The Women’s Right to Vote amendment was passed and implemented about 100 years ago. The fight to get this passed was definitely not an easy one. It required time‚ determination‚ and most importantly‚ unity. Unity with all women to fight for what they deserved. It was a fight for political representation. However‚ till this day women are still extremely underrepresented in politics. According to the Center for American Women and Politics‚ nationally women make up 19.4 percent of the 535 seats in
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Should More People Vote? Voting in a local‚ state‚ or national election is an exciting opportunity provided by democratic nations to their citizens. But some of us don’t value that option when we fail to exercise our right to vote. So‚ if voting is so exciting‚ why aren’t more Americans exercising their right and voting? A better question‚ why are people who are able to and/or registered to vote‚ don’t? Some may say the reason is "their votes don’t count‚ too busy‚ lines to long‚ the registration
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Americans and Voting There is value in having and exercising the right to vote. Americans today have developed a mindset that their vote does not make a difference‚ and that voicing out their opinions is a waste of time. This is not the case‚ however‚ as the rights that Americans are neglecting are the same rights that our ancestors have fought for during the enforcement of the Fifteenth Amendment. The laws that affect the average individuals‚ the influences of various platformed parties‚ and the
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freedmen should be allowed to vote. The issue was how to receive the four million former slaves as citizens. If they were to be fully counted as citizens‚ some sort of representation for apportionment of seats in Congress had to be determined. Before the war‚ the population of slaves had been counted as three-fifths of a corresponding number of free whites. By having four million freedmen counted as full citizens‚ the South would gain additional seats in Congress. If blacks were denied the vote and the
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The ECJ has ruled that prisoners should not be denied the right to vote in political elections. Discuss. In March 2004‚ John Hirst‚ a convicted killer‚ successfully took his case against the United Kingdom to the Grand Chamber of the ECHR in Strasbourg. (Hirst v The United Kingdom 2004). He claimed there was an infringement upon his human rights which was inconsistent with protocol 1 article 3 of the ECHR. The court ruled unanimously that his human rights had been violated. On April 11th 2011
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How should Convicted Criminals be treated? The prison population has increased rapidly overtime as the level of crime has elevated. This observation may lead us to think that the officials are doing a good job keeping criminals off the streets‚ but many of the offenders that eventually leave prison will return within a year. This may be caused in part by the fact that society labels offenders by what they did and it is hard for them to re enter the community as productive citizens. Prison may
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people that are younger than the age of 18 have good political opinions as well. Those teenagers are left unheard‚ because they are not of legal age for political voting when it comes to electing a president. Denying them the right to vote denies them a voice in our democracy. Most people around me believe that the voting age should also be lowered‚ and each of them care more about politics than most of the adults we know. If teenagers were able to vote‚ then there wouldn’t be a controversial topic
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Felons should be given more opportunities in life Charter College Society should consider giving felons that want to change their life around for good a second chance. Society needs to see that’s it’s a fact‚ some felons have the potential and knowledge to better themselves‚ even after doing time for a crime committed. Society does not want to see the effort and sacrifices‚ commitment that some felons take to rehabilitate themselves and life style. They should be given the opportunity
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My topic is celebrity loss of privacy for their jobs‚ should celebrities have the right to privacy like everyone else or does loss of privacy come with their job. Celebrity should have the right to privacy just like everyone else. Why does the Paparazzi think that they need to barge in on celebrity life while there life be kept secret? Back in the day Celebrity had more privacy then what they have now people were more interested on the plot of the movie then actually what’s going on with the actors
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Should ex-convicts be allowed to vote? According to the Constitutional Law‚ at the age of eighteen you are legally given a right to voice your opinion in voting. What happens when the law is broken for something you have done illegally‚ should your rights be taken away? How can a crime be so bad to where rights are taken? I believe all rights should be restored once the person whom committed the crime have paid their debt to society by doing the time because No Crime should take away their right
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