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    Voting is Important

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    poor person. Voting give you the rights for you to be heard that will choose the next leader in our country or in the world. When you vote you are making your voice be heard by choosing the person you think will be the best leader. People now days are unwilling to vote because they think that voting is a useless waste of their time. What it really means it’s the perfect choice for the next person that will govern us will be the person they chose. Do you imagine a place without the right to vote didn’t

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    Voting System

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    THE DEVELOPMENT OF OFFICER’S VOTING SYSTEM FOR CHRISTIAN GRACE SCHOOL OF CAVITE AT GENERAL MARIANO ALVAREZ‚ CAVITE ____________ A Project Proposal Presented to the Faculty of College of Computer Studies University of Perpetual Help System GMA‚ Cavite ___________ In partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Subject System and Analysis and Design by Florencio J. Maca Jr. October 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE…………………………………………………………………. 1 TABLE

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    The Importance of Voting

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    people in the world. Although voting is not a law‚ it is a right and every eligible individual should take time out to vote whenever there is chance you get an opportunity. In a perfect world‚ people will do what is right for the common good. Treat voting as if you are buying a new house‚ first think about the reasons‚ evaluate the first appearances‚ and then make your selection. However‚ in today’s world the rich and powerful dictate the rules. If more people took voting as serious as their complaints

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    Voting In Texas

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    Texas Voting‚ Campaigns‚ and Elections Voter turnout in Texas is below the national average in the United States when it comes to national elections. Statewide elections have an even lower voter turnout in Texas. In order to vote in Texas‚ a person must be registered to vote. The registration process has been improved throughout the years after the reconstruction period. The current system is fair and is in compliance with the United States Constitution‚ specifically‚ the Fourteenth

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    Cons of the 1964 Civil Rights Act When faced with pointing out the cons of the 1964 Civil Rights Act‚ one may feel there aren’t many if any. Or maybe that it’s a justified contradiction to the first amendment‚ which from the U.S. Constitution reads: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the Government for a

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    Underage Voting

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    Voting is important in our society and it is meant to help shape up our government. In America adults can get the right to vote at the age of eighteen. You earn a right to be heard and have right to have your opinion counted on what goes on in this country. I believe that our voting age should not be lower than eighteen‚ because many young voters can vote for foolish laws to get passed‚ they can make our government change for the worse. I believe that the voting age should remain at eighteen because

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    Honoring Selma: The irreplaceable American Milestone In the year 1975‚ Americans of all background came together on the bridge of Selma to protest the unjust treatment towards people of color in the United State. 50 years later‚ at the same spot President Obama gave a speech; explaining why Selma should be honored has an American milestone. Even though Selma is not seen as a milestone in America’s history‚ Obama wants to prove otherwise because Selma was a big step forward in the civil right movement

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    Voting System

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    It would be useful to have a voting (democratic) system to ensure that the Student Council’s rulings are not lost in an overload of demands and those students ’ union workload priorities match student priorities. One of the most crucial factors for a voting system to be successful is to exhibit a Voting Protocol that can prevent opportunities for fraud or for sacrificing the voter’s privacy. The Voting Protocol that will be designed and implemented for this voting system will combine the advantages

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    Problems with Voting

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    Why Voting is never Completely Accurate!! Statement of the Problem There are several problems when it comes to elections. One of the problems is whether the candidates played fairly throughout the election. Another problem is whether the votes that are being cast are being counted correctly or even being counted at all. The main reason this topic has become such an important issue is because of the last two elections. The first election had a problem in the state of Florida‚ and the 2004 elections

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    Citizens Voting

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    participate in his/her government‚ one way in particular is voting. In roughly the past century‚ there has been an all-time low voter turnout in the U.S.. There are factors that affect the amount of citizens that vote every time the opportunity comes. These circumstances mainly are age and education that is provided for that individual. As well as age and education‚ there is also a dynamic that the government set that hinders voter turnout. Other than voting‚ there is another way citizens can be involved in

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