Recall election

would prefer, to be understood by others, to hold elected officials liable for their settlements and to have a voice in vital subjects that impact your community. The Electoral College is extremely expensive, but yields the same results as a general election, therefore, the College is not only unreasonable financially, it also is not very useful. Every 4 years, citizens from the United States go to voting booths located around their community…

At the time, Florida’s disenfranchising laws were preventing around 600,000 convicted people from voting in the election. Since Bush won the election by a mere 537 votes, if just 1% of the felon population had been able to vote, the entire election could have reversed and the country would have seen Al Gore as the 43rd president. In order to find out if this outcome would have occurred had prisoners been able to vote, social scientists…

of electors for each state is based on the total number of members of Congress in each state. The Electoral College doesn’t make rogue decisions that change the outcome of the election, though electors can vote for candidates other than the one the majority of their state’s voters choose. Despite this there have been elections in which the Electoral College has changed the outcome. Seth Borenstein states “History shows that candidates have won the presidency but not the popular vote four times,…

say “no.” This question is having a large hidden effect on our society as a whole. People do not vote in general elections because they believe that their votes do not matter, but some people feel very strongly about it being their civil duty to vote. With this problem of voters not thinking voting is worth it, has the consequence that huge amounts of people are not voting in the election, meaning the elected candidate only got high enough votes on people who care enough to vote. This also makes…

electoral system. So when former Prime Minister Stephen Harper called an early election on August 2015, many did not understand its significance on the upcoming election. Harper believed that an early election would give him the advantage over other party leaders and would help him stay in office, but he was wrong. Despite the clever nature of this decision, where the timing conveniently worked with the newly passed Fair Elections Act and the Mike Duffy trial, the Conservatives faced devastating…

For years, voters of the presidential elections have been asking the question, “Does my vote count?” The answer to this question is yes. However, the votes cast by the American citizens are not the deciding factor in which presidential candidate wins the overall election. Votes casted by the public are instead counted toward whom the Electors of the Electoral College will vote for. The candidate the Electors vote for is meant to reflect the popular vote of the state; therefore the Electoral…

I argue that the creation of political parties in the United States Congress both addresses and enhances the collective action issues known as the prisoner’s dilemma, agency loss, and the tragedy of the commons, due to their constant clashes of ideological ambitions. The formation of Congress was most likely the first act of collective action before the official constitution was drafted. Two opposing sides, one the heavily populated states argued for a legislative body based on population. And…

Voter Suppression is alleged to be a strategy to influence the outcome of an election by discouraging or preventing people from exercising the right to vote. In the past, intimidation has been a factor of voter suppression since the Jim Crow laws. The Republican National Committee came under fire in the early 1980s when it sponsored the creation of the group called National Ballot Security Task Force to patrol polling stations in every vote fraud. On 1920, the 19th amendment to the constitution…

a valid identification of them. On the other hand some states such as Oregon are being more leaniant with voter laws. I don’t understand the purpose of putting voter limitations on a certain groups that are considered poor or minorities. When election time comes maybe it is their one vote that will make a difference of who America will see sitting in the White House representing the great nation. I’m not certain America is truly a “Great Nation” any…

delegated by a party-list proportional representation system of elections, is necessary to enhance the democratic elements of the United States Government: particularly voter turnout, the creation of more political parties, and a more diverse electorate . Currently, the “Past the Post” style of elections in the United States has tainted the American democracy, and it is time that the country be required to move to a more democratic style of elections. With the passage of the newly proposed…