1. Describe the structure of Arizona’s legislative branch in the state government including the number of members in each house‚ who elects them‚ who draws up the boundaries‚ and when and how those boundaries are drawn. What are the qualifications for-and limitations to-serving in the legislature? Arizona’s legislative branch is bicameral (i.e. made up of two chambers) called the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate members are called senators‚ and the House members are called representatives
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the firm plans to build and sell a complex of luxury condominiums. However‚ a complicating factor is that the property is currently zoned for single-family residences only. Glenn believes that a referendum could be placed on the voting ballot in time for the November election. Passage of the referendum would change the zoning of the property and permit construction of the condominiums. The sealed-bid procedure requires the bid to be submitted with a certified check for 10% of the amount bid.
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democratic in nature. Firstly‚ referendums give people more of a say and gets the opinion of the wider public. Since democracy is rule by and for the people‚ referendums show teamwork thus removing a gulf between the people and the government. An example of this is the referendum of May 2011 regarding the suggested change in the current form of voting. This is from the first past the post method of voting to the AV method of voting. However‚ with the use of referendums hasty and uneducated decisions
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the Welsh Assembly were set up and after the Good Friday Agreement also in the year 1998‚ a Northern Ireland Assembly was actualised. Although there were plans for England to become devolved‚ these were shunned after a comprehensive “No” vote on a referendum for a North East assembly with a resounding 78% to 22% victory (news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3984387.stm). All of the aforementioned cases of devolution were carried out under a Labour government which looking at these facts alone strongly suggests
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CHANGING RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS The treatment of indigenous Australians by the government has been an issue of contention since White Europeans settled in Australia. This chapter examines changing government policies including protection‚ assimilation‚ integration and self-determination. This chapter also gives an overview of Indigenous Australian protests for equality and land rights and responses to these issues from the government. Protection * This was government
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have any legal status and is only currently used in the province of Québec in Canada (not a law). Although‚ similarities between both approaches can go from social cohesion‚ to equitable participation‚ and to the fight against racism and discrimination. Throughout this paper‚ we are going to distinguish the policy of multiculturalism in Canada and the policy of interculturalism in Québec.
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conditions‚ and on-going discrimination in Australian society. Overtime‚ aborigines contested leading to the change unequal government policies allowing them to obtain land rights‚ the reconciliation after issue with the stolen generation and the 1967 referendum which resulted with the inclusion of aborigines in the Australian constitution. There were many changes in the government policies overtime from initially being paternalistic to reconciliation. “Protection” was the first policy introduced relating
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the firm plans to build and sell a complex of luxury condominiums. However‚ a complicating factor is that the property is currently zoned for single-family residences only. Muhammad believes that a referendum could be placed on the voting ballot in time for the November election. Passage of the referendum would change the zoning of the property and permit construction of the condominiums‚ The sealed-bid procedure requires the bid to be submitted with a certified check for 10% of the amount bid.
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we use to elect our MPs has a real impact on how politics works in Britain. It has a direct effect on whether politicians truly represent us and whether we can hold them to account if they let us down. The defeat of the 2011 Alternative Vote (AV) referendum means it is now more important than ever to discredit our failed system and we are continuing to build the case for change at Westminster. This in turn means any of our votes just don’t count. Millions of people have no chance of deciding who their
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POL 342E: Nationalism and Ethnicity: Political Conflicts in Europe Instructor: Dr. Tommaso Chiamparino Final Paper: The Conflict in Western Sahara (Morocco‚ Algeria‚ Mauritania and Spain) Written by: Tahiri Joutei Idrissi Hassani Driss July‚ 3rd SUMMER 2009 Western Sahara is a region located in the North West of Africa‚ occupying an area of around 260
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