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    Nuapada Village Case Study

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    of them for the smooth operation of Mamata/IGMSY in the village is enacted in a timely fashion. As the focal point for the Mamata/IGMSY schemes in the villages, the AWWs shoulder massive responsibility and are accountable for the precise collection of data with regard to the population of pregnant/lactating mothers in their own village. The guidelines of both the schemes have posited crucial responsibilities with the AWW, who is to be assisted with the AWH for the same, and these include:…

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    power of interest groups, the total number of lobbying registration as well as the amount of campaign contributions, other things equal” (Wegenast). Yes, I believe Special Interest groups need mass support, but it seems they go after that support if “…[the undecided and uninformed voters] can be swayed by political advertisements and politicians have heightened incentives to cater to [the] [S]pecial [I]nterests rather than satisfying median voter 's bliss point” (Wegenast). I believe Special…

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    These poll taxes were a means to weed out many of the poor African Americans, along with this ‘the greatest barriers to black suffrage remained the manipulation of literacy tests and the registration system itself’ (Cianci Salvatore, 2007, p.28). ‘In 1950, nearly 45 percent of southern blacks over the age of 25 had received less than four years of formal schooling’ (Cianci Salvatore, 2007, p.28), but were told that must receive near perfect…

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    In the United States, there are approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants and most of them don 't have a driver’s license(Passel and Cohn). Because the DMV failure to issue driver’s license, it hurts the undocumented population and nevertheless is just adding more problems around the country. The undocumented population has been really affected by this failure of issuing a driver’s license for them. By having the problem of issuing of driver’s license towards immigrants, a great deal of…

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    to enforce laws against job discrimination. As the government continued to make every man in the Unites States equal in 1965 the government passed the Voting Rights Act; which suspended voter qualification tests. With the suspension of the voter qualification tests, there was an increase of black voter registration (Learning to Give…). Throughout the century of 1865 to 1965 the government had ended slavery and involuntary servitude, banned racial segregation in public schools, had forbid…

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    State parties use two methods when selecting national convention delegates, they use primaries and caucuses. Primaries and caucuses can be perceived as the first step toward presidency. Some states only hold primary election and others only hold caucuses, but there are also some states that use both primaries and caucuses. States like California and Washington are examples of states who use the primary election method otherwise known as preliminary election. Primary systems are used to select a…

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    The temporary military presence in the Southern states upset radicals. Even with the compromise, Congress did not send enough troops to the South to arrange elections and register voters.(Foner) The act only provided improvements for African Americans in the Southern states. Reconstruction was a major improvement on President Johnson’s Reconstructionism. The lives of African Americans and White Americans changed little. Radicals in…

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    are many factors that play a role in who votes and who does not vote; some of which are listed below: Why Individuals Vote Why Individuals DO NOT VOTE The individual believes in his or her candidate and have a loyalty to a political party. Voter registration takes too much work. The individual feels that their vote will help bring change. Education Data -- Lack of a college education — and all that comes with it. Some individuals feel that they have a little power if he or she…

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    regular citizens, which collectively do not have an equal amount of influence that the elite camp has, and are therefore governed by predominantly the elite minority of society. Note, however, that this system is still a democracy, as the majority of voters still have a say in what goes on in politics. Who are the types of people that would support this system? On the wealthy side, big donors tend to be corporations. Large companies like AT&T, Goldman Sacs, Citigroup, and J.P. Morgan Chase all…

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    Legalization of Marijuana One of the most common topics you hear about is the legalization of marijuana, especially with elections right around the corner. “In 1996, California voters passed Proposition 215, making the Golden State the first in the union to allow for the medical use of marijuana.”(Nadelmann) Since 1996, 23 states and Washington, DC have passed laws allowing smoked marijuana to be used for a variety of medical conditions. It is important to recognize that these state marijuana…

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