decisions‚ such as choosing who runs the government at a local and national level and deciding on issues. Despite that some people believe that their vote is inconsequential‚ in actuality‚ some elections can be very close so each vote matters in an election. For example‚ in the 2000 Presidential Election‚ between George W. Bush and Al Gore‚ Bush won with 271 electoral votes to Gore’s 266. Voting also decides if local propositions pass‚ such as new taxes or education reforms. Besides voting‚ citizens
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that I had the right to be heard. When I voted it showed that I could have a say in what was going on in the election. Knowing that I could express myself on who I choose on the ballot. It also showed me that when I chose that person it was not only what that person stood for‚ it was my issue that I cared about. Knowing that when I became that right age to vote‚ I would not miss one election because
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Title of Study: Automated Voting System Author: Jayson Vergara 1. Mediums of Election that Makes Cheating Easier Title of Study | Author | Date Published | Data of Research | Source(Book or Internet) | Source(Link) | Paper Balot | Douglas W. Jones | May 22‚ 2001 | When most people speak of voting on paper ballots‚ they imagine that they are speaking of an ancient technology‚ and in a sense‚ this is true. Hand written paper ballots were first used in Rome in 139 BCE‚ and their first use in
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Electoral College’s purposes include giving power to small states and to give people the indirect power to elect the president‚ so that the wrong candidate would not win the election. However‚ many people contemplate whether the Electoral College should still exist. One major reason why includes the most recent presidential election. Most people know that the candidate who won the popular vote by about three million votes did not become president. As a result‚ the creation of petitions to abolish the
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BARANGAY ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM INTRODUCTION Computerized election is defined as vote counting process using electronic devices such as computers. It is a proven fact that during Philippine elections a lot of comments occur. The kind of election here in the Philippines is very different from the others. We were astonished to the US presidential election last year which Barack Obama won. It was an astonishing event that the world has ever seen. But‚ what made us astonished is that it took
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Elections 1954 were held in March 1954 under the India Act of 1935‚ and on the basis of universal adult franchise. The contesting parties in the elections were the ruling muslim league and a five-party alliance called united front. The major partners of the Front were the Awami Muslim League led by Maulana abdul hamid khan bhasani‚ the krishak sramik party by ak fazlul huq‚ Nezam-e-Islam led by Maulana Atahar Ali‚ and Ganatantri Dal led by haji mohammad danesh. In the elections held from 8 to
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selection vary substantially across the United States. Though each state has a unique set of guidelines governing how they fill their state and local judiciaries‚ there are five main methods. The five main methods are partisan elections‚ nonpartisan elections‚ legislative elections‚ Gubernational appointment‚ and assisted appointment. There are five basic methods of judicial selection‚ but it is important to note that no two states use exactly the same selection method. In many states‚ more than
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Caltech/MIT Voting Project (February 2001). Alvarez‚ R. Michael‚ and Jonathan Nagler. “The Likely Consequences of Internet Voting for Political Representation.” (September 2000) (1986): 52–62. (January 2000) . Canada. Elections Canada. Technology and the Voting Process. (June 1998) . Canada. Elections Canada. “Technology in the Electoral Process.” Electoral Insight 2:1 (June 2000) . Science (October 1985): 372–382. Craft‚ Paul. “Internet Voting: Spurring or Corrupting Democracy?” (April 2000) . Cranor‚ Lorrie
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be a new elected a new president in the United States of America. The two candidates were Rutherford B. Hayes as a republican and Samuel J. Tilden as a democrat. This election was known as one of the most controversial elections in the history of America do to the end results of the new elected president. The Presidential election of 1876 was close between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden. Hayes electoral vote was 185 and Tilden’s electoral vote was 184. But Tilden had won the popular vote
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first glance the statistics are startling. The percentage of people that voted in 2001 was an astonishing record low of 59%‚ down over 10% from the previous election in 1997. Comparing both of these results to a 83.9 voting percentage of 1950‚ shows a dramatic change in the value the British people place in their vote. The two recent elections however in 2005 and 2010 have bucked this trend‚ achieving percentages of 61.5 and 65 giving the impression that voting is on the rise. But with only these
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