...Throngs of Swazis living mainly around the border towns were seen taking part in the South African national elections, voting for their favorite political parties on May 7. In an interview with Sanelisiwe Dlamini a resident of Matsamo* who was spotted by Swazi Mirror in a queue in one of the polling stations near the border post, she stated that she crossed the border together with many others with the sole purpose to “get inked.” She stated that they consider themselves as both South African and Swazi. She explained that the border towns are highly populated yet there are no critical services required by the people residing there as such they find themselves having to cross to the neighboring town for a living. “The community relies on services accorded by the South African government. We are cognizant of the fact that our history has always been intertwined hence we do feel part of the South African community in any case we once lived together before the installation of the territorial boundaries. ” she said. Another, Simon Mazibuko was spotted at the Ngwenya border Post in the afternoon excitedly showing off his “inked” thumb and he also reiterated the sentiments of Sanelisiwe in as far as services are concerned. Simon added that his family was divided when the boundaries were enacted leaving them with a dilemma. “My grandparents are in South Africa and my parents settled a few kilometers from the family homestead. When the immigration division was set up my parents’ homestead...
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...abandon yourself to something verb literary to feel an emotion so strongly that you let it control you completely * She abandoned herself to grief. * He abandoned himself to despair. * He abandoned himself to his emotions. abase yourself verb formal to behave in a way that shows you accept that someone has complete power over you * The members of the Political Executive Committee abased themselves once more. * She won’t abase herself by listening to his criticism. abate verb formal to become less strong or decrease * We waited for the wind/storm to abate. * The storm showed no sign of abating. * They waited for the crowd’s fury to abate. * Public anger does not appear to be abating. * The storm/wind/rain has started to abate. * The fighting in the area shows no sign of abating. * The excitement has abated. * The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn. * Steps are to be taken to abate pollution. * The pain in my shoulder abated after a day. * The town abated taxes on new businesses. * Our desire for consumer goods has not abated. * Gains in oil prices are unlikely to abate within the next few months. * Inflation is finally showing signs of abating. * The mayor plans to abate air pollution in the city by limiting traffic. * By the weekend, the storms had abated. * Public anger does not appear to be abating. * The level of wage settlements has shown no signs of abating...
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...voting in the House of Commons. Andrew Heard’s article titled “Just What is a Vote of Confidence? The Curious Case of May 10, 2005” addresses the issues with defining the elements that form a vote of confidence. The article, summarized below, examines important events in Canadian political history that can provide a measure of confidence votes in government. The prologue of the work introduces confidence votes as the subject being addressed. Heard...
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...How important were the activities of the Women’s suffrage movement in the decision to grant women to vote. On February the 6th 1918 women over the age of 30 who were householders or married to a householder were granted the vote in Britain. This came after 60 years of suffrage campaigns. The women’s suffrage campaign was a powerful political force by 1914. There were 56 suffrage groups and two main bodies, whom of which were national - The suffragists (NUWSS) and The Suffragettes (WSPU). This essay will analyse how far the women’s suffrage movement was responsible for women being granted the vote by comparing it to other important factors such as the changing attitudes towards women in society, the part played by women in the war effort 1914-1918 and the changes in other countries. It can be argued that the activities of the suffrage movement in the decision to grant the vote for women was a big factor but their war work perhaps had just as big a part to play and the changes in other countries perhaps also just as big an influence. Therefore it can be argued the women’s suffrage movement was important in the decision to grant women the vote. It is undeniable that the activities of the women’s suffrage movement in the decision to grant them the vote was important as they were always being spoken about and they were known nationwide. The two different groups had two completely different approaches to their cause. The campaigning methods of the NUWSS were ‘peaceful’ tactics whereas...
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...As people we all have the right to vote! For my perspective I have chose perspectivetwo which states:People who are informed should vote, but those who are uninformed should not. Uninformed voting actually does more damage to democracy than not voting. I think this is very true. We fought for many years to get thefreedom to vote. Saying that, I also think that if you don't know what or who you are voting for then you should not vote! If you walk in to vote and just pick someone and you have no clue about anything in that persons plan or future; your decisioncould hurt us tremendously. For example, this year was a very close call. You had to watch the news every day and every debate to know who to vote for! If you did not go vote because you did not know enough about the running delegates then I think that is a better choice than randomly picking someone. Perspective one states thatof course every citizen is obliged to vote. It is the most basic right in a democracy, and declining that right is disrespectful to the freedoms one enjoys. I personally do not think it is disrespectful to vote but on the other hand if you know what you are talking about then you should go vote. So, the people that think it is disrespectful to go vote, they would rather you go vote and make a decision...
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...London 2 America Should Vote Democrat America should vote Democrat in the upcoming election. This will give President Obama a chance to finish what he's started and keep republicans from coming into office increasing taxes for lower and middle class families. Americans seemed happy while under the Democrat administration. The Republicans want to increase taxes for the lower and middle class Americans and lower taxes for the rich upper class Americans; which economically doesn't make sense. The Republicans also want to change the way Americans receive their Medicare by giving out vouchers. By doing this, Americans will lose some of their benefits. The Republicans seem to have no idea about the struggle of the American people. If they did, perhaps Republican candidate Mitt Romney wouldn’t have made the statement that "Forty six percent of Americans are dependent on the government" that’s evidence that the Republicans are not in touch with the American people. Over the last four years Americans seemed happy while being under the democrat administration. Businesses start booming and the economy was slowly starting to pick up. America wasn’t built in one day and certainly can't be fixed in one day. With that being stated, America should invest...
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...I have used inclusive language such as ‘we, our, us’ and exclusive language such as 'them' to make them feel included in my polices and create a sense of solidarity and a sense of responsibility. I have used rhetorical questions to engage the audience and encourage them to consider the issue and to vote for the candidate. I want to imply that the answer is so obvious that anyone who disagrees is irrational and is not thinking about what the community really needs and what the candidate is striving...
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...Every year the city of Fort Worth brings in five and a half million visitors and contributes over 900 million dollars to the city’s economy. The museums in the cultural district, the zoos, the rodeos, the amusement parks, and the professional sports are a huge draw for travelers. Because of the large number of tourists that visit the city of Fort Worth each year, a new multipurpose arena is purposed for the city. Not only would it be a new state of the art arena to host graduations and rodeos, but it would allow for the city of Fort Worth to commission larger concerts and special events for the area. In doing this, the city would see a rise in tourism which would in turn lead to a boost in the city’s revenue. Each year the city of Fort Worth plays hosts to many tourists. According to Taylor’s (1999) article: About 80% of visitors came to the city for leisure or personal reasons, and about 20% came primarily for business. Although visitors came from all states and continents, 80% came from Texas, including 45% from North Central Texas (excluding Fort Worth). Two percent were international visitors. (p.8) This means that out of the numerous amounts of people who are visiting the city, the vast majority are from Texas. They live fairly close by, and are driving into the city for events and attractions. A multipurpose arena would be a largely appealing to these tourists. The shows and concerts the venue would host would be a huge enticement. They would not need to travel to a...
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...2.4 LOCAL LITERATURE 2.4.1 Electronic Voting Literature Review Computer scientists who have done work in, or are interested in, electronic voting all seem to agree on two things: * Internet voting does not meet the requirements for public elections * Currently widely-deployed voting systems need improvement Voting on the Internet using every day PC's offers only weak security, but its main disadvantages are in the areas of anonymity and protection against coercion and/or vote selling. It's such a truly bad idea that there seems to be no credible academic effort to deploy it at all. The Presidential elections of 2000 brought national attention to problems with current American methods of casting and counting votes in public elections. Most people believe that the current system should be changed; there is much disagreement on how such changes should be made. The MIT/Caltech researchers [1] “see a promising future for electronic voting, despite its problems today” (under a few conditions). They advocate using the methods currently in use which result in the lowest average numbers of “uncounted, unmarked, and spoiled ballots,” like in-precinct optical scanning. Their report even proposes a framework for new voting system with a decentralized, modular design. Other researchers have done work in electronic voting; while they may not explicitly mention voting from remote poll sites, their work is nonetheless relevant to any effort at designing or implementing...
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...Chapter 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES This chapter presents the related studies and literature both local and foreign that serves as guide in the development of the proposed study. Foreign Literature India’s higher education system is the third largest in the world, after China and United State. The main governing body at tertiary level is the University Grants Commission. Which enforces its standards, advises the government, and help coordinate between the center and the state? Accreditation for higher learning is overseen by 12 autonomous institutions established by the University Grants Commission. As of 2009, India has 2 central university 215 state universities, 100 deemed universities, 5 institutions established and functioning under the state act, and 13 institutes which are of national importance. Other institutions include 16000 colleges, including 1800 exclusive women’s colleges, functioning under these universities and institutions. A software development and IT service firm implemented its catalyst in Governor Andres Pascual College was integrated web platform to provide content management, transaction processing, marketing and interactive community functions to the two rice schools. Catalyst delivers on the Jones Schools two primary criteria for selecting web-based platform simplifying content management, and enabling user’s response to information such as event RSVP and course registration. The content management tools let the Jones...
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...CHAPTER 1 Introduction: This chapter contains the rationale, Objective of the Study, Scope of Limitation, Significance of the Study, and some definition of Terms. Rationale: Electronic Voting for Global Vote for Rights by Children International – Tabaco is joining at the World Children’s Prize. It is an education program for all children. Their goal is to become more humane world, where children’s rights are respected by all. And there will be a new way of voting and to make voting process faster and easier. More than 2000 youth ages 12 – 18 yrs. Old are going to vote, first they will have their registration of the participant, next followed by voting process by Electronic Voting, in this way we are going to minimize and lessen the step by step process of voting. Objective of the Study: In this proposal I would like to make the voting process easier, also all the youth can vote in a specific date, minimize the time and lessen the step by step process. First the youths need to register to know how many youth participate in the activity. Next they are going to have their line for the voting. There are 11 computers available to use in voting. The facilitators are going to assist and help to become the voting process is organize, after they vote facilitator put an indelible ink to their fingertip so recognize whose already voted. And lastly the voter can go home. Specific Objective: * To have a new process of voting by means of electronic voting. * To help the...
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...Do Electronic Voting Machines Improve the Voting Process? The electronic voting machine embraces an electronic means of efficiently casting a vote and electronic means of accurately counting votes. Electronic voting machines, can also display election results and because of controversies associated with their operation audit trail, information can also be obtained. There are many types of electronic voting systems: paper based electronic voting system; which provides a paper ballot to be marked by hand but counted electronically. Pressing buttons or using a touch screen can operate a direct recording electronic voting machine either mechanically or electrically. This machine stores the voting data in a memory bank as a printed copy, and can transmit results to a central location. A public network voting machine uses electronic ballots, which can be transmitted from the polling place to a central location as they are cast or as a batch throughout the election process. Electronic voting machines can be made fully accessible for persons with disabilities, allowing them the freedom to vote without experiencing any hardships. Because ballot tallies are done at the close of polling stations, many of the men and women are tired leaving much room for error. According to United States General Accounting Office (2004), testimony provided to various government agencies with a research report on electronic voting systems performance attributes. The report provides a summary...
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...not meet the requirements for public elections and that the current widely-deployed voting systems need improvement. Voting on the Internet has disadvantages based on the areas of secrecy and protection against coercion and/or vote selling. It's such a truly bad idea that there seems to be no credible academic effort to deploy it at all. The Kenyan General elections of 2007 brought national attention to problems with current methods of casting and counting votes in public elections. Most people believe that the current system should be changed; there is much disagreement on how such changes should be made.c really can't trust any code which we did not create ourselves. Therefore, they tend to be extremely suspicious of proprietary voting machines and their makers who insist that we should “just trust [them].” Neumann gives a list of suggestions for "generic voting criteria" which suggests that a voting system should be so hard to tamper with and so resistant to failure that no commercial system is likely to ever meet the requirements, and developing a suitable custom system would be extremely difficult and prohibitively expensive. A voting machine must produce human-readable hardcopy paper results, which can be verified by the voter before the vote is cast, and manually recounted later if necessary. David Chaum presents a very interesting...
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...the use of electronic voting in order to make the voting process more convenient and raise the participation of the civic. From now on, engineers have repeatedly created new technology to improve the feasibility of electronic voting system. Advantages of e-voting The advocate of electronic voting claims that the convenience, mobility, tally speed, less cost, and flexibility are the main advantages. Following are the descriptions of the advantages. • Convenience : With the well-designed software and system, the voters can simply use his voting equipment with the minimal time and skill to finish the voting process. • Mobility : Voters can cast their votes at a specific polling place, home, or any place in which they can get access to the internet. People can even use the mobile device such as cell phone or PDA to vote. There is no restriction on the location. • Tally Speed : Once the voting time is over,the computer can immediately calculate the result of the election. It is much faster than the traditional ballot counting method operated by people. • Less Cost : Compared to paper ballot voting,electronic voting saves money from reducing the personnel expense, expense for location management and administrationfee, etc. In the beginning, the investment expense of building up the electronic voting system would be very high. But after the system is built up, the total expense would be reduced to be much lower than paper ballot voting. • Flexibility : Electronic...
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...Political Issues between Richard Burr and Elaine Marshall With the race for Senator of North Carolina coming to a close and with Richard Burr in the lead over Elaine Marshall, this is a very crucial time for Marshall to use some political issues in her advantage as well as it is for Burr to maintain his lead. There were a lot of differences on topics between both of these candidates. The resource that I used in finding topics that both of these candidates disagreed on was Project Vote Smart. Project Vote Smart is an historic undertaking. It’s where citizens come together, not in a selfish way of interest or to support one candidate over another, but to defend democracy. It gives you access to information on certain topics surrounding our world. Even if one candidate suffers grave attacks from opposing candidates and political parties, many are not willing to manipulate information and deceive voters. Here are the results from both parties using the Project Vote Smart. Keep in mind that while Burr filled one out and Marshall did not. Marshall’s results are based on a infer answer meaning based on public statements, voting record, and evaluations based on special interest groups. On abortion issues of whether you were pro-choice or pro-life, Marshall’s inferred answer was pro-choice while Burr’s answer was pro-life. Burr then states, “I oppose abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or when the life of the mother is threatened. Taxpayer dollars should not be used...
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