Throughout political history‚ voting has been an important factor in elections. However‚ during the time of the civil rights movement‚ a lot of discrimination against people of African-American descent started forming and was showed through restrictions on voting. As a result‚ President Johnson passed the Voting Rights Act on August 6‚ 1965‚ which had strengthened the 15th amendment and “provided a nationwide prohibition against the denial or abridgment of the right to vote on the literacy tests
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Local literature: According to the article written by Tarra Quismundo of Philippine Daily Inquirer (2011) entitled “DepEd steps up foreign-language program” MANILA‚ Philippines? Soon‚ public high-school graduates would be greeting their teachers a hearty? good morning? in six languages. The Department of Education (DepEd) is stepping up its foreign-language program in the coming school year‚ adding two widely spoken Asian languages to a list that already includes Spanish‚ French‚ Japanese and
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In all of my 13 years of living I’ve heard so much about voting and how everyone should vote‚ but nobody has bothered to tell me why. I’ve grown up with a lot of my family voting for presidents‚ state representatives‚ senators‚ and more but it’s just something that they do without thinking. When election time comes‚ they go to wherever they need to go to vote‚ they vote‚ and then they come home. I believe that the importance of voting should be taught everywhere. As Americans living in the democracy
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The Cons of Compulsory Voting The research paper lists the pros and cons‚ that commonly circulate in the argument over compulsory vs voluntary voting. The Cons; • It is not democratic to force people to cast their vote. • It causes over-government. • It represents a failure of democracy. • Most voting people do is voluntary‚ why should national and state elections be the exception? • It is unfair to a voter who is not attracted to a candidate. • It rewards dishonest electors who turn up and
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When it comes to Voting participation‚ those who have a higher socio-economic status are likely to have a higher voter turnout/participation rate. However that is not the case for Asian American voters. With Asian Americans having some of the highest level of income and education‚ they still result in low voter turnout in general elections. With Asian American political participation being a puzzling phenomena‚ there are bloc of reasons for their bizarre voting behavior. The reasons for lower turnout
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they can get arrested‚ fined‚ and killed. This is called mandatory voting. I believe that mandatory voting is unacceptable. I believe that mandatory voting is objectionable because it makes indecisive people vote‚ it takes away a part of free will‚ and has to harsh of punishments. I believe that it is awful to make indecisive people vote because they may not like either thing‚ it will take 20 times longer to finish the voting process‚ and it will make them not think about their answer. Most
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Voting is the basic right of citizen of any democratic country. In few countries around the globe voting is mandatory. I agree with this view and this essay will discuss two reasons why compulsory voting is mandatory in those countries. Low population density in some democratic countries forces the governments to enforce mandatory voting. In fact‚ it beneficial for voters as well to select their desired leader by casting their valuable votes. In Australia for instance‚ voters casts their votes to
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Assessment on factors affecting voting behaviour being more important than others in the UK. By Maryam Ishaq The UK is a largely populated place with many people who are opinionated in politics‚ so‚ voting is important to many people as they get their say in who should run the country‚ however‚ many factors influence and affect the voting behaviour of the UK voting participates. The following essay intends to discuss what factors‚ affecting voting behaviour‚ is more important that the others.
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keen on settling up shops in Vietnam‚ Singapore and China. While growing the business‚ CEO Juan saw firsthand the dismal state of local coffee planters. She felt strongly that something had to be done to improve the situation. Through the Figaro foundation‚ she invites her employees and customers to contribute time‚ effort and resources to projects that support the local coffee industry such as the Save the Barako tree-planting activities and the Adopt-a-Coffee-Farm project. Through Adopt-a-Coffee-Farm
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Lowering voting age in US Institution Affiliation Date: Over the years‚ there has been argument and debate on whether it is good to lower the voting age in the United States. Some of the Americans have been supporting the issue while others toughly stand against it. Historically‚ the voting age deliberation was also evident when it was lowered to eighteen years in ratification made by Congress in 1971. The voting age was by then at 21 years but by the 26th Amendment of the United States constitution
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