Should the voting age be lowered to 16? Are sixteen year olds‚ mature enough to make responsible decisions? Are they prepared to live with the decisions they make? Yes‚ is the answer to both these questions. Headcount.org states‚ “In 1971‚ at the peak of the youth protests of the Baby Boom‚ the United States passed the 26th Amendment‚ lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years of age.” Now states‚ are looking to repeat that‚ and lower the age even more. Some states have already lowered the age‚
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but only 5% were registered to vote.” (Voting Rights) Mississippi had one of the highest ratings for beating‚ lynchings‚ and disappearances. To avoid blacks from voting many southern states used a variety of tactic to prevent blacks from voting. These tactics were literacy tests‚ poll taxes‚ intimidation‚ threats‚ and violence. Many blacks could not read or write because they had not gone to school so it was very hard for them to pass these literacy tests. Voting today is extremely different because
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as the Southern blacks have typically (when they have been able to vote) voted for the more liberal party or candidate. The South was at one time a Democratic stronghold and has in the past 30 years become a typically conservative voting electorate. This tendency of voting by race for the liberal or conservative candidate has been a continuing occurrence. Southern turn out for elections has been significantly lower than the rest of the nation as well over the same time period. This bias of the past
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Australia has a proportional voting system‚ and their voting process is very complex. The voters there rank candidates by preference. Australia also has over two political parties representing themselves in its government. Also‚ Australia’s voters do not appear to be anymore politically educated than America’s voters. Attempting to compare America’s voting system to Australia’s voting system like trying to fit a triangle in a circular hole. What would happen to Australia if voting became voluntary again
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Collage Paper The theme of my collage was conflict. It was about the Hungarian War of 1956. When I started to work on the collage the theme was something wanted the viewer to understand as they looked at it. I did not want to give more details about this war. I wanted the viewer to see the collage and have curiosity about the subject to research it. I wanted the viewer to wonder why 1956? As I progress through making my collage I want to go over the emphasis of the number 56 in red represents my
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Essays on Criminal Voting Rights In all but two states‚ those with criminal records on felony offenses usually have some kind of limitation on their voting rights‚ most applying only to those felons in prison or currently on parole but some banning all felons from voting for life. Criminal voting rights is a hotly debated topic and the fervor of these debates is just getting stronger as the years go by. Criminal voting rights advocates argue that refusing to reinstate such voting rights after the
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this problem but the most debatable resolution is whether the voting age be lowered from eighteen to sixteen. What would persuade the government to lower the voting age to an even lower one than the young adults age of eighteen? On the other hand how can the youth of Canada who have their individual opinions and beliefs be able to make a difference in society without having the right to vote? I strongly believe that lowering the voting age will interest youth to further participate in politics and
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effect meant something in the classroom‚ just because we were in school. Fortunately as I grew up I learned that it took place in everyday life. Voting is a big and essential event in which occurs every year for something. With that being said‚ voting is very ineffective when people (us) don’t go out and vote. The effect from us‚ the U.S citizens not voting is the election of the wrong or a bad representative for the job. All cities‚ states‚ and the United States as a whole need representatives
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test From a newspaper editorial: [The recent use of mail ballots in Oregon’s election of a U.S. senator has led some people to hail this as the wave of the future in our democratic republic]. *[We do not share that enthusiasm].* *[The primary advantage of the mail ballot is that it requires little time]* and [effort on the part of the voter]. [We think that also is a primary shortcoming of this process]. It is worth a little of both our time and our energy to exercise the right to vote‚ and that
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xMatt Harrison Jessica Reyes English 200 March 28‚ 2012 Better to Smoke Air Than Death Smoking has been a long term issue since cigarettes were invented. The high amount of tobacco added many dangers to the mixtures. Not only is smoking dangerous because of its physically altering diseases‚ it also has fatal risks. One of the most common forms of fatality caused by cigarettes is cancer‚ mainly in the throat and lung. Tobacco cigarettes have been taking people’s lives for quite some time now
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