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    American Voting System

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    there truly is a notable difference. Referring to the quote “Bad Officials are Elected By Good Citizens Who Do Not Vote” – George Jean Nathan‚ democracy is how human beings avoid oppression. When the citizens have a say‚ as it is a basic human right to be able to express opinion‚ we are taking advantage of the freedom that America had to fight hard to acquire. At one point I would of been considered three fifths a person‚ so as a African American and a female the fact that I can vote and partake

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    Why Is Voting Important

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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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    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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    responsibility to America. We have many jobs that we have to do. Voting is one thing that all of us should do. We have got or freedom by the military. If no one serves then we don’t have our freedom. Also everyone should also be treated equal. Serving our country is one of our jobs so we can have life‚ liberty and enjoy the pursuit of happiness. Voting is a very important part to America. If we did not vote we wouldn’t have any presidents. Voting is also a way to express what you believe. Less than

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    Voting and Mobile Phones

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    ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM VIA SMS CHAPTER I BACKGROUND OF STUDY Here in the Philippines‚ people vote through traditional way‚ particularly writing by hand the names of their chosen candidates in an ordinary piece of paper. It has always been a burden to the public school teachers who serve as poll watchers to do the counting of votes which took for days to be done manually. In the other hand‚ various ways of voting system collide. Such as Universities and Colleges who are conducting their search

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    Voting Age In The USA

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    Voting age in the USA Student’s Name Institution Abstract Voting is a fundamental process that allows for a legal citizen to express his or her opinion on different issues. These issues are mostly political but not necessarily. The legal voting age in the US is 18years. The notion as to whether the voting age should be lowered or not has been faced with a lot of contention. Some young American citizens feel that‚ it is their right regardless of their age to vote. They pay taxes just like older people

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    Texas History Voting

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    Texas Voting History The Lone Star State: Reliably Republican Leslie C. Lee Liberty University Abstract In 2012 President Obama spoke to a group of people at a fund raiser event in Texas and seemed optimistic that Texas would soon be a battleground for the Democratic Party (Parker‚ 2013). Unless Democrats possess an extraordinary strategic plan this could prove to be a challenging task to accomplish. Recent voting in Texas has faithfully been favorable toward the Republican ticket for over

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    Lower Voting Age

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    Burke Lowering the Voting Age to 16 This proposal will lower the current voting age from 18 to 16. The purpose of the proposal is to give American youth citizens their freedom and right to vote. Voting has been around for a very long time. New Zealand was the first major country to gain universal voting rights or suffrage. The United States has six Amendments the are based on voting laws. For example the 26th Amendment was presented to give 18 year olds the right to vote. So‚ if we don’t

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    Biometrics Voting System

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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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    Voting has become a huge dilemma in a few states one of those states being Texas. In 2014‚ Texas forced a new law‚ to be eligible to vote you must show identification. Since 2014‚ many studies show that voting has decreased. The law isn’t always a fair game. The law is a long process that the government and Supreme Court and president are apart of. They are the ones that decide if the law benefits the majority of people. 9 out of 10 times the law is in the best interest of the people. Voting is

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