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    Flor Perez AP Government- 4B December 28‚ 2013 Poll on Electoral College The Electoral College is a process that consists of 538 electors that which elect candidates for the office of President and Vice President of the United States. These electors are chosen by popular vote on a state-by-state basis. When voters cast their ballots for a presidential candidate‚ those votes actually count towards a group of electors who pledge to vote for a specific candidate when the Electoral College meets.

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    The Electoral College is a group of people who elect a president and vice president. It is described in Article 2‚ Section 1 of the Constitution. The electors are not required to follow popular vote‚ so‚ candidates can win electoral vote and presidency and not win popular vote. It would be more politically and economically beneficial to the USA to keep the Electoral College and not let the public take full advantage of the votes because the public will most likely vote for materialistic reasons

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    Sam Thompson 1/12/14 ‘The electoral college should be replaced by a national popular vote.’ Discuss. (45 marks) The Electoral College is a political institution that every 4 years is indirectly given the task of electing the president and vice-president of the United States of America into power. The idea behind the Electoral College is that it would give power to people that know politics so that they can make an informed decision on who should be president. This institution is a staple of the

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    vast array of public and private sector organisations. This assignment will look at the types of government organisations that structure the UK tourism industry. It is important to look at the volume and value of the tourism industry first‚ so that the reader can appreciate the scope of tourism in the UK. Identifying the roles and policies of the public organisations‚ will show the nature of government involvement‚ and the section on VisitBritain will highlight the recent changes to tourism structure

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    citizen of legal age the right to vote in elections. The Electoral College provides electoral votes to candidates based popular votes. The Electoral College is unfair to popular vote as it is an indirect system of voting where citizens are not directly voting for the President. This system grants 538 electors to become the voice of 319 million. The Electoral College was established during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The Electoral College is a “System established by the Constitution to elect

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    VERMONT Application for Addition to the Checklist (VT VOTER REGISTRATION FORM) 17 V.S.A. § 2145 (Please print clearly‚ use ballpoint pen‚ and bear down hard.) I‚ ______________________________________________________________ apply to have my name (Last Name) (First Name) (Middle Initial) added to the checklist of the Town/City of ______________________________________. By checking the boxes below‚ I swear or affirm that these are true statements:  Yes  No Are you

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    States is a role model to other countries of the concept of giving all citizens equal share in the government and the way it is run. The Electoral College ruins the voting and creates an unfair system that is not equal. It destroys the fundamental part of democracy that gives everyone the right to vote. The Electoral College raises the question "Is the United States a republic?". With the Electoral College‚ it is a winner take all system which makes some votes practically useless. The founding fathers

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    the Electoral College and Go to a Popular Vote? The American way of electing the highest office in our country is hard to explain on a good day to a fellow American‚ let alone to a non-American. The question that often follows an explanation of the Electoral College is something like: why doesn’t the United States just adopt a popular vote? Through the course of this paper I will talk about first the history of the Electoral College. Secondly‚ I will discuss the negatives of the Electoral College

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    Why an Open List Proportional Representation Electoral System Is the Best Choice For an Newly Emerging Democracy Mike Ramjee Comparative Politics and Government Pol 102 (01) 12/15/2013 For a state hosting its first democratic elections‚ the best type of electoral system would be an open list proportional representation system. This type of electoral system offers many benefits including battling corruption‚ fair representation

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    Voter identification laws has been a controversial issue on whether or not it should be implemented in every state in America. 34 states have passed laws that required voters who registered to show a photo identification issued by the government before voting. This leaves only 16 states that do not require voters to have photo identification. The whole purpose of voter identification was to stop people from impersonating other people and fraud‚ but some people believe that voter identification can

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