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    During the same week, I conducted voter registration drives at UNLV and registered eight students. During the month of October, I also wrote many letters to the editor on the Las Vegas Sun and the Las Vegas Review Journal regarding my opposition to the NFL stadium being built. I also attended many legislative hearings on the stadium bill that was debated in the Nevada State Legislature. Additionally, I attended a hearing regarding the stadium bill by the Clark County Commission over whether or not

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    Posse Comitatus sounds like the name of a made-up secret society you would only ever hear about by watching Dead Poets Society. Au contraire. The Latin to English translation of Posse Comitatus is “power of the county” and refers to “all males over the age of fifteen on whom a sheriff could call for assistance in preventing any type of civil disorder” (Legal Dictionary). It doesn’t quite meet the criteria for a secret society, but appears to be more along the lines of a rather well-known and powerful

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    Applicant discusses have a long history in American legislative issues. At each level of government -- from city committee to state lawmaking body, from Congress to leader of the United States -- competitors take part in civil arguments to enable voters to comprehend their identity and what they remain for. Watching discusses is a vital route for voters to take in more about the competitors and the issues previously the race, with the goal that they can make an educated choice. In the meantime,

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    Democracy is a system of government by the whole population or all the citizens of a state that allows people to vote. I don’t think America has a really good form of Democracy anymore a lot of citizens don’t have the rights we think we do. Looking at the election we recently had, it is clear that people don’t have their own equal rights to who they want to represent us. We have the ability to participate in the elections and some of the decisions our government choose to enact but we don’t have

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    Political science is known to be one of the most ignored sciences there are. Over the years, there has not been a demand for everyone to pay attention to politics because people always have their own opinion anyways. Ten Things Political Scientists Know that You Don’t was an article written by Hans Noel. His main objective to writing this was to inform readers of the reasons why politics is something that is important to understand. Many journalists and bloggers became more aware of politics and

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    The 2016 presidential election may happen to be one of the most memorable elections to have ever been. From the campaign speeches, to the Democratic and Republican National conventions, and even the presidential debates; Americans seemed to constantly be voicing their opinions on every aspect of the election, and who they believe is the more suitable candidate for president, especially on social media. The 2016 presidential election marks one of the more recent elections where we start to see social

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    If we were listening in on the conversation going on at the table we would be able to see that there were three predominant theories on how the president should be elected. The first idea was for Congress to choose the president by voting on the candidates they saw fit. (Hendricks) The main problem with this idea was the tilt of power towards the legislative branch. If the legislative branch was given this express power of ushering in the executive not only would it tilt the balance

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    bids, a monstrous number, even when discussing campaign finance. Ever since our democracy began, politics has been equated with money, and election winners were generally wealthy. Since the rise of technology, the one way to get the attention of the voting public was to appear on TV, either through televised debates and town hall meetings, or through political advertisements. However, time slots for things like that cost money, and a lot of it. Because television has become such a large political platform

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    Teressa May is a one-woman show when it comes to dealing with the future of the United Kingdom after the confirmation of the referendum will change due to the uncertainty of Brexit and its eventual outcomes. Its population changes have been a frequent concern in the news with the recent rise in the young educated citizens. The Institute for Public Policy Research or the (IPPR) reports that the referendum aftershock will destabilize the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. During the making

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    Graduation Speech Essay

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    Ladies, gentlemen, parents, friends, family, staff, fellow students: Instead of taking up more time and reading my speech, it is available to you at http://www.olen’s_speech.com. Thank you. No, just kidding. But seriously folks... Today we are gathered here to celebrate our graduation from 12 long years of schooling. The education granted to us has been a privilege. One so graciously given to us by the citizens of our state, by our community, and by our parents. Today would not be

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