Voting machine

Casadee Christensen Short Essay #1 (revised) Choice 1 Voting for our senators and presidents is a valued and important right trusted to Americans. However, fairness in doing so is hard to achieve when voting directly for our leaders is not something all Americans have equal part in. The constitution has set forth different parameters negating any equal influence voters should have based on most definitions of democracy. Alexander Hamilton argued and defended in Federalist 68 that the…

The government is a group of people who make decisions for the benefit of the people. The government has a lot of functions such as maintaining national defense and public services. Another reason for why the government matters is because of the democratic government. Government matters lastly because according to recent studies, the youth is not using their resources to pay attention to politics. Government is the basis for how the country operates and makes its decisions. The government is a…

Not only will the parties positions and candidates will be shown to voters they talk about the benefit of voting and what failing to vote could lead to the other parties candidate success negatively affect them and their children. Despite the frowning about people voting for the party not the candidate by media, political scientist have found the party label to be effective and powerful and accurate information shortcut that leads to voters…

In my opinion, the ideal Youth and Government participant has a passion for the winding world of American politics and is not just doing it for fun. When I first heard about this club, it was the mixer that came up first in the conversation. “Yeah the rest of the stuff is kind of boring, but the mixer is really fun!” This, in my opinion, is not the ideal MOYIG participant. A quote that would represent such a person would be something like, “If you are into politics and want to have fun while…

Reasons why everybody has to be 21 to vote By: Karley Chapman Did you know that according to GazetteXtra, eight Janesville 17-year-olds voted illegally in the spring elections this year. They were among 258 who did the same thing statewide. That’s 266 17-year-olds who voted illegally! But are they making good choices? The answer is no. Everyone has to be 21 to vote. My first reason why everyone should be 21 to vote because if 18-year-olds can’t drink, why in the world why they should they be…

There are many things according to the Kzinski article and class discussions that can limit a judges discretion. In the article, it mentions that an example of judge discretion is that judges often have to base their findings strictly off the constitution. This is very limiting because the constitution says very specific things for example, in the constitution under article 2 section 1 that says "no person except a natural- born citizen or a citizen of the US, at the time of the adoption of the…

Polling is something that has been intertwined with politics for the nearly a 100 years, and has grown tremendously in recent years. Politicians use these polls to gauge public opinion, and are supposed to be used to help them know what their constituents want. However, many believe that these polls are used by politicians simply as a way to stay in office, flip-flopping on positions as opinion changes. While both of these arguments hold some weight, polling is a lot more complicated than people…

Just imagine the feeling of becoming the President of the United States. On March 4, 1829 Andrew Jackson was sworn into office as the Seventh President of the United States. The inauguration took place at the Capital in Washington D.C. In the picture it shows Andrew Jackson getting sworn into office on the steps of the capital by the Chief of Justice John Marshall. There are also people behind them watching the inauguration, and a solder is standing by the pillar holding a gun. The people in the…

According to the authors of “A History of Western Society”, two characteristics of a government under absolute control are the existence of kings who claim to rule by divine right and the existence of absolute rulers who try to control competing jurisdictions, institutions, or interest groups in their territories. Citizens of countries under absolute control may not have as many rights as citizens of countries that have a democracy. North Korea is an example of a country under absolute control…

and resources on restricting voting and making the process more complex and difficult. States governments have the authority to determine not only who is allowed to register to vote, but also how the process of voting itself operates. Some states require ID just to cast a vote, such as Mississippi, which placed new restrictions on voting in 2016 which require certain forms of photo ID. Other states, for example Nebraska and Florida, place restrictions on early voting by taking…