Essays on Election Process

Is our election process fair to everyone?

Introduction The thesis of the paper is that despite the multitude of claims that the 2016 Presidential Election was rigged or unfair, America’s inclusive voter eligibility, the equal opportunity of citizens to run for office, and reliable ballot casting methods ensure that the election process in the United States is completely free and fair. The main purpose of the paper is to find a common ground among supporters and opponents of the basic research question. There are two different claims which support the fairness or unfairness of presidential elections in the United States, where the backing sides’ main ...

Voting rights in Gabon

Introduction Gabon, the official name of which is Gabonese Republic, is an African country that is located on the west coast of the continent – the area that is believed to be one of the most stable in the whole Africa. The capital and the biggest city is Libreville with the population of 450 000 citizens, while the total population of the country is quiet small – only 1.5 million people. Though the population of the country is not big, it is considered to be the nation with one of the highest income per capita in Africa. In addition to oil, ...

Objective of civic engagement: manifestation of democracy through the ballot

As a primary step towards my Project, I started with the topic of maximizing civic engagement related to the involvement of education and direct interaction with the electorate. The importance of the topic came from the fact that there has to be mass voting to ensure a clearer picture of the democratic choice. The electorate is a significant factor for not only deciding their governing representatives but also in shaping the public stand towards the formation of the right government. Hence, there has to be a vigilance or awareness drive for the voters of the region so that they ...

Abstract

In any state, the court system and structure plays a significant role in ensuring the judicial system is effective. States that have a strong court system have proved to be successful in solving major challenges as pertains to the interpretation of the constitution. Puerto Rico needs to have in place a strong court system to ensure that the enforcement of various dynamics is effective. In coming up with the court system and structure, this paper heavily borrows from three states: Tennessee, Florida and South Carolina. These states are well-known for their strong legal systems. Because of this, it would ...

A political party is a grouping of individuals who come together to compete in elections and hold authority in the government. Often, political parties agree on specific policies and programs that are intended to enhancing the collective common good of their supporters. Despite the fact that there are many international commonalities in the organization of political parties, there are a lot of differences concerning the ideological cores. In modern democracies, the political parties are elected by the citizens to form a government. Many nations in the world have various party systems. For instance, China has a one-party system while ...

Book Review

For the purposes of the analysis, the author of the paper dwells on the consideration of the book prepared by Martin Wattenberg. The main thesis of the boom concerns the issue that contemporary society create be environment where the youth have no intention to participate in the election process as the voters. In the beginning of the book, the author - Martin Wattenberg (herein after referred as Wattenberg) lists the factors that served the important role in the formation of the low voting involvement in the election campaigns of the youth within several last decades. In addition, the analysis ...

Introduction

Responses about California Reform Regardless of the introduction to the legislation in 2008, California was familiar with subsequent changes in 2010 and 2012. The Proposition 20 as the ballot initiative was adopted in 2010 with the purpose to improve the election process and develop the framework of the activity for the Commission. In generla, it is possible to states that the purposes of the legislators pursued during the development of this particular rule have been achieved and realized. First of all, the elections to the Congress in the state were featured with increased level of the legitimacy in accordance ...

Introduction

For several years the United States maintains the operation of the first past approach in the election process. With that, the government of the country is seemed to be locked within the two major political parties due to the fact that any external party is deprived from the opportunity to enter the political arena and rule the agenda of the country. Meanwhile, the existing two political groups in the United States are regarded to have dramatically different agenda so that the voters are frustrated with the government. Accordingly, the majority of the people in the United States express the ...

The systems of governance have an imperative impact on economic, social, and political aspects in every nation. During the colonial era, colonists had an upper hand in the way political processes were carried out in their respective colonies. As a result, the colonists introduced systems of power and governance characterized with policies and regulations that were revolted by the colonies. Colonies were against westernization by colonists as they desired to maintain their culture and beliefs. In an economic outlook, colonists exploited their colonies through mineral resources and raw materials. In India, British colonialism had an imperious role in the rise ...

Democracy precisely means a type of government where the people have sovereign powers, and they exercise the powers either directly or through their elected officials. Globally, the United States of America is respected as the father of first liberal democracy. The USA adopted a constitution on 1788 that stipulated the requirement for an elected government and safeguarded the civil rights and liberties of its citizens. In the early days of the constitution, democracy became a way of life. The US Constitution divided the national government into three sections, namely; the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary. The constitution was designed to ...

About the Club

The Hong Kong Student Association (HKSA) being a Hong Kong cultural club serves to promote culture and heritage to all interested students from Hong Kong. The group’s core purpose is to provide a strong network for its student and staff members to interact and encourage high member participation. Nonetheless, the club is supposed to provide opportunities for their counterparts from other countries to experience more about their country and culture (HKSA 1).

The April 2014 Elections

As per the constitution, each office position that is to be elected is supposed to be publicized. In this respect, the constitution states that the mandatory election meeting(s) ...

Introduction

American electoral system witnessed a ruthless test in the American presidential election that took place in the year 2000. It was a rare political Ordeal and Supreme Court intervened into the contemporary circumstance. American electoral system required a change due to such situation and the American policy makers decided to improve the current electoral process. Numerous electoral reforms are introduced in the electoral system since 2000, and a number of other reforms are waiting to be introduced in the future according to the changing circumstances. This paper intends to discuss the American electoral system and further discusses the reforms that are required in ...

The evolution of human society passed through various different stages, the first being the family heads enjoying privileged positions extending to tribe heads, being equivalent to the head of the state. Hence, the final stage rested with a politically organized society having a full-fledged government machinery and authority. A study of world history is a roof of the fact that states have arisen at different times in different countries. Hobson defines the concept of state as: “State is a community of people, occupying a definite territory, organized under a government, which is supreme over all persons and associations within its territory and independent of all ...

Introduction

Caperton v. Massey case decision is one of famous and significant decision taken by Supreme Court of United States. The final ruling of the court about the case is stated on 8th June, 2009 and the court decided that it is against the constitution for the Supreme Court judge to hear a case that have had some financial interests involved for the judge from the individual who filed up the case. This decision has also expedited the long lasting debate that whether the judge at higher courts should be elected or whether they should be appointed by the respective committee.

Discussion

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Introduction

The Electoral College was originated during the end of 18th century with the aim of giving due importance to the educated ones while considering that the average farmer did not knew much about the government and politics. Education is a necessity of a democratic government to be elected fairly for which the population is required to be educated. However a major population of US was not educated in late 18th century. So the Electoral College was established as the electoral process of US and this system is under debate by many expert analysts currently. The election process in US starts with the ...

Synopsis: This is a five page APA citation style argumentative essay on the 2012 Presidential election in the United States. There are two sources cited. Social Learning Theory by Albert Bandura will be applied in order to assess the behavioral, cognitive and psychological effects on the media viewing public of the intense discourses between President Obama and Republican Presidential Candidate Governor Mitt Romney. The potential implications of the environment on social learning will be explored.

Introduction

The presidential election process of 2012 was a memorable event. This was the election event which had the greatest media attention in American history. This essay ...

The American Constitution clearly defines an individual who can run for an electoral office in the U.S. The presidency is known to be the greatest office in the land. Therefore, the holder must be well prepared and equipped for the same. This is probably the reason as to why the process of getting into the White House is so long and rigorous, right from the campaigns to the election. The paragraphs below explain, in detail, the campaigns and election process for the U.S presidency. It aims at shedding some light on the issue.

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Electoral College

The Electoral College is a constitutional electoral institution judged with the responsibility of electing the President and Vice-president. The Electoral College was established in the United State’s Constitution in 1798, when the country was facing political challenges of this time. The Electoral College was established principally because of the possibility of elections in the country degenerating into violence and chaos. The electoral institution was meant to thwart the politically charged environment of the late 18th century. The Electoral College also served to balance between the interests of the government and citizens during an electoral process (Honaker, 2009). Therefore the ...

Texas constitution is one of the longest constitutions in the country. The constitution had modified seven times and presently 1876 constitution is effectively adopted by state. The documents only provide information related to explicit power permitted to Texas hence it work like a limited document.

Texas constitution contains total 17 articles. Small brief about all the articles are as follow:

Article 1: Bill of Rights – the article is having total 29 sections and talk about power of Texas government and some un-avoidable rights provided to citizens. Article 2: Power of Government – As per article two, all the governments have separate powers and one government can not rule other government. This article talks about equal ...

Manifesto:

The constitution amendments in the Arab countries in order to provide less powers for presidents and reduce their ruling span to ensure fair running of the countries resources. There is need for creation of anti-corruption bodies to investigate past corruption cases in order to bring justice and eradicate corruption among other leaders through equal distribution of resources among the regions in the country. The natural resources should be equally allocated to all regions to ensure a balance in the national cake. These will boost development because firms and industries will be set up in all regions that will eventually create job ...