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    we will discuss the history of and changes to the manner in which employee votes have been counted to determine an outcome in these elections. 1. Prior to the National Mediation Board’s (NMB) 2010 rule change, what was the primary difference between how election results were counted under the NLRA and the Railway Labor Act (RLA)? For approximately seventy five years the only option an employee had to submit a vote against union representation was to not vote at all. Under the Railway Labor Act

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    been historical. Clinton had won the popular vote. However, Donald Trump had won the election with two hundred ninety electoral votes while Clinton only had two hundred thirty-two. There have only been five presidents out of the fifty-seven presidential elections that have won the election without having the popular vote. One of those elections happened this year a few days ago. If I could change anything about the United States government I would change the Electoral College. Article Two of the

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    Wrong for The United States Imagine a world where the United States people do not vote, or have a say in their President, this may be the case in the future. The Electoral College has been part of the United States voting system for the President and Vice President for over two-hundred years, and it is still going on today without much changes to it. In brief, the electoral college are who the people vote for to vote for the President and Vice President. Although the electoral college has been around

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    national decision. Each state has its own number of appointive votes, which is controlled by state populace. This framework is a "champ takes all" framework. Which implies the competitor with 50 percent or a greater amount of the votes in an individual state gets the greater part of that states appointive votes. The 2016 presidential race will have 538 discretionary votes, this implies the race will be chosen who is the main possibility to 270 votes. A few people have seen this framework as obsolete and

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    established this process as a compromise between the popular vote and the states. Electoral College consists of 538 electors (Eric). The majority of 270 out of the 538 electoral votes are required for the running candidate to win the presidency (History staff). As dictated by the 23rd Amendment (National archive), the District of Columbia has 3 votes and California with 55 votes has the most between the states, each state has at least 3 votes no matter what the population is. One of the issues seen in

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    To what extent did the First World War change the lives of women in Britain? The First World War was extremely significant in changing women’s lives, but it wasn’t the only reason for change to come about. The suffrage movement was the most important factor, but the war combined with events before the war made change inevitable. This essay will be split into before the war– social change, actions of the WSPU and NUWSS; work and political change during the war and after the war. Also the conclusion

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    result of this change. Snowe now aids in the effort to reform congress by encouraging less extremism and more cooperation. She hopes to change the environment in congress and increase cooperation and advancement in the political system. The approval rating of congress is declining. Freakonomics Radio asks different politicians and scholars from both sides of the political spectrum what ideas and practices must go to improve the political atmosphere and

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    In the early 19th the importance of voting in America is making your voice heard by people.Often people choose not to vote because they feel their vote doesn't count, but one vote does count in many ways. Voting is for the people so their voice can be heard and so the government and (community of people/all good people in the world) can be built on the peoples ideas and views. As John Ensign once said "I believe that voting is the first act of building a community as well as building a country."

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    would vote as normal and then all the votes for the state would determine the states candidate. This can help or hurt the the people for the opposing candidate. There need to be changes to the Electoral College and how many electoral votes are determined. A change in the Electoral college should be the number of electoral votes for each state's. Now they are based on the population, for example the Electoral Vote chart shows the higher the population in each state the more electoral votes that state

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    number of electoral votes, which is determined by state population. This system is a “winner takes all” system. Which means the candidate with 50 percent or more of the votes in an individual state gets all of that states electoral votes. The 2016 presidential election will have 538 electoral votes, this means that the election will be decided who is the first candidate to 270 votes. Some people have seen this system as outdated and unjust. Many are looking at a way to change the system and others

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