Washington Roebling

Should Every American Citizen Be Required to Vote in National Elections? For Americans jury duty is obligatory why is voting not? Many countries around the globe have some form of government where it is mandatory to vote. I personally think American citizens over the age of eighteen should be required to vote. Requiring them to vote will let them voice their opinion, they cannot complain that their candidate did not win, and it will strengthen the democracy of America. A democracy…

“The America I Believe In” “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.” We say these words every morning that us, as American patriots, believe in. To believe is to have trust or to deem something to be real. I believe in an America that upholds the rights and freedoms of every gender and race, a nation that grows on success, and a country that never stands down even when we look at fear face to face. I believe our America allows the freedoms of speech, religion, and…

point in my life began. My family went on a vacation to Washington over the summer. Then out of the blue, my mom got a job offer and an interview in Everett, Washington. My mom went to the interview…

America is a body government of democracy working as independent and does not depending on each other.we see in other part of the world societies also established system of democratic government United States is one of them, started years before the civil war. American Democracy is consisted of a body of electoral college, that is a common process, consisted of the founding fathers that established in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President of the United States.The…

The president is elected by the people, right? Wrong. The president is actually elected by The Electoral College. The Electoral College is the system that elects the president indirectly. Each state including The District of Columbia gets at least three Electoral Votes. The number of Electoral Votes given to each state is dependent on the number of senators in that state, and the number of representatives in that state (One vote for each senator and representative). So the real question is,…

We as a nation, we should be able to decide the president and vice-president for our country. The Electoral College is a way for the Government to control the way politics are decided. People should decide the president, because people know the truth. The electoral college takes away our right to vote, and it is sound a little bit weird but it is the reality, some of the reason is because most of the time the popular vote it does not count in the reality, the smaller states favored the…

Liliana Cortazar Mr. Davis Advance Writing November 9, 2017 Popular Vote Usually most citizens don't vote because we don’t have free choice on voting president. People complain about having direct votes, meaning when the people cast their votes the majority of the votes will be elected to position. People argue to have direct election for an equal election. Usually with Electoral Votes it would give the loser of the popular vote a greater chance to win the Electoral vote. Which if you…

This incident happened in the City of Auburn, County of King, Washington. On 4-6-2016 at about 1955 hrs I was dispatched to 12704 SE 295th ST for the report of a stolen vehicle. Dispatched advised the reporting party, Ikhra Mohamed, was 911 to report that her vehicle was stolen and she believed that her brother, Diriye Mohamed, was the likely suspect. I knew all involved parties as I was recently at the address for a dispute and sighting of a juvenile runaway. During that incident, Ikhra…

Mount Tahoma is the highest mountain of the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest, and the highest mountain in the state of Washington. It is a large active stratovolcano located 54 miles (87 km) south-southeast of Seattle .It is the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous United States and the Cascade Volcanic Arc, with a summit elevation of 14,411 ft. The most recent recorded volcanic eruption was between 1820 and 1854, but many eyewitnesses reported eruptive activity in…

America’s Real Elector: The Electoral College “We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity by electing the electors who elect the President of the United States of America.” “In the summer of 1776, the Founding Fathers met in Philadelphia and composed a resolution that began an armed…