online voting. However, it is not as simple as point and click. Studies show an inequality in the ability to access the Internet across socioeconomic class and race. This Digital Divide is a major concern in the development of an online voting system, and authors of this new technology must take care not to let these existing inequalities compromise democracy. This paper takes an in-depth look at these challenging issues, and concludes with some suggestions to solve them. Today, it is
voter. Electronic voting which is otherwise known as e-voting, used by electronic systems for representing and counting votes. Voting machines are in total combinations of mechanical, electromechanical or electronic parts that are used to define ballots, to cast and count votes. The electronic voting reduces the time in casting the votes and also reduces the time in counting the votes when compared to the old ballot system. Whereas the elections allow the public to choose their representatives and express
election. Another problem is whether the votes that are being cast are being counted correctly or even being counted at all. The main reason this topic has become such an important issue is because of the last two elections. The first election had a problem in the state of Florida, and the 2004 elections had problems in the state of Ohio. Evidence Used in Reaching my Conclusion One of the things I would worry about in voting is how and who is counting my votes. For instance, a type of voting I would
voting system today is in the technology being used; many demographic groups find our current systems confusing and hard to use. As voters step into the polling places this election year many will be voting through new devices some even sporting “touch screen” technology and we can only hope that the new technology is understood and accepted. In the US each municipality selects their own voting equipment regardless of what other places are doing. According to this CPSR article the Vote-O-Matic
Instead of taking each state vote as one. This reforms divide the votes up by the district and the extra votes would be given to the individual that has the most votes. As stated on the Fair Vote website, “basing electoral vote allocation on congressional districts as well would raise the stakes of redistricting considerably and make gerrymandering even more tempting”. I agree
forms. During elections employing electronic voting, sometimes mysteriously votes get deducted. Or even added. Bannet et al. [1] show that these machines can, with reasonable effort, be tampered with to do exactly what an adversary wants them to do. On the other hand, Clarkson et al. [2] worked hard on creating a system that tries to defend itself from these attacks. However, they have quite a few assumptions to make the system work. Voting machines have a lot of advantages and flaws, however, solutions
Although most democracies are fair systems where everyone can say their piece, sometimes there can be flaws in the system. In the United States all citizens are guaranteed one vote per person and everyone has an equal voice in electing the people that serve in the government as officials. Every four years at the end of the current president’s term in the month of November, the citizens of the US are given the opportunity to go out to the polls and cast their vote on who should be the next president
College rather then that of a direct popular vote adding that abolishing the already existing system and replacing it with a direct popular vote would change the entire U.S. government system. While in the other article “Point: Abolishing the Electoral College” by Benjamin Bolinger, published in 2007, illustrates the authors argument in favor of abolishing the Electoral College thinking that it would allow for the election of a president through a popular vote that most closely reflects the will of the
Every election day, millions of citizens go to the polls to cast their vote for the next President and Vice President of the United States. This election is called the general election to show the popular vote, but does this election actually elect a candidate to be President? No, this election does not officially elect a President. A group of 538 delegates, called the Electoral College, gathers together to formally elect the President of the United States. During the Constitutional convention in
place on Nov 7, 2000. Under our electoral college system each state votes for our new president separately, a winner is then declared in each state and is awarded “electoral votes” that is equal to the states number of representatives in the House and Senate. Gore led Bush 266-246 and 270 votes are required for victory. Florida with 25 electoral votes did not have an official winner because the result was inside of the margin of error for machine counting. Gore knew the only way to figure this out was
party the democratic system is weighed heavily to one side. Even some republicans agree that dominance over every branch is a problem. It is false hope for the President and his colleagues to think that just because they won the election that every person who voted for them is supporting their conservative ways and plans. This distorted image could possibly have been humbled if the electoral system was different. In many states Bush only won by 2% but all of the electoral votes went to him, despite
electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress. While the electoral college once worked in the past, it is an aged system that unfairly represents the votes of citizens all across the nation. The electoral college should be abolished and the popular vote should be used to fairly choose the people of power in this country and it would better represent the opinions of voters. The popular vote during presidential elections in the United States
College in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. The process is the selection of electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and finally the counting of the electoral votes by congress. The College consists of 538 electors and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. The number of electors a state can have equals
Having members in the country’s capital vote based on their state’s decision enables the country to not suffer the fate of being controlled by a radical crowd. Now, the question of slave representation became an issue for the delegates at the Constitutional Convention. The southern states wanted the slave population to have a say, while the northern states were dead against counting something that was bought as property, to be counted as a person. By counting slaves, the representation of the south
in the past have been a victim of voter Freud, and nothing has been done to resolve the situation. Others view the Voter ID laws as depriving voters; however, the laws are there to protect US citizens from non-US citizen votes that decrease US citizen’s odds of their vote counting. The case study on Voter ID needs to become further acknowledged to minimize future voter Freud. If this case study is not resolved it can impact the American Government detrimentally. The Government is compiled of several
president elected by popular vote. The Electoral College is a group of individuals from each state who cast their votes for president. They represent the vote of a particular group of people from each state. The number of “electors”, as they are called, depends on the number of members of Congress in each state. There are over five hundred electors, a combination of Representatives and Senators from each state. In the 2012 presidential election, President Obama had 281 electoral votes from the state of California
govern itself; they later came to settle on the Electoral College. The Electoral College is a system in which the president and vice president are chosen indirectly. In general, the delegates did not believe that a direct popular vote was acceptable, however that it should be decided by the US senators and representatives instead. The way in which it works: a candidate must receive a majority of the electoral votes to be officially declared president. If no candidate obtains a majority, the US Representatives
In his book, The Voting Wars, Richard Hasen argues that parties involved in election reform issues generally fall into one of two groups: one focused on removing any potential fraudulent votes, and the other focused on expanding voter access so as to not exclude any potential votes. Hasen works to show that most election litigation stems from this dichotomy. With the former camp is usually occupied by conservatives and the latter by progressives (though it really depends on who is winning), Hasen
choose to vote. **** There are many issues in the election system of the United States. Some issues include, the absence of a defined right to vote in the Constitution, the American ballots, the Electoral College, the cost of being a politician, and the electronic voting systems in use today. In this paper I will address problems in the electoral system and my opinion on various solutions. II. Constitutional Issues Most Americans would tell you the right to vote
Communism is an original system of society, quite different from Democracy in many ways. While total democracy is not widely spread, many forms of it are prosperous throughout the world today. One of the first and major differences between a Communist and Democratic government is their contrary economic systems. In a communist government, the community owns the major resources and means of production. The goal of such a system is to prevent any one person or group of people from becoming radically