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    The voting age should not be lowered because people under the age of 18 are not independent. By the time somebody reaches the age 18‚ they gain independence as a legal adult. With their new found independence‚ they are now responsible for themselves as individuals and they cannot predominately depend on their parental guardians anymore. This allows them to have better judgment when voting because they are now impacted by the decisions. “ However‚ someone who is the age of 16 or 17 still relies on

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    factor in political participation. “Poorer people are less likely to vote” ( Morone & Kersh 246). This in turn discourages others from voting because they feel as though voting isn’t democratic. Alienation which is “ a feeling of powerlessness‚ or inability to control one’s own political fate” (247). This correlates to how the lower tier class feels about voting. The amount of elections we have‚ whether local or national‚ contribute to the U.S having the lowest voter turnouts amongst first world

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    People that can’t obtain a I.D is other race beside white. Other race are the ones that have less voting rate. “African-Americans and Latinos are most likely to lack one of these qualifying I.Ds according to several estimates” (Childress‚ Sarah). This show that it’s less fair because people are getting judge by their race when they can’t afford a requirement for voting. The way people see that African - Americans and Latinos are lacking is by not having papers and good social‚ it

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    Voting can bring about change for the better or the worse. We as a society‚ want people to make rational choices when voting‚ which is why there is a minimum voting age. There are reasons against lowering the voting age‚ such as‚ teens being less mature‚ perhaps uninterested in politics‚ and less knowledgeable about politics and civics. Many believe that it should be lowered for teens to have a say in their community and even country. However‚ lowering the voting age to 16 could result in drastic

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    UCCS Computer Science Department CS 701 Online E-Voting System Software Requirements Specification 2007 UCCS Computer Science Department Hakan Evecek Description of Project Document no: 1 version: 1.0 CONTACT: UCCS EMAIL: hevecek@uccs.edu DATE: 5/23/2007 Distribution is subject to copyright. Disclaimers The information contained in this document is the proprietary and exclusive property of UCCS except as otherwise

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    Gender Gap and Voting Behaviors By: Sarah Langenwalter Women have always had so many different and interesting behavior patterns; whether they are patterns at home‚ at work‚ or even at the polls. Choosing this topic was easy‚ women are very unique about everything‚ and I was curious to see the differences in the way we vote compared to men‚ the gender gap. With the help of peer reviewed articles and other research‚ I am planning to explain the gender gap as well as other voting behaviors that

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    DEVELOPMENT OF A VOTING ADVICE APPLICATION (VAA) SYSTEM ___________________________ A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the College of Computer Studies Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University ___________________________ In partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor in Science of Information Technology ___________________________ By Legamia‚ Don Daniel D. Ortanez‚ Rolly O. Panopio‚ Charles R. April 2013 APPROVAL SHEET This thesis

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    John Lewis criticized the voting rights because he reveals that it is useless to African Americans due to the fact that they have minimal education‚ having no higher than a middle school study. For example in paragraph three Lewis says‚ “ It will not help the citizens of Mississippi‚ of Alabama and Georgia‚ who are qualified to vote‚ but lack a sixth-grade education.” In this statement Lewis tells the audience that voting rights are insignificant for African- Americans until they are able to have

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    Instant runoff voting is a ranked choice voting system for single-winner elections that‚ in a single round of counting‚ accomplishes the goal of a two-round runoff election. Sometimes called "ranked choice voting‚" "preferential voting‚" "majority voting" and "the alternative vote‚" IRV avoids the undemocratic outcomes of plurality voting that occur when so-called "spoilers" split the majority vote. By allowing voters to rank candidates in order of preference‚ IRV enables voters to vote their hopes

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    Sharon Salzberg once said‚ “Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves‚ one another‚ this country and this world.” This is relevant to today because voting is overlooked and taken for granted. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 provided equal rights to all people and enabled all races the equality they deserve. This act was signed into law on August 6‚ 1965‚ by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War‚ including

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