...is on NBC. Who will be eliminated tonight? What will their task be? I love Home and Garden Television. They do home renovations in two days time, show us how to plan and carry out a fabulous dinner party in an evening, and demonstrate how to create fabulous decorations for any holiday season. DIY or Do It Yourself television is equally inspiring, though neither are actually inspiring enough for me to have attempted any of the projects I learned about, but that is beside the point. When I would talk about different shows, my friend would get a confused look on his face and say, “I’m not familiar with that show, if it’s not on PBS then I wouldn’t have seen it.” That is the defining statement of a PBS snob, he admits it. Different people could fill in the ‘PBS’ designation with the ‘History Channel’ or the ‘Discovery Channel’. At that point I knew it was futile to even attempt to convey how funny the show was that I watched, it would have been lost on him. There is a sense of superiority when people say, “Oh, I don’t watch television.” Like we immediately picture them reading War and Peace instead of watching the finale of The Bachelor. I think of them as alcoholics that don’t allow themselves to watch any television because they would soon find themselves sitting among stacks of pizza boxes and bags of trash, watching Stella plan her big day on “Whose Wedding is it Anyway?” It’s on HGTV if you are interested. Last year we signed up with Dish Network and now get about four...
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...Philippine Government? Who would go beyond the limits for the improvement of our countrymen? These are just some of the questions that each Filipino voter must reflect on before they have decided who they are going to vote for. The 2016 Presidential Elections countdown has begun. This has been the hottest and trending topic nowadays, since the months of September and October when the filing of certificates of candidacy for presidency started. According to ABS-CBN News, there were a total of 130 presidential aspirants who officially filed their certificates of candidacy last October 12 to 16, 2015. These aspirants include Vice President Jejomar Binay, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas and Senator Grace Poe and the remaining unnamed presidential aspirants were declared as nuisance candidates by the COMELEC. Going back to my first paragraph, as an 18-year old Filipino citizen, I can proudly say that I already have my president in years 2016-2022, and it is none other than, Senator Grace Poe. Hence, I am writing this essay for her and prove that she is the most deserving to sit as our president among all the 2016 Presidential Candidates. First, Senator Grace Poe topped the 2013 senatorial election and also, she currently leads the Pulse Asia survey in regards with the latest presidential preference which was conducted last August 27, 2015 - September 3, 2015. 27% voted for her in the survey which is 6% higher than Vice President Jejomar Binay...
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...In today’s society voting in elections is an essential component of every form of democracy. Widespread involvement of citizens in political processes is the cornerstone of democracy. Voting should be viewed as a freedom, which consists of a certain amount of responsibility. When a person votes, voting makes a major impact on every piece of daily lives from free access to education to homeland security and financial solidity. When the people vote they are making their voices heard and expressing judgment on how they feel the government should function. The individuals who do not exercise their free right or franchise, by default they let others to make choices for them. Those citizens have to live with the judgment of the small minority...
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...Sun Star Davao By Ivy C. Tejano Thursday, August 1, 2013 THOUSANDS more registrants trooped to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office at Magsaysay Park during Wednesday's final day of registration for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. While many of them made it, many failed to make it on time and blamed Comelec for its snail-paced processing. Still, others were hoping Comelec will extend the registration period. Analiza Mantimo, 15, of Tamugan Calinan, said it will be disappointing if ever she would not be registered. Mantino added that she had been at the Comelec office twice, but still she has not been accommodated. "Dili namo masabtan ang sistema nila diri. Bisan ako na mag pa transfer ra, wa gani ka sulod didto unya katulo na ni nako na adlaw diri (I can’t understand their system here. I just need to file for transfer of registration and yet I never made it into their office even on my third day of lining up)," said Marites Premitiba, 44, of Dumoy, Talomo District. "Sa kadaghan sa mga registrants kulang lang jud ang 10-day registration. Dagsa kayo ang mga mag pa rehistro unya pulo lang ka adlaw ilang gitagana para didto sa mga wala pa ka rehistro. Kulang ra pud kaayo ang adlaw (With the number of registrants, the ten-day registration is not enough. There were mobs every day. Ten days is not enough)," said May Ann Ambos, 15, of Tamugan Calinan. Exhausted registrants were still seen at the long lines Wednesday as they waited for several hours...
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...VOTERS REGISTRATION SYSTEM Introduction Voters’ registration is a process in which qualifying citizens are registered in order for them to be eligible to vote in an election. Voters registration is a process whose output is the voters’ roll which is basically a list containing the necessary details of all individuals who are eligible to cast their votes in an election. Governments operating under democratic principles around the world have to invest in this process in order to ensure smooth transition of power when time comes. Elections have been a major source of violence and consequently wars when one side feels that it wasn’t given a fair chance in the process. With this in mind, it is important for states to have proper voters roll in order to carry out elections in a credible and peaceful manner. If this process is not conducted in a transparent and collaborative manner, the credibility of the election process will as well be put into jeopardy at the end of the day. It this process which sets the stage of an election to be acceptable or add more credible reasons to rendered the election as not free and fair. In Tanzania, early voters’ registrations involved writing details of voters in a ‘counter’ book and have that book retrieved for verification on the Election Day. Voters were not given any sort of identification for them to keep as a form of authentication; no photographs of the ‘would be’ voters were being taken or kept by the registration clerks. On the day of...
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...voting suppression, still disproportionately effecting racial minorities and the poor. To truly understand how voting requirements effect voter’s turnout we would have to look at the history of voting requirements in the U.S. Throughout United States history there have been many barriers that states have imposed that restrict voting rights especially for racial minorities and the poor. One requirement that definitely made voting a little more difficult was with requiring Americans to register prior to voting this meant that not only a citizen was care enough to go out and vote on election night they also must register prior to doing so. Registration was mainly intended to stop voter fraud, so each state was allowed to create their own registration laws this led to some states having more strict registration laws than others. The south took advantage of having the ability to create state registrations laws and used it deny African American the right to vote, Literacy test were initially created In order for new immigrants to demonstrate they have a basic knowledge of state or...
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...TITLE: COMELEC WALANG BALAK NA I-EXTEND ANG REGISTRATION NG MGA BOTANTE NEWSWRITER: RD BAUTISTA 1. ANNCR: KINUMPIRMA NG COMMISION ON ELECTIONS O COMELEC NA 2. WALANG EXTENSION NA MAGAGANAP SA PAG-AAPLAY NG MGA 3. BOTANTE ITO AY UPANG MABIGYANG-DAAN ANG PAGLILINIS NG 4. LISTAHAN NG MGA BOTANTE SA DARATING NA ELEKSYON. PARA SA 5. PRIMERANG BALITA, NARITO SI RD ARIAS BAUTISTA. 6. VOICER: HABANG PALAPIT NANG PALAPIT ANG ARAW NG ELEKSYON, 7. KABI-KABILA NA ANG PAGHIMOK NG COMELEC SA MGA KWALIPIKADONG 8. MAMAMAYAN NA MAG-APLAY NA UPANG SA GANOON AY MAKAPAG- 9. REHISTRO NA. 10. VOICER:SI MONICA NON , ISANG FIRST TIME VOTER AY NAGBABALAK 11. NANG MAGSUMITE NG APLIKASYON UPANG MASIGURO NA SIYA AY 12. MAKAKABOTO SA ELEKSYON. DAGDAG PA NIYA, HINDI NA RAW 13. PRAKTIKAL NA MAGPAHULI SA PAG-AAPLAY. 14. SOT: MONICA NON, first time voter and second year student “Parang anon a rin 15. yun eh kasama dun yung responsible voting kumbaga. Kasi after the election 16. date nagstart na agad yung panibagong registration so parang nasa tao na ang 17. haba ng oras magpapaextend ka pa.” 18. SAMANTALA, OKTUBRE ATRENTA’Y UNO NAMAN ANG HULING ARAW NG 19. PAG-AAPLAY NA ITINAKDA NG COMELEC PARA SA ELEKSYON SA 20. SUSUNOD NA TAON. SINABI RIN NG TAGAPAGSALITA NG COMELEC NA 21. SI JAMES JIMENEZ SA RESPONSIBLE VOTER’S SEMINAR SA 22. PAMANTASANG DE LA SALLE DASMARINAS NITONG MIYERKULES, 23....
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...which people vote in elections. The simplest way to calculate a given election's turnout rate is to compare the actual number of voters with the voting-age population. “Voter turnout in the United States is among the worlds’ lowest.” (E.S. 371) The graph below taken from an article written for the Huffington Post in 2012, illustrates how poor United States voter turnout has been as compared to other industrialized nations. Our voter turnout is less than half of the turnout in Belgium and Australia for example and it is getting worse. "Starting in the early 60's, the proportion of the population that turns out to vote in the U.S. steadily decreased, to the point where only slightly more than half the electorate voted in presidential elections in the last three decades of the 20th century" (E.S. 370) [pic] Although there are several factors that contribute to low voter turnout in the United States, three factors appear to have the most direct influence. • Voter Registration and Voting Processes in the United States make it more difficult to vote as compared to other nations. • The Decline of Social Capital in the United States • The decline in the strength of our political parties has contributed to voter apathy Voter Registration, the Voting Process and the Electoral System Our registration and voting processes are difficult and inconvenient and we are asked to vote too frequently. The first issue is our registration process. “Convenience...
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...aside from the others which are the evolutionary development and the CASE scenario. The waterfall approach takes the fundamental process activities of specification, development, validation and evolution and represents them as separate process phases such as requirements specification, software design, implementation, testing and so on. (Sommerville, pg 65). The figure below shows the software lifecycle as explained by the waterfall approach; Figure 1. The Software Lifecycle. (Sommerville, pg 66) Before the March 4th elections that took place in Kenya a number of preparations were made before the voting process took place to ensure that events on that day would take place swiftly without any complaints of rigging by the respective candidates and their fellow supporters; Kenyans were given an opportunity by the Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission to apply for clerk and registration officer jobs so as to coordinate and count the votes during the election day, IEBC...
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...Comparatively to other countries, it is much more convenient for them to vote because all of their registrations are automatic. It is the individuals choice to register and they are assuming that responsibility. Patterson also mentions how “today, 87 percent live in states that shut down registration two or more weeks before Election Day.” By closing the registration two weeks before Election Day, we are being limited. By having the registration open till Election Day established in all states, we can see an increase on the voting because it is being considerate to the people. And by giving us more of an education of the political system, we can rise the percentage of votes united and by communicating with others either in school, churches or organizations, we can form political opinions about the candidate and become more intrigued with the election (Patterson...
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...provide voter registration forms to residents seeking public assistance, like food stamps and Medicaid. The suit claims Georgia has been engaging in statewide noncompliance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) Section 7. It contends the state has deprived thousands of low-income Georgia citizens the opportunity to vote. In 2007-2008, Georgia public assistance offices received 21,762 voter registration applications a 79 percent drop since 1995-96 (Fleishman, 2004). Section 7 of the NVRA requires that all public assistance offices, in states subject to the NVRA, distribute a voter registration application with each application for public assistance, and each recertification, renewal, or change of address relating to an individual’s receipt of public assistance. It further mandates that all public assistance offices in a covered state assist clients in completing a voter registration application (unless a client declines such assistance), provide a form that asks clients whether they wish to register to vote and includes certain specified information concerning the voter registration process, and accept completed voter registration forms for delivery to the appropriate elections authority. Defendant Brian Kemp, Georgia Secretary of State and “chief elections official,” is responsible for ensuring Georgia’s compliance with the NVRA, including Section 7, and did not fulfilled his responsibilities for ensuring that Georgia provides the voter registration services...
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...An explanation for low voter turnout is that a lot of people think their vote would not count. Another reason is due to voter registration requirements, as well as the fact that elections are being held on work days and as such, people are too busy to go vote. The Federal Government should indeed seek ways to increase voter turnout, since citizens’ participation in politics is the essence of a democratic government; besides it is a civil right that should be utilized. One of the ways The U.S government can increase voter turnout, is by making registration and voting, online. This would address the rigors of registration and voting, as they could be done at the comfort of one’s home or even at work; since elections are held on work days, people...
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...Voting Problem in America Voting Problem in America Numerous studies have been steered to support with observing for influences that will demonstration by public do not contribute in voting. It has remained a mounting difficulties with appropriate voters not registering and object their ballot. Over the decades, Americans have vanished trace with the antiquity of voting. Voting for in determinations supports in providing underpinning on why society do not participate in voting. Analyses provide tangible influences with why societies do not vote with illustration clusters support. Discovery of behaviors will show the unabridged development with the existing system supports with the American community. The 2008 elections enquiry provides awareness with the diverse motives from highest to lowest. Giving some understanding on the origin of the unruly and outcome resolutions to battle these problems. Examination can transform that are currently in domicile and assuring voting contributions on the ability to speak on the issues and distresses. Observing at other countries for potential solutions to the problem can be one riposte for the United States voting delinquent. Using tads and shards can support with altering he existing classification that does not work. Without transformation, the voting contribution will endure to diminish. The history behind the voting in America helps wonder why this pass civil liberty has fallen to many Americans waist side in today’s world. As America...
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...Florida Voter Registration Application Part 1 – Instructions (DS-DE #39, R1S-2.040, F.A.C. (eff. 01/2012) To Register in Florida, you must be: A U.S. citizen, A Florida resident, and At least 18 years old (you may also preregister if you are 16 or 17 years old but you cannot vote until you are 18). If you have ever been convicted of a felony or if a court has ever found you to be mentally incapacitated as to your right to vote, your right to vote must be restored before you can register. If you do not meet any one of these requirements, you are not eligible to register. Where to Register: You can register to vote in-person or by mailing or hand-delivering your application to any supervisor of elections’ office, any office that issues driver’s licenses any voter registration agency (for example, any public assistance office, assisted living facility, office serving persons with disabilities, public library, or armed forces recruitment office) or the Division of Elections. If mailing application, be sure to add sufficient postage. Deadline to Register: The deadline to register to vote is 29 days before an upcoming election. You can update your registration record at any time, but to change your political party for a primary election, you must make the change by the registration deadline. For a new application, you will be contacted if your application is incomplete, denied or a duplicate of an existing registration. If you receive a voter information card, that means you...
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...COST AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS REGULATIONS, 1980 CONTENTS CHAPTER I Preliminary 1. Short title 2. Definitions 3. Forms 4. Notice to members CHAPTER II Members of the Institute 5. Register 6. Admission of members 7. Certificate of practice 9. Fees 10. Particulars to be supplied by members CHAPTER III Election to the Council 11. Date of election 12. Members entitled to vote 12.A. Election Commission 12.B. Appointment of Returning Officer 13. Procedure for election 13.A. List of the nominated Candidate 14. Scrutiny 14.A. Publication of list of validly nominated candidates 15. Withdrawal 15.A. Uncontested Election 15.B. Publication of list of Contesting Candidates 16. Death or cessation of membership before election 17. Election 17.A. Counting of Votes 18. Determination and declaration of election results 19. Nominations 20. Casual vacancies 21. Notification of election results 22. Disputes 23. Disciplinary action against members in relation to elections CHAPTER IV Meetings and Proceedings of the Council 24. Meetings of the Council 25. Notice of meeting 26. Special meetings 27. Presiding over meetings 28. Quorum at meeting 29. Adjournment of meeting 30. Procedure of transaction of business 31. Passing of resolutions at meetings 32. Records of minutes 33. Absence of members of the Council from Bangladesh CHAPTER...
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