Orissa Review * January - 2006 Need for Electoral Reforms Siddhartha Dash Elections are the life and blood of modern democracies. The health and vitality of parliamentary democracy is sustained by ensuring free‚ fair and peaceful elections where the verdict of the people finds full expression. The Indian electoral system was free from any major flaw till the fourth general elections in 1967. The distortions in its working appeared‚ for the first time‚ in the fifth general elections
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Electoral Systems There is only one path to democracy and that is an election. It is the only way that a government can represent the will of the people. It gives legitimacy to government and ensures that the freedom one gives up in lieu of security and order is maintained. In a democratic state‚ the electoral process determines who will hold political office. The importance of a free‚ fair and representative election cannot be overstated in the 21st century nor can be the process of it undermined
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Alexander Hamilton‚ The Federalist Amber Henricksen U.S History Mr. Michael Miguel December 10‚ 2012 In the year 1789‚ George Washington had established his Cabinet. The Cabinet consists of men who were the best at what they do such as handling money or being familiar with machinery. There were three men who were a part of this Cabinet following with an attorney general. These men were Thomas Jefferson‚ Secretary of State‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ Secretary of Treasury‚ Henry Knox‚ Secretary
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In the United States today‚ we use the Electoral College to decide who is going to be the next president. The presidency is not necessarily won by popular vote. The founding fathers opted for the Electoral College‚ because they were afraid of the masses. They wanted the president to be chosen by those who are qualified‚ well informed‚ and have the ability to chose a president more efficiently then the so called "mob." Although I believe the Electoral College needs many changes‚ it is necessary in
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Narrative Speech Outline Intro - Attention Getter :In today’s society‚ one will be paid more if their job is more economically important. So what professions do we define as economically important? Teachers‚ doctors‚ public defenders‚ The President of the United States. Explain relevance of narrative to audience: When I was watching TV the other day they were talking about a player who wanted to be traded to another team mainly because he wasn’t getting paid enough‚ yet his salary was capped
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Essay Question Number 4; The Electoral systems in the Caribbean needs to be changed. How real is this view? An election as a political process serves as the single most important mechanism for citizens to participate in the selection of a government. When conducted to international standards‚ elections tend to confer legitimacy on a government. In the Commonwealth Caribbean‚ the electoral experience varies and tends to reflect not only the socio-political culture of the member state but also
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ELECTORAL REFORMS: IN INDIA INTRODUCTION “The health of a democracy depends on the choice of representatives and leaders‚ which in turn is directly linked to the way political parties function and elections are conducted”. The government of India is quasi-judicial; theofficials are elected at the federal‚ state and local levels. The head of the Government‚ Prime Minister is indirectly elected by the people of the country‚ through the General Election where the leader of the party winning in majority
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Electoral Authoritarianism After the fall of the Soviet Union in December of 1991‚ the political actors in Russia had a choice to push for either a democratic or authoritarian regime. The political actors opted to advance an authoritarian regime‚ and used a façade of democratic practices to legitimize the new government and establish antidemocratic policies. The initial push toward an authoritarian regime put Russia on a path gradually leading away from not only democracy but also freedom itself
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The issue of electoral reform has become more important than ever in Canada in recent years as the general public has come to realize that our current first-past-the-post‚ winner-take-all system‚ formally known as single-member plurality (SMP) has produced majority governments of questionable legitimacy. Of the major democracies in the world‚ Canada‚ the United States‚ and the United Kingdom are the only countries that still have SMP systems in place. Interestingly enough‚ there has been enormous
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leader is a big part of the way it runs in general. Many governments have different systems in which they elect their leader. In North America‚ electing a leader is a big responsibility for the citizens of that country. Particularly in Canada‚ our electoral system has been the same for many years and relies on the citizens to make a decision. Canada uses a system called first-past the-post or single member plurality . This system consists of a simple objective; to receive a majority of the votes . This
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