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    difficulty. The whole Election process can be ended quickly than the regular paper ballot elections. Risk factors like tempering the ballot boxes, casting the artificial votes forcedly; violating the rules of election commission can be avoided by using online voting system. By using this system, the voting cost can be condensed to an extent and make the election unbeaten. The people who are away from the…

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    overt forms of racial discrimination in voting practices. However, as time has passed and with the June 2013 Supreme Court decision declaring Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act (1965) unconstitutional, many more ambiguous ways to discriminate for elections (especially local) have come about. One form of racial discrimination at the local…

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    was illiterate and uninformed; the early Americans needed a leader make the best decision on their behalf. Today, the American citizens are educated and have the means to make the correct decision for themselves. Popular vote should be the means of election because the Electoral College fails to represent everyone equally and, it is unfit for a democracy. The Electoral College system of electing fails to represent everyone equally apropos to the weight of votes. For example, “a vote by a…

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    population per electoral vote. (Doc 2) This essentially means that the people's vote in Wyoming has more sway in the election than each individual vote in California. This is a blatant disregard for the ideal of popular sovereignty; each and every person should be treated the same, but this is not the case. Due to the electoral college the people no longer have an equal say in the election of the president. The electoral college has destroyed the very pillars that the government of the United…

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    As the election of the president was in progress recently, many people became interested in the debate among the candidates. People who were watching the debate started to question whether presidential candidates should be good at debating or not. However, presidential candidates should be professional at debating because it shows that they can represent their country, make wise decisions for the country after they become the president, and establish a better policy. To begin with, presidential…

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    That it "requires those seeking office to pay more attention to smaller states" (Pro/Con: Should the Electoral College Be Abolished?). However, the president only needs a couple of states to actually win the election. The candidates, in actuality, only need eleven states to win presidency: California, Texas, Florida, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, and New Jersey. Meaning that the candidates can basically skip out on…

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    Unprecedented the 2000 Presidential Election is the riveting story about the battle for the Presidency in Florida and the undermining of democracy in America. From the moment the polls opened, it was painfully clear that something was wrong. While the media seized on the controversy surrounding the poorly designed Butterfly Ballot, much larger civil rights abuses were overlooked. Focusing on events leading up to Election Day and the attempt to count legally cast votes in the days that followed,…

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    Voting Rights Act 1970

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    success in itself, but it did build a bridge to possibility. Such possibility was furthered by enacting the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson, completely changed the landscape of the elections. It eliminated the use of unfair literacy tests, unnecessary poll taxes, and unjust…

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    In the expert from “Empire of Illusion” by Chris Hedges he states that “The most essential skill in political theater and consumer culture is artifice.” The author’s statement is correct because politicians want to try and convince as many people as they that they are the best for whichever role they are running for. This topic is interesting because Hedges is trying to give advice on what it takes to be successful in industries where the playing field is rough and not lots of people have…

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    Should there or should there not be a limit on the terms for presidency? This question has gone back and forth for a long time. Some arugue that it can give too much power to an individual, others say that the people have a right to choose who they want as a president even if it means there should be more terms. I for one, think that giving a person the right to more terms is the correct decision as long as the people agree on it. That being said just because a person gets more terms doesnt mean…

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