system is defended and supported because of its simplicity. The United Kingdom is…

In the lesser-developed land of Dude-K, Dudekians are searching for a change from their current authoritarian regime. The oil rich country is looking for a political system that will bring stability and democracy. The current political system in Dude-K has limited political participation and favored those in power, but the Dudekians have the opportunity to bring about a democratic regime where the rules and norms of politics will give the public a large role in governance, as well as certain…

Since the 2000 Election, the question of whether the electoral college does more harm than help the country has been a widely debated topic. While the question never left people’s minds, people seemed to believe it would not happen again especially after Barack Obama’s two successful wins in both the popular vote and electoral college. However, the recent 2016 Election truly has people outraged and thinking of the question more every day as the current President is constantly in the news for…

There are many differences in Democracy and Authoritarian governments.One being the difference in how the leaders of the govenment come into power. Another is Democracy has many political parties whereas Authoritarian government has only one. These governments are very different in every perspective. One of the big differences in these two governments is how the leaders get their power. In a democracy which is what the U.S. is the people vote for the leaders. This way people have a say in what…

After interviewing my Uncle Todd, I have seen what it is like to serve on jury duty from a first hand experience. It seems like a very cool and unique process that I think we are lucky to be apart of. When asking him how he felt when he received the letter in the mail calling upon him to receive jury duty he said, “I was happy to just get a day off work, but I still wondered if there was a way that I could get out of this.” As most people probably feel, my Uncle Todd was not too excited about…

Article II, Section I of the Texas Constitution, the government’s power is divided into the Legislative, executive and Judicial branches. The law-making branches consist of the executive branch, which has the governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general and appointees, and the legislative branch, which is vested in a House of Representatives and a Senate. Between the branches of government, exists checks and balances that control the powers of one over the other so that none is more…