Citizens are given the freedom to vote for any candidate standing for elections‚ but few democracies give voters the explicit right to reject all the candidates‚ if they find no one suitable. In effect‚ citizens are given the freedom to choose but not to withhold making a choice With the coming of electronic voting machines (EVMs)‚ it was not even possible for voters to invalidate their votes by scratching out ballots or voting for two candidates. The only way to ensure that the vote is not wasted
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guide them. Also‚ it help teenagers to make choices and to see that sometimes people have to wait and save up some money to get what they really want. While searching for the story idea today‚ I came across an interesting survey on pocket money been given to the teenagers and young adults. For once‚ it struck me that this unique yet interesting subject has never been covered on this site before. So‚ let me take a dig at it. The important predicament of pocket money must have certainly flashed your
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As of 1971‚ American citizens above eighteen years of age have been able to vote. Since the ratification of the 26th amendment‚ many years have passed and once more‚ the constitution needs to be amended and the voting age adjusted. Citizens above the age of sixteen should be allowed to vote; by voting‚ they will be represented in the government‚ both local and national. Such a change will greatly improve the United States government and opposing such a amendment is both irresponsible and unjust.
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C. Former Confederates and African American defenders had opposing views on new black legislators. Former Confederates‚ such as English clergyman J.W. Leigh‚ felt as though blacks were prematurely given the right to vote. Leigh argued that because blacks received franchise only five years after the abolition of slavery‚ they were incapable and easily influenced by radical republicans. To back his claim‚ Leigh cited the passing of a large grant for the Alabama and Chattanooga Railway. He states
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century and more and more women in the United States and Great Britain were beginning to express their desires for the right to voice their opinions and cast their votes for who should govern and be in charge of their government. Switzerland had granted suffrage to women in 1971‚ while France‚ Germany‚ and Italy enfranchised women decades earlier (Abrams and Settle 292)‚ and now it was time for the American and British women to join the suffrage movement as well. Thousands of women petitioned‚ lobbied
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People vote to express their opinions in hopes that their voices will be heard. Voting is not just a political act that will determine who will be elected to office or what policies will be enacted; it is something that occurs on a small scale every day. People vote on where they will go to dinner and what movie they will see‚ however‚ whether it’s political or personal‚ the question remains why do people vote the way they do. What motivates someone to vote for one option over the other? Political
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created of women in history placed there. Since April‚ there was an announcement of placing a statue of Millicent Garrett Fawcett there‚ approved by The City Council for Westminster. She was the person who campaigned for women’s right to vote. Gillian Wearing‚ a British artist will be sculpting Millicent’s statue which makes her also the first female sculptor to place her work in Parliament Square. The article also described in details the importance of Millicent and her fight for women rights to
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To vote means to say your opinion‚ to have a voice. And though you meet the qualifications‚ which in today’s time is so easy to qualify for‚ does it mean that you HAVE to vote? Compulsory voting has been a great debacle in today’s world since the number of voters (no matter the poll) are dimishing. People have the right to vote‚ and they should be encouraged to have a vote‚ but should not be forced. Though it is your choice‚ voting has been such a quandary to where people decide who can and cannot
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How successful was the conservative party from 1918- 1928? As a party the Conservatives can be seen to have achieved considerable success between the years 1918-28. Before the war the party had lost 3 consecutive elections‚ whereas during the period 1918-28 they were in power for all but 10 months of those 10 years (First Labour Government January- October 1924). It can then be seen through their domination of power that they were very successful. However during the first 4 of those years‚ whilst
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As the Great War came to a conclusion in 1918 with the armistice signalling the end of battle‚ the challenge was put on the Allied nations to ensure a war of this magnitude would never occur again. President Wilson arrived to the Paris Peace Conferences in early 1919‚ prepared to negotiate the implementation of his “Fourteen Points” into the post-war treaty. The European side of the negotiating table sought to administer harsh penalties on the Germans for their involvement in the war‚ which was contradictory
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