roughly one-third of the voting age population turns out for a Parliamentary election once every four years – let alone federal or local elections – it becomes difficult to defend the “free” right to vote. Voting is not only a right‚ but a responsibility. Therefore‚ voting in elections should be compulsory in Germany as a way to increase voter turnout and to raise overall political awareness. Contrary to the public belief that a legal obligation to vote is a rarity‚ compulsory voting has been used successfully
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Should voting be compulsory? The voter apathy in Canada in the 2004 federal elections was so high‚ that politicians are now searching for a method to increase the turnout. One of the possible solutions is introducing the mandatory voting‚ where every voter is forced to participate in the elections. First of all one big benefit of the mandatory voting is the equalization of the social bias because according to some surveys a very big part of the voters are white property owners. If all people
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Should voting be mandatory? I would like to initiate with a quote‚ which falls apt to the topic and my point of view on it- “A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.” -(Theodore Roosevelt). The answer to the question‚ ’Should voting be mandatory ’‚ lies in the topic itself. Before I go any further with what my views are‚ I would like to clear‚ the basic definition of the word- Vote. “It is a formal Expression of Opinion or Will‚ in response to a proposed decision” -(Merriam
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VOTING (Dictionary)Voting is a formal expression of opinion or choice‚ either positive or negative‚ made by an individual or a body of individuals. All American have the right to vote when they turn the age of 18 and are considered an adult. You only hear about voting really when it comes to the election for the President of the United States or a candidate is running for a seat in a government position. The American people believe that they should vote because they think it actually matters. Then
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BIOMETRICS VOTING SYSTEM by AMIT KUMAR SHARMA Table of Contents: Chapters Page No. 1 Introduction 1.1 Definition 1.2 Design 1.2.1 Summary of Design 1.3 Description of the Voting Machine 1.4 Block diagram for the whole process in brief 2 Voting System 2.1 Finger print scanner 2.1.1 Extraction of thumb impression 2.3 Feature extraction & comparison 2.3 Transfer of data to hard disk 3. Verification 3.1 Verification of
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English 101 23 October 2013 Allowing Prisoners Voting Rights For many years‚ the decision to allow prisoners to vote has been a wide spread controversial issue. The controversy has been popular in the United States and the United Kingdom. When prisoners are sent to prison they are there to serve their time and they are usually stripped of all their rights and no longer contribute to a functional society. This includes the right to vote. They are convicts‚ but does that make it okay to take their
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Persuasive Lying Essay People often say that honesty is the best policy. You should listen to them they know what they’re talking about. Lying. In the dictionary the definition of lying is an “intentionally told false statement” but the dictionary doesn’t list the consequences of a lie or why said false statements were used. So‚ I’ll have to do it. I know that no one wants to hear that they look fat or grotesque ‚ or that the ugly sweater they gave someone for Christmas will never see anything
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Should the Voting age be changed to sixteen? Although some people believe that voting is not of much importance‚ it truly is. It is a privilege in our country to have the right to vote‚ and have some say in what affects our lives every day. Most people don’t see this as a privilege and take advantage by not participating. Therefore‚ most adults over eighteen do not take the time to vote. So‚ what makes us think sixteen year olds will take responsibility and make a change? There are both pros and
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The voting habits of U.S. Senators have been heavily discussed in legislative research to understand and predict the votes cast in the senate. Specifically‚ the research on factors that lead to senators voting against their party has become prominent because of the increasing partisan polarization in Congress (Poole and Rosenthal 2007). Finding statistically significant factors that influence Senate voting is important in understanding Senators’ willingness to vote against their party in a system
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multiple voting‚ there is no adequate led to the inventing of the computerized voting system‚ which will be used in student union government election. 1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM This project is carried out to design a computerized voting system in order to have an accurate result in the student union government election in Osun State Polytechnic iree. 1.3 PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT The purpose of this project is to develop on interactive software package using basic to automate the voting system
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