Voter registration

I think this is good because Sex offenders, just like any other criminals are more likely to commit their mistake again and I would not want myself or anyone else to be around one of them. We have to protect our society and do whatever we can and knowing the names of sex offenders gives us the chance to be more alert and think twice if to trust them or not. On the other side it can be also be a bad thing because It does not make any sense to punish anyone for such a long time and making them…

In the US there are 318.9 million people 242.4 million are 18 and over and they can vote nevertheless there are 76.5 million kids 17 and under who can not vote.There are 130 million people who voted in 2012 and if we had kids 17 and under vote it could go up 1 vote to 76 million more votes just on letting kids vote that could bring up to 200 million more votes. If they let kids vote.“Before the vietnam war was going on the age for voting was 21, nevertheless when the war of vietnam came they…

Should the names of registered sex offenders be available to the public? By: Kaalynn Jackson On May 20, 2010, Governor Perdue signed into law House Bill 571. It made important changes to Georgia’s sex offender registry laws. Employment and residence restrictions were reduced. The restrictions that apply to a person is now based on the restrictions which were in place in the law at the time of the offense conduct. If the offense conduct occurred prior to June 4, 2003, the employment and…

of the Electoral College; then the candidates would pay attention to other states more than they do now. They are more worried about the winner take all system that they ignore the state they already know their vote for them. Which disenfranchises voter who supported the losing candidates. This system favors some citizens over others, which denies some people their choice of president. There is no proper distribution of the vote. Lots of presidents, like President Bush, lost the majority vote…

Down’s, a rational voter will always choose the course of action that provides the maximum amount of benefit and will therefore base their electoral decisions based on that factor. Another theory by Down’s suggests that the average voter will vote strategically. If ones preferred political party has a relatively low perceived chance of winning, they will vote for the party that has the best chance of defeating the party that they least prefer. Down’s also theorizes that voters will vote for the…

people in the United States that are eligible to vote. 146,311,000 are registered to vote In the parliamentary elections that happen every two years 81,033,355 voted in 2014 that is only 42.5 perecent, in other words less than half of registered voters voted. Merriam Webster defines a democracy as a form of government in which people choose leaders by voting. Voting to most is a right of passage in citizenship meaning, it what makes us a citizens of a democracy. There have been wars is history…

result of confronting the issues surrounding voting rights, I would like to discuss Aboriginal electoral participation in Canada to represent the impact these organizations confrontations have had on Indigenous communities. It is no surprise that voter turnout among Aboriginal Canadians is lower than among non-Aboriginal Canadians. Upon researching surveys conducted with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal electors following the last four Canadian federal elections there are reasons for the gap in…

“One man, one vote”, a phrase and a principle that is the foundation of any great democracy. The U.S has adopted this principle in the form of universal suffrage for all of it citizens and symbolizes the country’s unity and equality. However, every four years in the month of November in the presidential election when one individual is chosen to lead the nation, one would expect for the winner of the election to be the will of the people, but unfortunately that’s not the case. In the most…

itself. The Republicans and Democrats are shown as complete opposites. This polarization of candidates moves many voters to consider voting…

citizens, 17.4 percent Latino/Hispanic, 5.4 percent Asian American, 0.9 percent Native American, and Native Hawaiian/Other 0.2 percent. This means we combined are 37.1 percent of this nation’s 321.4 million citizens, we as minorities turn out less active voters than our white counterparts which shrinks our voice as minorities down to even less. When you look around and you see the condition of major minority occupied neighborhood’s in this country the condition of roads are poor, schools have…