UNLIKE presidential contests, America’s mid-term elections do not seem to inspire many people. In 2012 fully 59% of registered voters turned up at the polls for the presidential election. But two years earlier just 42% bothered to cast their votes in the 2010 mid-term elections, and this year’s turnout may be even lower. Few are as uninterested as the young. In 2010 the turnout of people aged 18 to 24 was just 21%.
It’s been a bill a few times, but has never made approval to be voted on by the people. The most recent vote was this year on February 23rd, when the expanded gambling bill was defeated 21-16. Polls have shown that over 80% of Kentuckians are in favor of being able to vote on this themselves. It seems that with the state legislature doing this, it’s working against itself by driving multiple businesses and people out of state. It’s amusing to me that Mr. Williams himself prefers to travel out of
I believe that constitutional reform has not gone far enough. There was an increase in referendums as Tony Blair promised in his election manifesto. These include the referendums over the Manchester Congestion Charge in 2008, and the 2004 Referendum in the North-East, and were both affective in affecting the governing party views. In addition the increase in e-petitions has been effective. Indeed, the road pricing tax was dropped after 1 million people signed a petition against it.
Immunizations are not the cause of rising cases of autism, and in fact, not immunizing has caused outbreaks of certain other diseases. My arguments to support my statement are as follows: There are numerous studies that have shown that there is no link between immunizations and autism. Medical specialists have spent countless hours researching the claims that Thimerisol in vaccines was a leading cause in the growth rate of Autism. There is no substantiation of a definite connection between autism and vaccines This year, more than 300 people have been diagnosed with measles, five times more than what was declared throughout the last eruption in 1994. Measles is not the only disease that's shown up in recent years as a result of people choosing not to be vaccinated.
Immigration policy's effect on the labor force should be carefully considered, but the vast majority of immigrants are not admitted based on education or skill level. In 2009, the U.S. admitted over 1.1 million legal immigrants, just 5-8 percent of whom possessed employment skills in demand in the United States. By contrast, 66.1 percent were based on family preferences, or 73 percent if the relatives of immigrants arriving on employment visas are included. 16.7 percent of admissions were divided among refugees, asylum seekers and other humanitarian categories, while 4.2 percent of admissions were based on the diversity lottery (which only requires that winners have completed high school). Some family-based immigrants may be highly educated or skilled, but the vast majority of admissions are made without regard for those criteria.
Voter id restrictions have been introduced in thirty-eight states and were passed in nine states since 2011. While some states require voters to show some form of id, these law limit the forms of acceptable id voters could use. Studies have shown that approximately 11 percent of Americans, that’s about 21 million people, lack a current government id. This populous, disproportionately represents racial minorities (African Americans and Latinos), senior citizens, young voters, working poor and people with
While illegal immigration in the United States can and will never be entirely stopped, it can be effectively decreased and even reversed (Reverse). At this point illegal aliens are depleting American funds by consuming a large amount of tax payer’s money, while not paying taxes, and taking jobs away form potential tax payers. As stated earlier more than 26 billion dollars go towards aiding illegal aliens every year, and while 16 million are given back threw taxes the other 10 billion lost could easily be poured into the needy public school system. With the support and proper training by the federal government border control can execute the job of deterring illegal
Another provision, known as Section 203 or the Bilingual Election Requirements, forces hundreds of jurisdictions nationwide to print ballots in languages other than English-an expensive and divisive practice. Neither section should be reauthorized, but Congress may find it difficult to do the right thing. Section 5 was included in the original Voting Rights Act in 1965 because many Southern states consistently changed their voting laws and procedures to keep blacks from voting. In 1965, for example, only about 6% of blacks in Mississippi were registered to vote, having been subjected to literacy tests, poll taxes, intimidation and even death threats to prevent them from voting. Yet only two years after Congress passed the act, some 60% of eligible black voters were
215, a considerable body of data shows that no state with a medical marijuana law has experienced an increase in youth marijuana use since their law’s enactment. All have reported overall decreases of more than the national average decreases – exceeding 50% in some age groups – strongly suggesting that enactment
Most people are unfamiliar with World War I impact on American society. $33 billion was wasted on the war, interprets the government to tax everything thin from tobacco to luxury goods. The Great Migration impacted African Americans where they moved from the South to the big cities where they faced negative and positive issues. Women in war changed how we women are today, back then women starting taking men's job. Initially, billions were wasted on war, bonds were a problem, and propaganda started to rise.