Argumentative Essay: Unprecedented

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Looking into the presidential election of 2000 between Democratic candidate Al Gore, and Republican candidate George W. Bush, it is viewed as one of the most major federalist conflicts in electoral history. Unprecedented is a story; not about Democrats or Republicans, it is more so about the conflicting relationships between the states and federal government, the voting process, our court systems, election standards, and protection and policy rights of our civil rights as Americans. The first thing that is noticed in Unprecedented is the voting process. Somewhere along the lines, people have stated that the voting process was very wrong in the state of Florida. The votes were not properly tallied up, and the laws behind a presidential recount are not lawfully justified. In the state of Florida the law behind the votes are; if the state is less than .10% too close in the results, that calls for an automatic recount. Well Bush's votes were only .03% more than Gore's, so a recount was mandatory. The rules behind the recount were for sure unfair, and illegal. The whole voting process was not right, all the way to who was allowed to vote. Before the …show more content…

Other concerns include, is the ballet going to be simple to choose from and not confusing like the ones seen in Unprecedented? Will there be a fair counting of all ballets to ensure a proper result? Is the government going to pull strings and rig the vote? There really is not a way I can resolve all these issues by myself, the best thing I can do is be sure I have read and understand what it is I am about to chose to prevent an over vote or an under vote. Properly picking my candidate will give me reassurance my vote will get counted and not tossed out. All my other concerns are kind of out of my hands or control, considering I'm not apart of the government. Mainly being properly educated before the next election I vote in will definitely help in making sure I

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