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U S Citizen Access To The Internet
769 wordsVoting is defined as expressing the will or a preference in a matter by ballot, voice, etc (Grolier 1). Voting on the Internet has become a major issue in the past couple years. Their are many different groups who have very diverse opinions on the role the Internet should play in the 2000 elections. The myriad types of on-line voting systems proposed for use has resulted in many heated arguments in the world of politics. Adversary's of voting on the Internet state, It would not be legally, pract...
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Rules And Regulations Al Gore
349 wordsThe election of 2000 has showed America and its citizens a major problem in the election process. There are multiple levels of problems inside this election process. The major problem is with the way that the ballots are cast. Through out America old and tired methods are in use to record and tally the votes of Americans. This creates other problems inside the voting process. When votes are close between the candidates a recount is administered. There are no centralized rules or regulations rega...
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President Of The United States Al Gore
634 wordsShould Al Gore or George Bush be the president of the United States. Bush is the man that should and will fill the position. Out of all the candidates Bush stands out as the strongest stingiest leader. George Bush is the best man for the job. Bush also rightfully won the White House. In reference to the recounts, they should not even be considered. The only way Gore could win the job was with a court ruling. Even if Al Gore were to take office, it would go against the law of the land, the Consti...
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Palm Beach Electoral Votes
766 wordsWhy the Gore/Bush Election is such a mess Right now, America is in a time of uncertainty about this election. The race between Al Gore and George W. Bush is the closest presidential race the country has seen in its history. With an election this close, many controversial issues have also risen from it. There are many causes to the country's political turmoil right now and because of that, we may not know a clear-cut winner of the presidency for days, even maybe weeks. At the beginning of the nig...
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Vice President Gore Florida Supreme Court
927 words(Slip Opinion) Cite as: 531 U. S. (2000) 1 NOTICE: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the preliminary print of the United States Reports. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Wash- ington, D. C. 20543, of any typographical or other formal errors, in order that corrections may be made before the preliminary print goes to press. GEORGE W. BUSH, ET AL. , PETITIONERS v. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE FLORIDA SUPREM...
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President And Vice Founding Fathers
996 wordsIs the electoral college the best method for electing the president in the 21 st century? The same question was asked in the 18 th, 19 th, and 20 th centuries as well. Infact, it was highly debated by the founding fathers as well. It was proposed that the president be chosen by the Congress. Others thought that "electors" should be chosen by the people in each state and the electors should then choose the President. Still others thought it would be more appropriate if the governors of the variou...
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Electoral College Election Day
536 wordsTitle: The Electoral College Should Be Here to Stay Specific Purpose: To persuade individuals that the Electoral College is not at fault for the I. Attention Getter- magazine covers (11 / 20 Newsweek and New Republic II. Thesis Statement- I am here to tell you that the Electoral College is not to blame for the current state of the 2000 presidential election, but instead a combination of factors. III. Statement of Significance- Wallace Sayre, The Electoral College method of electing a President o...
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George W Bush Voter Turnout
1,434 wordsWhat's the U. S. all about? When asked that question almost everyone I know would reply: "Well, the U. S. represents democracy, capitalism, freedom, etc. " The first thing I noticed is that everyone seems to mention democracy first. If you quiz a random American on this, that's probably what they " ll think of too. It's also a point of view that might be the source of resentment for many Americans who are unhappy with our government right now. Why would that be? Because the U. S. is actually not...
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Would Proportional Representation Strengthen The Republic
1,411 wordsCharles Anderson Would Proportional Representation Strengthen the Republic? America, the worlds second oldest Republic, is one of the few democracies that still use the traditional single-winner system to determine the outcome of its elections. Most of Europe, as well as Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Israel employ some form of fully proportional or semi-proportional representation in their voting. Proportional Representation (PR) is roughly defined as, a group of voting systems whose ...
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Jim Crow Laws Gilded Age
1,710 wordsThe Gilded Age was characterized by rapid industrialization, reconstruction, ruthless pursuit of profit, government, corruption, and vulgarity (Cashman 1). After the Civil War, America was beginning to regroup as a nation. There were many other changes developing in the country. Industrialization was taking over the formerly agricultural country. The nations government was also in great conflict (Foner 20). Many changes occurred during the Gilded Age. These changes affected farmers, labor, busin...
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Public Opinion And Democracy
649 wordsOpinion and knowledge are two very important factors in the citizens of any successful democracy. All citizens should be aware of what is going on in their government and be able to formulate their own opinions on issues. A democracy cannot exist if people do not voice their feelings, and if only some do, you do not really have a democracy at all. Democracy comes from everyone being represented equally, and through voting and participation, everyone has a chance to make a difference. Our country...
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Electoral College Election 2000
481 wordsThe Electoral College was established by the founding fathers as a compromise between election of the president by Congress and election by popular vote. According to the electoral procedure originally specified in the Constitution, the electors were to vote for the two most qualified persons without specifying which was preferred for President and which for Vice President. The candidate receiving the greatest number of electoral votes, provided the votes of a majority of the electors were recei...
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Presidential Election Registered Voters
1,501 wordsDifferent Kinds of Ballots The debate over the Florida ballots in the presidential election in 2000 began a nationwide interest in the kinds of ballots that have been used in the United States throughout the years. There have been many different tools utilized in voting, with varied efficiency and reliability. This paper will cover what some of these ballots are, as well as discuss some of their strengths and shortcomings. We will look at the history of the use of these different voting methods,...
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Civil Rights Movement 18 Years Of Age
1,506 wordsVoting Rights and Responsibilities The United States of America, we are the champions of the democracy. Why is it then that our society is so inactive in our government? In the last presidential election there was a forty-nine percent voter turnout. In the most important and most publicized of all our elections, less than half of our citizens voted. America has come a long way since its Independence. Throughout her history she has gone through a number of changes. One of these periods in which n...
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President And Vice President Electoral Votes
778 wordsEvery four years we elect our President and Vice President, and every four years we have to subject ourselves to an endless debate about the Electoral College. We are barraged with rhetoric and demagoguery from multiple factions fighting to justify and implement their ideology. Some want to keep the Electoral College, others claim it takes away the effectiveness of the peoples votes. Those wanting to abolish the electoral college are in favor of leaving the election strictly up to a count of the...
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Task Force West Coast
1,052 wordsCall to Action Improve nations balloting but leave control to locals Author Unknown SUMMARY: A Call to Action is an article from the Houston Chronicle on Thursday, February 20, 2001 informing the nation on the controversial issue of the nations ballots system. The article begins with the announcement of next month s Census Bureau release of the population s data. This means that all the voting boundaries are going to be redrawn and reconfigured. It continues to talk about the amazingly close and...
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Reform Party Ross Perot
1,025 wordsHistory of the Reform Party In 1992, with Americans disappointed in the policy options and candidate choices offered by the two traditional parties, a self-made Texas billionaire named Ross Perot spent over $ 60, 000, 000 of his own money to run for President as an independent. Much of that money was spent by his organization, United We Stand America, to get Perot's name on the ballots in all 50 states. The candidate benefited from a demeanor that was unusually candid for television-age politics...
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George W Bush Presidential Election
1,099 wordsPresidential Election 2000 It is hard to believe that it will be a year since the Bush vs. Gore campaign was in it? s final stages, or so we thought. The Bush vs. Gore campaign was at its climax in late October of 2000. The people of the nation were casting their votes and the two leading Candidates were neck and neck. The tension was sky high on Election Day, November 7 th, 2000. Behold, we were to have a new president; well, possibly. Election experts have called? evolution? instead of a? revo...
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