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    (HONG KONG) — Pro-Beijing parties in Hong Kong trounced the opposition as voters in the Chinese territory expressed discontent with pro-democratic parties in local elections that may predict the outcome of more important polls next year. Results from Sunday’s poll were released early Monday for individual candidates‚ but the government did not immediately provide a breakdown by political party.(See more on the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.) The South China Morning Post newspaper says candidates

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    The election of 1824 was a turning point in our country’s election processes to this modern age. In this election the tides of voting changed from more educated‚ higher class candidates to now include the more common man that people could relate to. This election was also the precursor to the underlying civil war problems and how that effected the election processes. In this election the candidates used unfair practices against their opponents. In earlier presidential elections there was a specific

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    customer’s. A system that will help personnel work more efficiently especially in accessing and retrieving data in and less time as possible. The creation of an Automated SSC Election System of STI-Dipolog will help the staff’s work a lot easier and more effective because of the automation of tally of votes of students during the election period. Using computers/machines‚ they would be the one to tally and transmit the votes to the electoral board without human intervention. The automated electoral system

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    Should electronic voting systems be used in political elections? MSc Software Development • 28 January 2013 INTRODUCTION As a modern nation under a democratically elected government‚ providing a reliable‚ userfriendly balloting system for the electorate is an important requirement. Given the ubiquity of information technology and its utilisation into a constantly expanding array of industries and services‚ governments around the world have been debating‚ trialling and even implementing the

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    Dr. Light English 102 12 October 2013 Revision of Presidential Election Process Being elected president is one of the greatest achievements of any president’s life. It is a lengthy process that supposedly calls on the citizens of America to cast their opinions through so called “votes”. However‚ the current system of the presidential election process allocates a certain number of electoral votes that is equal to the sum of U. S. Representatives and Senators for that state. Although not a state

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    McCarthy did not receive his party ’s nomination‚ which went to the Vice President Hubert Humphrey who had not run in a single primary. Despite losing the Democratic nomination at the convention‚ McCarthy ’s candidacy had a huge effect on the 1968 election and beyond. Eugene McCarthy never stood a chance of becoming president in 1968‚ but at the same time the minute he announced his campaign he mortally wounded one candidate‚ and an eventual candidate‚ Johnson and Humphrey. Eugene McCarthy was not

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    This year we will elect are 45th president in the 57th presidential election. The topic of the election has been all over the news on countless different stations around the U.S. and possibly the world. People have been following this current election because it is felt that this is going to be a vital moment in our history. Due to the fact that there have been terroristic threats and attacks going on around the world‚ and also because the U.S. has been in critical place these past few years.

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    chose to use the 2012 Presidential General Election‚ because I remember this election the most detailed. The candidates running for the democratic side were Barack Obama for president and Joe Biden for vice president. Running for the republican side were Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. The presidential candidates for the libertarian party were Gary Johnson and his vice presidential candidate James Gary. The overall winner(s) of the 2012 Presidential election was/were President Barak Obama and Vice President

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    The big problems of the electoral system were particularly evident in the 2000 elections: There may have been significant discrepancies between the voter decision and the electoral vote; a candidate who obtains the most vote’s nationwide‚ does not necessarily have to combine the most electors. Al Gore won in 2000‚ the absolute majority of votes‚ but received fewer votes in the Electoral College as his opponent George W. Bush. Another disadvantage is the focus of the candidates on states where pollsters

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    over 50%. Although Donald Trump poses a threat‚ I believe that on November 8th‚ voters will put their trust in Hillary Clinton‚ and she will become the next President of the United States. One reason why I believe that Hillary Clinton will win the election is because Donald Trump has slowly been self destructing‚ and his ratings continue to fall. According to POLTICO.com‚ in the week of July 22nd‚ 44% of Voters were planning on voting for Trump‚ while only 43% supported Hillary. The week of October

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