Secret Ballot Process: A Case Study

WOOSTER — The Wayne County Board of Elections will continue to be part of an appeal involving the Secretary of State’s office and a Wooster man’s bid to be an independent candidate for state representative in November.

The United States has a federalist government meaning that it works similarly on two different levels; nationally, and on the state level. This means that not only are elections held on the national level, but every year state-wide elections exist where different issues are voted upon in state-wide referendum. Although these occur every year, mainly they have been seen as only being important, and therefore watched by the people within that state, rather than nationally. Even so, within the past few years, these state elections have become more important nationally. Whether that is through the issues being voted on, or the trends that winning seats may prove for further upcoming elections, these state-wide elections are becoming more important for individuals nationally.

1) Although a voter is registered as with "no party affiliation" in Florida, they would be ineligible to vote for Bernie Sanders in the Florida Presidential Preference Primary. Due to Florida being a closed primary state, meaning anyone who wants to participate needs to be registered in a political party, would need to either register or switch on February 16 deadline. The Presidential Preference Primary is on March 16th and due to Bernie Sanders having the party affiliation of Democrats, the "no party affiliation" preference would have to be changed to Democrat affiliation on the 16th of February to be eligible to cast his vote for Sanders.

Right now, under the NLRA, a business need not perceive a union in view of marked approval cards however can, rather, withhold acknowledgment unless and until the union gets a greater part of votes cast in a mystery poll race led by the NLRB. Under EFCA, a business would not be approved to require a mystery tally decision

Universal suffrage is said to be immoral as it causes imbalance on the power of voters. Hudson (2012) believes a neighbor's money is his personal money. Therefore, only the owner of the money gets to 'vote' where the money ought to be used it. This proves social injustice among those who fund the government. Because the case is no different in government where only those who contribute in public treasury out to have the moral obligation to decide on how the funds is to be used. This policy argues for the natural order where men with property had the right to represent in parliament as to protect and represent their asset. Similarly, the same principle of representation applies to limiting suffrage rights to taxpayers who pay taxes to fund the

In an effort to prevent voter fraud, the state of Alabama requires residents to present DMV-issued ID or driver’s license at voting sites. Shortly after, several DMV locations were closed down due to claims of budget cuts. The areas most affected by these closings were those with a larger population of black residents; some of who have no driver’s license or DMV- issued ID. A few points are found in connection with these closings: The counties with DMV offices are far and limited access to public and private transportation restricts black residents in poorer communities from traveling to these locations. Next, under the Voting Rights Act, states are prohibited from implementing laws that would affect black voters. However, by closing DMV locations in many black communities’ residents are restricted from obtaining the identification needed for voting

Recently during the 2016 presidential election people have questioned if the Electoral College is reliable and not rigged. The U.S. uses the Electoral College to elect their president every four years. Some reasons why the 2016 presidential election is not rigged is records show that voter fraud is very rare, most of the time voting problem are accidental, and secretaries of state are charged with administering elections in each state. Therefore, I disagree with Donald Trump about the election being rigged and of the people committing voting fraud.

Unequal access to employees—employers can meet with employees informally, conduct captive audience meetings, enforce no solicitation rules against union organizers, and limit employee use of company e-mail while unions merely get a list of employee addresses after the election date is set; possibilities for reform include banning employer captive audience meetings, giving unions the right to hold captive audience meetings, requiring a certain number of campaign debates, or allowing unions to send e-mail messages using the company’s system, making Excelsior lists available at any time, or after a union collects 30 percent signed authorization cards, or to include employee e-mail addresses as part of the Excelsior

Voter suppression happens everywhere around the world. As an immigrant this topic seemed so interesting because I always thought of voter suppression as something that may just happen in a third world country. In a dictatorship country government is not afraid to let the nation know that although there is a voting but ultimately they are the ones who decide the fate of everyone. After watching the videos and reading the assignments I realized that voter suppression/fraud can happen in many shapes and forms. It could be done without any physical violence or any obvious act but it still can do the same amount of damage to a nation. Voter suppression in a nation like America that is supposedly one the freest countries politically has to happen a lot smoother and a lot less obvious that one in a dictatorship kind of government.

The Single Transferable Vote system is a system that was invented by a mathematician whose processes are lengthy and confusing to the people who actually use it to implement change: voters. The currently used Single Member Plurality system is widely understood and the best system for Manitoban voters. While some may argue that the Single Transferrable Vote system is a superior method of electing members of government in Manitoba, due to the unfamiliarity with candidates, lack of voter involvement, and confusing nature of the system, the current Single Member Plurality system is more effective and reflective of the actual views of the electors.

We have all wondered if elections over the years have ever been rigged, well now we have kind of a definite answer. Thanks to the ignorance in the upcoming election I have found two articles that correlate with each other, thanks to BBC. The first one is titled “Is the U.S election really rigged?” and the second is “What happens if Trump refuses to accept defeat?” Donald trump brought up the topic of voter fraud at one of his rally in Delaware recently, because he is a sore looser but that’s beside the point. Vanessa Barford of BBC looks at four points to dig deeper into this speculation, she talks about voter fraud, the claim ‘dead people generally vote for democrats’ and stolen votes. Donald Trump in the third and final presidential speech declined to say if he would accept the results of the upcoming election. In the first article about election fraud they talk about voter fraud, according to the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research “Only a third of Republicans say they have a great deal or quite a bit of confidence that votes will be counted fairly”, but according to research done by various professors this fraud that they talk about isn’t a major problem in America. As a matter of fact, a professor by the name of Justin Levitt did a study and found thirty-one (31) impersonation cases out of one billion votes from U.S election from 2000-2014. These numbers do sound very convincing but as usual Donald Trump still would have something to say, and his

Once these criteria are met an election occurs to determine if employees want to unionize. The National Labor Relations Board oversees the election to make sure that a true secret vote is secured. If a majority of employees, which is one vote over 50%, agree to join the union then the NLRB certifies the union as the bargaining representative.

As a member of Parliament and man who doesn’t own land himself, Macaulay agrees that members of Parliament shouldn’t necessarily be big property owners. Voting by secret ballot is also, in his opinion, a good point. But he differs from the Chartists on the fact that elections should be held every year because he may think that a position in Parliament is a privilege that you can take advantage

For decades, Canadians have been defending their right to have a fair and open electoral system. Since its creation in 1867, Canada has been proud to call itself a true democratic country, but today there would be many people who disagree with this statement. The Canadian electoral system, which uses First Past The Post (FPTP), has come under scrutiny for not being as fair as it claims to be. Over the past couple of decades, many countries have switched their system to Proportional Representation (PR) or some form of it. Based on successful results in other nations, Canada’s current FPTP system should change to Mixed Member Proportional (MMP), which is a form of Proportional Representation, as it will allow for more fair elections. The intent of this paper is to outline how an electoral reform from First Past the Post to Proportional Representation or Mixed-Member Proportional, will lead to more confidence in the government, more accurate seat-vote percentage, and better overall representation of the population.

Gunmen on the grassy knoll, AIDS, landing on the moon, chemtrails, UFO’s, CIA mind control and Waco are some of the well-known conspiracies. But what about George W. Bush’s re-election? This cynicism goes beyond political rhetoric and focuses on our ability to participate in a representative democracy. Developed by the ancient Greeks, one of the first voting systems involved dropping bronze disks into barrels. As technology progressed, the advancements in voting systems surrendered an unacceptable system that lacks accuracy despite public outcry for a paper-verified trail.