Voting Rights Act

Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the Electoral College has a body of people who elect the president and vice president of the United States. The Founding Fathers created the Electoral College as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and by the citizens. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 votes is required to become President. Each state has a different number of electoral votes that equals the number of members in its Congress.…

Participation in Politics: Is Compulsory Voting the Answer to Low Voter Turnout? Every few years, the concept of compulsory or mandatory voting appears on United States politicians’ radar as a solution to increasing voter turnout. Following the 2014 midterm elections, when only 33.9 percent of eligible voters cast ballots, President Obama threatened to make voting compulsory via an executive order (DelReal). This announcement by the president brought the idea to the forefront of American…

Freedom Day international conference on the 3th of may made a statement, containing: “independent and pluralistic media are essential for ensuring transparency, accountability and participation as fundamental elements of good governance and human-rights based development”. In addition, they said to all countries and people involved: “respect the function of the news media as an essential factor in good governance, vital to increasing both transparency and accountability in decision-making…

between the crumbs. While the Downsian Model and the Punish and Reward Theory state that the general electorate will vote for the candidate that better represents their views and positions, it does not mean that democracy exists because people vote. Voting for something that has already been filtered down for you to choose is no democracy at all. This also means that major investors’ common interests will never be contested, which can explain why today’s candidates aren’t basing their campaigns…

is a group of 538, with electors limited to congressional influence, 1 elector for each House member, and 2 for Congress. Even District of Columbia gets 3 electors under the 23rd Amendment. Within every state’s election, the citizens are actually voting for the delegates. This is because the parties in each state elect their electors. And the party can take out pledges from electors in order to sway their opinion. In most states, the candidate that wins in that state is given all elector votes…

eliminating clear choices.” Within these advantages and disadvantages throughout Texas, people start to see of it is actually worth taking day out of their own busy life to vote. This is also one of the main reasons of why the voting turnouts have been lowering each and every year that voting has turned…

in this case being Saddam Hussein and his “Dirty Dozen”, have complete and utter control of a country. Dictators essentially have the right to do whatever they see fit with their people and country – restrict the legal and civil rights of their subjects. Subjects are technically citizens, although citizens are a part of a democracy, and have civil and legal rights, and have a say in government, whereas subjects are those of which their leaders authority to rule is not impacted by those who live…

For Mock Congress, I had to do Bills Five. Bill Five was a bill to incentivize voting. This bill said that everyone who votes should get a certain amount of tax credit. The idea of the bill was that if you give people an incentive, more people would vote. Being a Democrat, I was assigned to create a speech against this bill. One of the main points I made during my speech was the quality of the voters would drop (Shineman). This is not saying that certain people should not vote based on class,…

With recent shifts in American society due to the constant modernization of technology, the facets of everyday American life have been altered dramatically. Many Americans receive alerts on smartphones informing them of breaking news only a matter of seconds after a story breaks. With such a dramatic change, it only seems logical that perhaps the most important asset of American lifestyle, its political landscape promoting democracy and, most importantly, freedom, should follow suit in…

United States better. In order for we the people to feel as though are decisions are worth something, in our upcoming election we’ll make a vote. With voting, we Americans use voting to intend on a wish or course of action think need to happen. Although voting expresses the voices of many, not everyone puts in their vote come election day. Voting is what helps to improve our nation into a better society. With using this democratic process to choose change, hoping people follow the process that…