“Gerrymander” originated in Boston in 1812 while Elbridge Gerry was governor of Massachusetts.3 In the previous year‚ Governor Gerry ratified a redistricting plan that greatly improved the odds of his Democratic-Republican Party in the state senate elections.4 Cartoonists in the Boston Gazette likened the shape of one of the contorted districts to a salamander‚ and writers in the Massachusetts Spy continued the metaphor by adding Gerry’s name‚ and accusing the governor of helping elect “Gerrymanders
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G.R. No. L-31455 February 28‚ 1985 FILIPINAS ENGINEERING AND MACHINE SHOP‚ Petitioner‚ vs. HON. JAIME N. FERRER‚ LINO PATAJO et. Al. Cuevas J. FACTS: In preparation for the national elections of November 11‚ 1969‚ then respondent Commissioners of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) issued an INVITATION TO BID CALL No. 127 on September 16‚ 1969 calling for the submission of sealed proposals for the manufacture and delivery of 1 1‚000 units of voting booths. Among the seventeen bidders who submitted
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Presidential Advertisement Argument Paper The campaign that I chose is about a girl breaking up with Obama‚ which is supposed to symbolize America breaking up with Obama. The main idea of this campaign was to say that Obama isn’t who he said he would be and hasn’t done the things he promised during his first presidential campaign. The purpose of this advertisement is to persuade America to “break up” with Obama and not reelect him for a second presidential term. The main reason for this advertisement
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BARBADOS GENERAL ELECTIONS 2013 CONSTITUENCY BARBADOS LABOUR PARTY (BLP) DEMOCRATIC LABOUR PARTY(DLP) ST. LUCY Peter Phillips Denis Kellman ST. PETER Owen Arthur Haynesley Benn ST. ANDREW George Payne Irene Sandiford-Garner ST. JAMES NORTH Edmund Hinkson Harcourt Husbands ST. JAMES CENTRAL Kerrie Symmonds George Hutson ST. JAMES SOUTH Sandra Husbands Donville Inniss ST. THOMAS Cynthia Forde Roleric Hinds ST. JOSEPH Dale Marshall Dennis Holder ST. GEORGE NORTH Gline
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The 2016 presidential election will take place this November and with it brings a sense of renewal for some‚ and dread for others. Elections generate lots of hype‚ particularly because having a new president in office is generally exciting due to the ‘new’ factor. The excitement varies from good to bad‚ and this pattern is pretty consistent with past elections. There are certain outliers‚ however. One of the more recent elections‚ the election of 2000‚ caused a massive controversy‚ predominantly
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SOME states might have their own peculiar issues‚ but on a national scale‚ the issues that are likely to dominate this general election fall under three broad categories: race relations‚ governance and economic wellbeing. These categories are not watertight compartments and a given policy issue can affect all of them‚ but they offer a simple and convenient way to understand the electoral issues. Formulated in this general way‚ these categories are familiar and longstanding in Malaysian politics‚
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Presidential Debate Response The final Presidential Debate took a turn for the more civil side as opposed to the previous endeavours involving cordiality and the lack thereof. Egos and insults alike softened in anticipation of reaching the audience as speech moderator‚ Chris Wallace‚ discouraged any cheering and booing in accordance to the direct consideration of all in the process of voting. Upon first pretenses‚ Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton did not shake hands and only acknowledge each other’s
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and Gore Election of 2000 In a Presidential election you need a total of 270 electoral votes to win the presidential election. In this specific election you had the previous vice president of Bill Clinton‚ Al Gore‚ and the son of past president‚ George W. Bush. Bush was a current governor of Texas and was the republican candidate‚ and Gore the democrat. Neither party was really favored to win in the election‚ but in the end it came to be one of the closest‚ and most argumentative presidential races
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Congressional elections are every two years‚ voters elect all of the members of the House and one-third of the Senate. Although the Constitution lays out certain rules about how members of Congress should be elected‚ the states determine the details of elections‚ such as who can vote‚ how the votes will be counted‚ and the appearance of the ballots. There are three types of congressional elections: primary elections‚ general elections‚ and special elections. The primary elections are a preliminary
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To: From: Date: Subject ALL EMPLOYEES AMBER ELIAS‚ DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL SEPTEMBER 9‚ 2013 CONDUCT RELATED TO GENERAL CAMPAIGN ELECTIONS As in past years‚ this office is providing this memorandum as a guide to District employees regarding their conduct in political campaigns for the upcoming general election‚ including the DPS Board of Education election‚ on November 5‚ 2013. Colorado’s Fair Campaign Practices Act prohibits certain school district and district employee involvement with
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