Aboriginal peoples have a long history of facing discrimination in Canada. Their political background is not expansive or lengthy in terms of voting in federal and provincial elections. All Aboriginal peoples in Canada were granted the right to vote in 1960 without enfranchisement. During the 2015 Canadian federal election campaign‚ Aboriginal issues‚ such as the housing crisis and self-government‚ were not forefront for the candidates‚ but political involvement has incrementally become important
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Philippine Political Parties‚ Electoral System and Political Reform The most important characteristic of Philippine political parties is that they are parties of the elite. In some senses‚ parties anywhere in the world are elite formations whether one defines elite in functional terms as those who lead or in sociological terms as those who hold economic and political power. But many parties at least attempt to organize regularized support from a broader segment of the population. These efforts
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In Canada Federal and Provincial First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) elections are based on single member districts or ridings. Each riding chooses one candidate to elect into parliament. In order to win a candidate must obtain the highest number of votes but not necessarily the majority of votes. The party that wins the most ridings is named the official government of Canada with the second place party becoming the official opposition. The (FPTP) system is also known as the ’winner-take-all’ system‚ in
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from small population states have a stronger voice than those who live in bigger states. In addition to the way of presidential election‚ the existence of states and their representation in Senate is not a democracy principle as well. Since the Senate is not based on population‚ people who live in smaller states get a better chance to be
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devised is electronic voting (e-voting). It is meant to phase out outdated paper ballot‚ punched cards and other mechanical voting systems with paperless electronic or online voting systems. E-voting systems endeavour to make elections simple while reducing the total cost of the election. Designing an air-tight and reliable e-voting system is therefore a great task‚ in that‚ the system that must be developed must protect the privacy of the voter‚ be easily understood and used by the entire voting populace
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proposed is: Does the amount of education one receives impact the individual’s participation in elections? Theory The Political Participation Theory: As education increases‚ the amount of civic responsibility an individual participates in‚ such as voting in elections‚ increases. Hypothesis Individuals who go to universities and other higher education institutions are more likely to vote in elections on a regular basis than individuals who have not completed high school or only have a high school
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electoral process and undemocratic political parties‚ the stage is set for flawed elections. Thus‚ the 1999 and 2003 elections‚ like virtually all the preceding elections in Nigeria’s post-colonial history‚ were classic cases of electoral fraud. In broad terms‚ there have been two kinds of elections in Nigeria’s post-colonial history. These are the ‘transition’ and ‘consolidation’ elections[1]. The transition elections are those organized by a departing political authority‚ which include those organized
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Government election. According to items four and five of the Ninth Schedule of Federal Constitution‚ local government other than those in the Federal Territories (Kuala Lumpur‚ Labuan and Putrajaya) are subjects under state list and directly under the exclusive jurisdiction of the state government. In other words‚ local government is subjected under state level and their authorities are appointed by the state government leaders. However‚ the biggest argument on the
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The Assam Aandolan/Assam Agitation/Assam Movement - 1979-1985: The History No movement happens overnight. “The Assam movement like all other significant social movements has its roots in history and society from which it emerged. A social movement cannot emerge from vacuum‚ all of a sudden.” (The Assam Movement: Class‚ Ideology and Identity – Monirul Hussain‚ p 95) This movement slowly built up in the form of resentment against illegal immigrants from neighbouring nations‚ over a period of time
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Why the Electoral College should not be preserved? The Constitutional Convention of 1787 gave birth to the system of the Electoral College. Electoral College system can be described as a system in which voters vote for electors on election day‚ who then cast their vote for candidate in their respective party. Our Founding Fathers described this system in Article II‚ section 1 of the Constitution. According to the Constitution‚ electors per state are equal to the number of seats each state holds
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