Vote for Change

Shut up & Sing is a film directed by Cecilia Peck and Barbara Kopple that tells the story of the Dixie Chicks, a country girl band, and the career changing event that took place. In 2003, the night before the U.S was to go to war with Iraq, lead singer Natalie Maines decided to speak in between the band’s set regarding the war and President Bush. Maine says in front of the band’s London audience, “Just so you know, we’re on the good side with y’all. We do not want this war, this violence. And we’re ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas.” This comment spread fairly quickly and did not settle well with folks back home. It was soon the cause for thousands of phone calls to country radio stations demanding that the Dixie Chicks be removed from the playlist. Many talk show hosts, blogs, and previous fans began to call the band “unpatriotic”. The title of the documentary, Shut up & Sing, actually comes from a radio host who agreed with the majority and believed that the Dixie Chicks should not be voicing any opinions and should simply shut their mouths and sing. Quickly after this incident, their songs fell drastically on multiple music charts, protests were held outside of their concerts, and there was even a detailed death threat on Natalie Maines. Though there were not any legal issues regarding Maine’s words, they did upset mass crowds across the United States. Maines did not face any legal punishments for the simple fact that she did not commit a crime.…

Should we change the way members vote? Hypothesis? The research project will set out to answer a few questions. Is the current voting system fit for purpose? Would a few small tweaks improve the system? Or is a complete overhaul of the voting system required? Background The House of Commons has used a division for voting since the rebuilding of Parliament after the great fire of 1834. The process and procedure has changed very little since then, the main difference being the time of the…

Your Vote Matters! Unease has risen across the country, people want change but they don’t see themselves as the key to the change they desire. They want the quality of life to improve and want the country to be handled differently. Every American is born with the freedom of speech and the right to be heard, at the age of eighteen they acquire a right to vote; an opportunity many fail to take advantage of. To make the difference that is needed in the country every voice must be heard, which…

Franklin D. Roosevelt once said “no will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except for the American people themselves and the only way they can do this is by not voting”. Citizen of the United States have the legal right to vote. Having this legal right, a citizen has the ability to make a change in government by voting. Citizens usually vote for the candidate that is in their political favor. There are many different types of elections that occur each year. Elections give…

Should Voting be Mandatory? Every four years, the United States of America holds the electoral elections. Many US citizens do not exercise their voting requirement for several reasons. Many of the times, people do not vote for reasons like, not likening the running president's thoughts, not knowing whether or not he/she might be a good president or simply just having personal reasons. Whatever the excuse, one vote could be the change of who gets elected president. By having to vote, people…

turnout. Aboriginals who live on First Nations reserves tend to vote less than those who reside off reserves. There are many factors that affect voting turn out for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians such as rural vs. urban, our government,…

presidential race, the candidate with the highest popular vote can lose to a candidate with the lower popular vote if the candidate with the lower popular vote has more electoral votes. Originally, the electoral college was created to compromise the people's vote with congress’ vote. Some people argue that the electoral college should be changed or abolished while others think that there is nothing wrong with it. The electoral college needs to be changed because one party should not be able to…

Majority of the people who can vote are not interested in the elections and that is one major reason why they don't vote. My first reason would be, people don’t like the candidates that may be running for president. My second reason would be a lot of people are very lazy and a lot don’t see the purpose of voting. A lot of people that don’t see the point in voting are the same people that feel as their votes don’t count. One of the final reasons would be, people not caring about the votes, simply…

When the common American citizen votes at the presidential elections, they believe that they are actually voting for the presidential candidate. This is not true. They are, in fact, voting only for that candidate’s selected electors. According to the New York Times “the electoral college is a group of people that elects the president and vice president.” In the Electoral college there is a winner-take-all feature that can affect the outcome of presidential elections. It can create problems such…

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 reasons why America should change our…