Currently‚ the 672‚000 tax paying residents of D.C. do not have a voice in congress. Do you think that’s fair? Having no vote on federal decisions that impact your life? According to mayor Muriel Bowser‚ “D.C. residents pays billions of dollars each and every year [...] yet we have no vote in the house.” There is a reason why D.C.’s license plates says “taxation without representation.” Residents are forced to shell out for federal taxes but yet have no member of congress there to fight on their
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is it Important to Vote Why is it important to vote? I can’t vote yet but I wish I could for my country. I will give you some reasons why it is important to vote. My first reason why it is important to vote is with one vote you can change a country and possibly a nation. Support your country with every respect you have to it and make a change by voting. My second reason why it is important to vote is we all have the freedom to vote and to not let other people choose our vote for our country America
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Should More People Vote? Voting in a local‚ state‚ or national election is an exciting opportunity provided by democratic nations to their citizens. But some of us don’t value that option when we fail to exercise our right to vote. So‚ if voting is so exciting‚ why aren’t more Americans exercising their right and voting? A better question‚ why are people who are able to and/or registered to vote‚ don’t? Some may say the reason is "their votes don’t count‚ too busy‚ lines to long‚ the registration
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One Man‚ One Vote? Joseph Farkas thinks that every vote cast should equal every other vote. He feels that many people are voting without knowing why they are voting for a certain person or why they aren’t voting for another. He says that a vote cast by a person with no or very little knowledge in the election should not count as much as a vote cast by a person who knows a lot about the election. The people who care about who has an important role in the government should have a bigger say in
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The process causes some confusion because the popular vote does not decide the winner of the election. However‚ the popular vote does decide who the Electors are and who the Electoral votes go to‚ known as the unit rule. This is true in all but two states; Nebraska and Maine divide their votes along congressional districts (Deatrick). Each state is guaranteed two Electoral votes for the number of senators and an additional amount of votes for the number of representatives for that state. Each
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Americans and Voting There is value in having and exercising the right to vote. Americans today have developed a mindset that their vote does not make a difference‚ and that voicing out their opinions is a waste of time. This is not the case‚ however‚ as the rights that Americans are neglecting are the same rights that our ancestors have fought for during the enforcement of the Fifteenth Amendment. The laws that affect the average individuals‚ the influences of various platformed parties‚ and the
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many privileges of being a citizen in the United States is having the right to vote. We are able to show our concerns and beliefs when we vote for a political candidate. Whether you’re voting for the president of a club at school‚ or a town official‚ your vote is your voice. We live in a democracy which allows for us to have this right. Sometimes we can take it for granted and it may seem that it’s not that important to vote. However‚ it can be one of the most important things in your life. Voting
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Hillary Clinton. If I were able to vote in this presidential election‚ I would choose to give my vote to Secretary Clinton for many different reasons. While it seems that many people have chosen to vote for Hillary because they see her as the "lesser of two evils‚" I would choose to vote for her regardless of who the alternative was. I could go on for pages and pages about why I could not bring myself to vote for Donald Trump‚ but it would be unnecessary to go into each and every instance in which
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Women Attaining the Right to Vote Throughout history‚ women were degraded on society’s hierarchy. Beginning in 1893‚ women began fighting for their rights in society (“Start of the Suffragette”). New Zealand was the first country that granted women the vote. They believed that women had the potential to be a part of society. However‚ men in England did not believe in that ideology. The idea of women having the rights to vote‚ was unnatural‚ disturbing‚ and out of the ordinary (Hicks 12‚ 13) In
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Should Felons Be Allowed To Vote? The disenfranchisement of a person is a heavy topic that you only hear about every four years during the Presidential Election. Why though? The reason: everyone has an opinion on the issue‚ but only few are willing to say anything about it. Some are afraid of the racial issue our country sees‚ and some are afraid to sway against their preferred political party. The Constitution of the United States of America‚ amendment 14‚ section 2‚ clearly states “…citizens
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