Why Vote? The twenty fourth amendment‚ section one in the United States Constitution gives citizens the right to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President‚ for electors for President or Vice President‚ or for Senator or Representatives in Congress‚ and shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax (24 Amendment ). Voting is a privilege that our ancestors fought for‚ as citizens of
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Why all women got the right to vote by 1928. In 1928‚ all women finally got the right to vote. It took them 78 years to do it‚ but all their hard work had paid off. The women campaigning tried everything‚ for example‚ they got themselves arrested‚ they went on hunger strikes while in prison‚ they tried to get noticed by the media and many more. Some of the main things that really helped women get the vote were The Suffragists‚ The Suffragettes‚ Legislation and War Effort. The suffragists used
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A democracy is a place where everyone has rights and freedoms. Freedom of speech‚ religion‚ the right to hold public office and the right to vote. Also a place where government is by the people and for the people. The United Kingdom is a representative democracy. This means that everyone over the age of 18 can vote in elections‚ and the people they elect then represent their interests and make the decision. It’s important for everyone to vote because the representatives decide what taxes you will
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Many people choose not to vote every election because‚ they believe that their vote does not count. But in fact it does. If you don’t vote‚ then you can’t complain if things go south. Being in a country whose government revolves around elections and democracy; as Americans we should state our concerns.
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will be telling you why it is important to vote. I have 3 reasons that I came up with as to why it is important to vote. My three reasons are your vote is important‚ voting is an important part of your independence‚ and if you don’t vote it is like you are leaving your future in the hands of others. The first reason is that your vote is important. If you vote it gives you the option of who might become the government. Your vote could be the deciding vote on who could be the government. Also‚ most
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By the time women began to fight for their right to vote‚ the majority of the people were against‚ on the other hand some men were‚ in some way‚ in pro‚ defending the woman suffrage. Women were the most interested people to get their rights‚ therefore‚ a lot of them wrote stuff to convince the people and the courts that they were able to choose people‚ that women also think and could have an opinion of some matter different than the breeding of sons that became free citizen and daughters that became
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after which the news of the closeness of the Florida vote caused Gore to retract his concession. Armies of lawyers then descended upon Florida and the nation was buried in a flurry of dimpled ballots and falling chads. Almost immediately‚ a number of influential academics‚ pundits‚ and political leaders seized the opportunity of confusion in Florida to blame the Electoral College and urge us to throw it out in favor of a simple national vote. Their cry for a more direct democracy makes a nice bumper
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Anthony’s speech on women’s right to vote is clear and precise. The speaker is trying to convey the importance of recognizing the political right (as well as a democratic right) of women in order to keep up the true spirit of the U.S. Constitution and the nation’s democratic nature of governance. The speaker here claims that voting right is one of the most important natural rights and women being an equally important milieu in the society must have the right to vote. To support her claim the speaker
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Allowed to Vote The United States has had a history of disenfranchising criminals. (Nunn‚ 2005) This disenfranchisement can be seen in state laws that prohibit criminals from exercising their right to vote. However‚ this is not a new concept because denying criminals to vote can be traced to as early as ancient Rome. In Renaissance Europe‚ the justice system there has even a term they used as “civil death”. This means putting an end to a criminal’s capacity to exercise his right to vote. (Nunn‚ 2005)
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Susan B. Anthony‚ in her speech‚ “On Women’s Right to Vote” (1872)‚ argues that in the United States‚ women do not have the right to vote. She supports her claim by first stating that women barely have any legal rights‚ then affirming that she is a citizen‚ and exercising her rights as one‚ then reciting the preamble of the Federal Constitution‚ then discussing how it specifically indicates that it says “we‚ the people‚” not‚ “we‚ the white male citizens.”‚ and finally‚ concludes that it is downright
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