Essays on Voting Page 2

            Denying a person of his hopes because of the color of his skin, the race he belongs to, his religion, or the place of his birth is not a simple injustice.  Rather, it transcends far into dishonoring those people who gave their lives for American freedom.  Our forefathers believed that “the most basic right…

In 2001, Secretary of State Sam Reed launched a program that encourages young people to vote. Dubbed as “Take Pride in America and Vote” the program included a tour through five Washington schools. Mr. Reed says that young citizens should remember that they are fortunate enough to enjoy true freedom and democracy, and that they…

Every four years the citizens of the United States of America come together to vote and elect the President of the United States. Voting in any type of election is important because it voices our opinions in selecting important leaders and officials and overall policies. Voting helps the person to decide what will they see…

The Compulsory Voting System For more than eight decades, Australia adopted the Compulsory Voting (CV) system for all its citizens during election period. Such system requires all citizens from age 18 and above to register to vote and go to a polling place to cast their vote during the election period. (whatisAbout.com). It has been…

Brief Introduction             Political theorists and scholars observe that it is not only the right to suffrage, pertaining to freedom of choice in voting a candidate and relevance of partisanship, as the common denomination of voters during election. The contemporary voters reflect on the candidate’s capability and social influence, in which a “common sense” of…

Language Analysis – Should the voting age in Australia be lowered to 16? A debate has surfaced regarding the legal voting ages in Australia as to whether the voting age should be lowered to the age of 16. In response to this issue, Melissa Young, a 17-year-old girl, contends that the voting age should be…

DISCLAIMER: If you are planning to vote for Al Gore in November, good for you. Don’t let what I’m about to say change your mind because I’ve been told by all the experts that if you do change your mind based on what I’m about to say, George W. Bush might win the election and…

Language Analysis: Lower the voting age to 16…NOW! The website of Young People Unite had published an article by Melissa Young on the 5th of May 2010. The opinion piece by the 17-year-old addresses the issue of whether or not the legal voting age should drop to 16 years of age. Melissa Young makes a…

First, the history of voting goes back to the 18th century when our founding fathers were deciding what laws our states should follow. The Articles of Confederation was the original constitution that consisted of some lower-class laws that did not specify as much as the Constitution did. It was a way to set laws for…

What is the Electoral College? The Electoral College is the current voting system in the country we live in. I think that this is not the best system we can have. If we only thought about it, we could do better, the Electoral College is a system of voting for important figures such as the…