Essays Tagged: "Ballot"
Marijuana for medical purposes - pursuasive essay
you are using it for medical reasons in terminally ill cases. This proposition was on the November ballot and was voted into effect. The federal law that was put into effect no to long ago, states th ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Racism now. This essays contains a historical background of Malcolm X and how he might feel/think about racism nowadays.
"Anything you can think of that you want to change right now, the only way you can do it is with a ballot or a bullet. And if you're not ready to get involved with either one of these, you are satisf ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies
Minimum wage in the US.
nia's recession and the downward turn in the business climate. There was a measure out on this last ballot called prop 210 which passed and increased the minimum wage from $4.25 an hour to $4.75 an ho ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government
Jacksonian Democrats, DBQ, explains the positives of the Jacksonian influence
ies and eliminating the requirements to vote. Jackson made the people believe that the common man's ballot would offset the votes of the economic elites [Doc.A]. Upholding the belief that no man was b ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents
Fluoride
supply, in response to this decision a group of citizens petitioned to have the issue placed on the ballot so that the people could decide whether or not to fluoridate the city's water supply. They re ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Republican Unfairness (problems with the Electoral College).
aModel CongressRepublican Unfairness"The Electors shall meet in their respective States and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President" (Amendment XII: to Article II, Section 3 of U.S. Constituti ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Why we need a new election system, problems with the electoral system.
titution suggested this election process in thinking that there would be too many candidates on the ballot for any one of them to get a majority of the electoral votes, sending the decision to the Hou ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government
Comparison of Martin Luther King, Jr and Malcom X.
"Anything you can think of that you want to change right now, the only way you can do it is with a ballot or a bullet. And if you're not ready to get involved with either one of those, you are satisf ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
A Healthier Florida With Amendment 6.
s. As a result of the 70.8% of Florida's voting population supporting Amendment 6 on their November ballot non-smoking Floridians will now have the opportunity of living a healthier lifestyle without ... having to breathe second hand smoke in many everyday environments.Amendment 6 on Florida's November ballot was put on the ballot by the people of Florida by using an initiative. This initiative was st ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Taxes Project paper
17, he needs to collect over 200,000 signatures in order to qualify the initiative for the November ballot. The initiative will increase sales and/or property tax by a half-cent in order to hire new o ... Baca first brought the sales tax increase to the Los Angeles county supervisors to be placed on the ballot back in 2002, but the board of supervisors voted against it and it was dropped. Baca then res ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
The 12th Amendment
endment The 12th Amendment states: "The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the sa ... m, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice Pres ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
The 12th Amendment
The 12th Amendment states: "The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the sa ... m, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice Pres ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
The Electoral College: Pros and Cons
the city? Neither. The problem is that Clay Henry III is a mountain goat; his owner put him on the ballot because he did not like Tommy Steele, the current mayor. Though this happened in a relatively ... the event that none of the candidates wins 270 electoral votes, the Electoral College passes on the ballot to the United States House of Representatives who then vote. (This system is slightly similar ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government
What is a Successful Relationship? This paper is dealing with same sex marriage
ge and it remains unclear that the licenses would hold water. The weddings in California violated a ballot that voters approved a few years ago that defined marriage as a union between a man and a wom ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Define the three factors (political, sociological and institutional) which affect Australian Elections?
ction. Institutional factors that can influence the election include compulsory voting, the type of ballot, gerrymanders and malapportionment.Compulsory voting ensures 95 per cent of Western Australia ... research into political parties and voting for parties they recognize through the media.The type of ballot used in an election has the most influence on the outcome. In a preferential ballot a seat ha ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government
Election 2004
olutely no chance of winning the election, although I want him to. In fact, he is excluded from the ballot in thirteen states. The main reason I would want Nader to win is because he shares many of th ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Democracy vs Dictatorship
Imagine the next time you step into the voting booth your ballot only lists one candidate to choose from. Or perhaps your ballot lists four candidates, but th ... expected to vote publicly by raising their hands. This caused a very low voter turnout so a secret ballot system was instilled. All candidates (if their was more than one) were selected by the commun ... nout appear higher than it actually was, and if one were to disagree with the choices listed on the ballot they were to mark the ballot publicly and be subject to the wrath of the secret police. The l ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
Assessment of the 1860 US Presidential Election results
% of the popular vote (1,866,000 votes)His victory was very much a sectional one: with not a single ballot cast for him in ten of the 33 states, his support was heavily concentrated in the Northern fr ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents
Its an IMC plan of the Mazda cars
ght events and this will in turn create awareness for our product and excitement for new users. The ballot forms that they will fill out at this event will enhance our customer profiles and measure ho ... closest competitors. We will also be giving away two Mazda3 vehicles which will be drawn through a ballot entry to gain information about possible prospects.Budget StrategyEmployeesWe will have three ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Automotive Companies
Civil war
ary compensation and a Union. As a result of southern fears over Lincoln, he was not allowed on the ballot in ten southern states, and many states threatened to secede if he was elected. His election ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History