committees. Moreover‚ this proposal can reduce expenses of committee election because it accords with article 45 in the basic law – broadly representative nominating committees. Historical background of universal suffrage: Basic Law explains on universal suffrage and selecting Chief Executive. In article 45‚ it mentioned that “ The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be selected by election or through consultations held locally and be appointed by the Central
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been radical change. In the recent presidential election process‚ weather the United State should maintain the Electoral College is an unbalanced question among politicians and the common people. President elect-Trump was elected by the Electoral College for president. The majority votes for Hillary Clinton was ignored. However‚ is this enough of a purpose to illuminate the Electoral College from the American tradition of the presidential election process? The Electoral College is a genius creations
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trying to please the legislature and not actually being independent. Other delegates favored a direct election‚ where the popular vote would decide the president. The argument was that more populous states would have more control over the less populous states. Another argument is if the people would have enough knowledge about the candidates to make an informed decision. The idea of an indirect election where the president was elected through a College of Electors garnered much support. Each state‚ have
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Many Americans believe they pick the President of United States on Election day. The truth is‚ we really don’t have a say so. We‚ in reality‚ just vote for State Electors who then hold the electoral vote to vote for the next president. This is an unjust way to do this in a “democratic” country. I do not believe the electoral college is an equitable way to elect the President of United States. Alexander Hamilton‚ one of the Founding Fathers of United States‚ had agreed with the electoral college
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it works. After that‚ one should understand why states have an issue with the Electoral College. Concerning the before mentioned comments‚ many will agree that the Electoral College is merely tradition and is not necessary for our modern American elections. First‚ exploration of the beginning of the Electoral College is worth noting. The Electoral College was our founding father’s way of making voting simple for the U.S. citizens. Citizens in the south greatly enjoyed the idea of the Electoral College
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years‚ Americans stand in lines‚ eager to vote for their candidate and hope they win. Sadly‚ many Americans don’t realize their influence on the election is pretty minimal. The votes go to the state‚ and whatever candidate has more votes in that state‚ wins the state. Even if the popular vote is for the opposite candidate that wins‚ hence 2016’s election. The Electoral College should be abolished‚ and be replaced in the constitution by the popular vote‚ which represents each individual’s real vote
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but do we really? For centuries‚ the Electoral College has been selecting our presidents rather than the voters of the United States. The Electoral College was put in place to compromise the congressional and popular votes during a presidential election. What’s the compromise when only the congressional votes count? Voters from each state elect a person to go vote for them‚ but some electors can still vote whichever way they please and there is nothing that we can do about it. In Robert Speel’s
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Take for example the conclusion of the 2016 election. Regrettably‚ calls were rife for the Democratic Party to reconsider persuading its Electoral College electors from the blue states to overturn the trump win. What was at stake was the years of electoral traditions‚ established practices and honored
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PEER GROUP CONNECTION Introduction Letter December 15‚ 2014 Dear Juniors and Parents/Guardians of Juniors‚ Peer Leadership is being offered in the 2015-2016 school year. The program advisors will head a selection committee to select qualified students to be Peer Leaders. The application and selection process includes: 1. Filling out an application and submitting it to Ms. Pooler in the Main Office BY 12 PM ON January 16‚ 2015. No application will be accepted after this time and date. If the student
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At last the campaigning is over‚ and $4bn (£2.5bn) later - more than 10 times the money committed by the United States to fight Ebola - the candidates fighting for 33 of the 100 seats in the US Senate and all 435 seats in the House of Representatives will await their fate as the results begin to roll in on Tuesday. That’s not all. Voters in more than half of the US states will also be electing governors‚ as well as other state office-holders such as secretary of state and attorney general.
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