Due to the Electoral College today, it is hard to say for some whether or not the process of voting is fair and actually matters, or if your vote as a citizen of the United States does not count and is simply a waste of time. Today I am going to share my opinion on this controversial topic. The Election Process 3 Is The Election Process Fair? According to UEN.org, an election is the process by which citizens select thousands of men and women they want to run their government- at all levels. Some people believe that the current election process we use in the United States of America is not a fair one.
The reason why so many people joined these extremists was that in the Treaty of Versailles the Germans would have to accept ‘the War guilt clause’. Everyone found this an outrage as the Germans eventually signed the Treaty. The Govterment system that was put in through the Weimar was democracy. This new system was new to Germany and looked to be crumbling after the first few years. The country had a militaristic past as which had gave the President some concerns that the old elite may try and overturn the Weimar with much support.
Because Indiana’s cards are free, the inconvenience of going to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, gathering required documents, and posing for a photograph does not qualify as a substantial burden on most voters’ right to vote, or represent a significant increase over the usual burdens of voting. The severity of the somewhat heavier burden that may be placed on a limited number of persons—e.g., elderly persons born out-of-state, who may have difficulty obtaining a birth certificate—is mitigated by the fact that eligible voters without photo identification may cast provisional ballots that will be counted if they execute the required affidavit at the circuit court clerk’s office. Even assuming that the burden may not be justified as to a few voters, that conclusion is by no means sufficient to establish petitioners’ right to the relief they seek” (“Supreme court”,
Not only did this study state that the weapons banned were only used in a small percent of crimes even before the ban, but also "found no statistical evidence of post-ban decreases in either the number of victims per gun-homicide incident, the number of gunshot wounds per victim, or the proportion of gunshot victims with multiple wounds. "(Koper, Roth 67) So even if Congress bans these vaguely named assault weapons it will most likely be as ineffective as the last time they did so. Some take issue with the ban not because of its’ functionality problems, but because they feel it violates their rights as
Campaign speeches are notorious for committing just about every rhetoric device, fallacy, and bias that exists. The main purpose for political speeches is to get the public on thier side. The campaigner that introduces Kane uses scapegoating and political bias. The campaigner is blaming Jim W. Getty for all that is wrong in politics and Kane will relieve the State from his “evil domination”. The campaigner also uses apple-polishing when introducing Kane.
At first he was fully committed to struggle for this post. But as several article accusing of different crimes appeared in the press, he was made withdraw his candidacy. The problems raised in this story are the role of the media in the election campaign; corruption of the media and the politicians; usage of the shameful means on the part of the politicians. The message of the story is that the politicians resort to shameful means in order to achieve their goals and in scramble for office one of these means turned out to be the press. This story discloses the fact that in election campaign all means were good.
Compulsory voting addresses the fact that people simply don't turn up to vote, which weekend voting doesn't Australia and other countries already have compulsory voting in a modern, western democracy, so the UK should follow other countries as well. Forcing people to vote does not ensure a greater democratic process. There will be voters who are voting not because they want a particular party to win but simply because they have to vote. Bullying tactics should never be used in free and fair elections because they undermine the democratic process, and compulsory voting works only when backed up with a penalty/punishment for those who don't vote. Just because it 'works' in other countries does not mean that it should be implemented here.
In the eyes of the general public, “once a criminal, always a criminal” but this is an unfair assumption to make. For years the getting tough on crime approach has been very popular among politicians because criminal activity is looked down upon by virtually everyone in society and politicians use this to try and gain support for their party. When you think about getting tough on crime, things like longer harsher sentences are ways to crack down on offenders but there is no real evidence that increasing the penalties for crimes actually works to prevent them from happening. Overall getting tough on crime does not work because harsher sentences do not impact criminals, it costs the tax payers a lot of money and our society today does nothing to prevent crime in the first place. The first reason why getting tough on criminals does not work is because for the most part, they are not deterred You must Login to view the entire essay.
Some people might say the immigration laws are put into place to protect Americans and their rights; however, studies have shown and will show there has been bias since the founding of the United States in the immigration laws. My position is the new immigration laws are breaking up families in the United States. It is generally accepted that the United States has laws pertaining to immigration and those laws should be upheld. However, I do believe that there arises circumstances where those laws cause grief to American families rather than help them. Just in the past five years alone I’ve seen families being ripped apart because of the immigration laws.
1. Give an outline of the different views on whistleblowing presented in the texts. In the article “The NSA Leaker: Traitor or Hero?” by Teresa Welsh from US News & World Report website in June 11, 2013 it is discussed whether Edward Snowden, who leaked secret NSA surveillance programs, should be punished or applauded for being a whistleblower and bringing new information to the world. The article balances between thinking of the leaking as an act of betrayal and an act that should be rewarded. Some people believe that the Americans are now at risk and have lost their protection from terrorist threats while others believe that the Americans’ right to privacy and freedom are lost.