Project Vote Smart Essays

  • The Importance of Being Politically Aware

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    can be a daunting task. Sometimes pleading ignorance is simpler. However, in today’s culture being politically aware is becoming increasingly necessary. Just because someone sees a presidential candidate give a speech or two doesn’t mean it’s wise to vote for him or her. Also, with many issues such as health care and tax increases affecting the everyday lives of Americans, knowing where one stands is important. By utilizing the sources on the Internet and other media, politics can become a little less

  • How a Bill Becomes Law

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    of Congress must introduce the legislation through sponsorship. New bills receive a number and receive assignment to the committee best suited to examine the bill. Project Vote Smart reveals “Bills may be referred to more than one committee and it may be split so that parts are sent to different committees” (Project Vote Smart 2010). If the bill passes through the committee – or committees – the bill may get a new number before passing on to floor action. But it is not necessary for the bill

  • DCORP Action Plan Paper

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    through the revolutionary digital blockchain - the decentralized, state-of-the-art, and inherently democratic technology. DCORP founding team decided on an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) as the best option for funding and developing their visionary project. The crowdsale took place in June, 2017. After relentless development work and multi-faceted campaigning, DCORP surpassed the minimum funding goals and successfully

  • Political Culture

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    When examining Illinois and a policy area and what caused that policy to be implemented in Illinois I look at the issue of the civil unions bill that as Project Vote Smart describes, “Vote to pass a bill that authorizes same-sex couples to enter into civil unions with the same legal protections and benefits as afforded to spouses.” (Project Vote Smart 2014.) When examining the issue of the civil unions legislation in Illinois further questions would be what were the reasons for the implementation of

  • Mobile Phone-based Interaction Techniques

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    Bellow we present some studies based on Sas & Dix classification [21]. Mobile phone as pointing devise: As a research area, several studies use image processing and visual recognition as a base in there interaction technique, since that most of the smart phones and handheld devices are equipped with digital camera. Jiang et al [1] attempted to take advantage of this fact by proposing a study to interact with display through mobile device camera. There method uses the position of the cursor on the display

  • Donald Trump as a Presidential Candidate

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    President. Currently, he is the producer and star of “The Apprentice,” which has been on air since 2004 (“The Apprentice”). He holds multiple offices at the Trump Organization, and is also a chairman of Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts, Incorporated (Project Vote Smart). Donald Trump has put his name on products and companies both successful and unsuccessful, including food products, corporations, and a clothing line. Trump once stated that “The stuff that’s been sent over from China falls apart after a year

  • Thomas Edison: The Greatest Inventions In World History

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    version of the world’s first stock ticker. It was this mode of thought that led Edison to work on his first issued patent, the electrographic vote-recorder. He was one of several inventors at the time developing methods for the U.S. Congress to record their votes in a more timely fashion than the traditional voice vote system. The idea for electrographic vote-recorder was for a device that was connected to a central clerk's desk. At the desk, the names of the legislators were embedded in metal type

  • Anita Lawson Research Paper

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    My reality is more powerful than reality. I am familiar with the challenges that blacks have faced in America; literacy tests to vote, denial of education and mental degrading. However, many have persevered in these circumstances. What I did not realize is that I have many heroes in my family who excelled despite the circumstances; one of which is my great grandmother who inspires me. Antee Anita Lawson, was born in 1918. she has experienced many of the issue’s I learned about in history regarding

  • Franklin Roosevelt: The Bombing Of Pearl Harbor

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    In 1940, the Manhattan Project was started, a top secret organization that produced materials for atomic bombs. Franklin Roosevelt had this project prepared in case of the need to use such destructive weapons in WWII. On July 16, 1945, the Manhattan Project had its first successful test. At the Trinity Test Site in Alamo, New Mexico, they conducted the first detonation of a Plutonium bomb

  • Media Bias Analysis

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    analyze two different articles based on the same topic to distinguish the different bias within media and compare the bias within the two. The two articles discuss the U.S. Senate voting on the Keystone XL Pipeline. The Keystone XL Pipeline is project

  • John Green: A Hero

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    created in 2007 and runs throughout the year (Project For Awesome). It became a real thing when it turned into a non-profit organization in Montana in 2011 (Project For Awesome). It is 100% volunteer run and exists to help other charities (Project For Awesome). P4A has been held every year since 2007 and now occurs every year on the second Friday and Saturday of December (Project For Awesome). In 2013, $850,000 was raised which benefitted twenty charities (Project For Awesome). To raise money, people will

  • Student Body President Essay

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    You are either falling asleep, or debating whether or not I am worth your vote. Well, I am. You think he can get the job done? Yes, I agree. He's cool,charismatic, popular, smart; but guess what? So am I; and I will not only get the job done, but i will make west prosper. Therefore, I am the only candidate worthy of the position as student body president. This school needs me to present an easy transition to high school and establish an early career awareness program. I can also help the many activities

  • The Definition Essay "Activism"

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    consequences for doing it. It involves ideas like protests and petitions. A true story about activism is an 8th grader named Laurie Wolff who was upset that all of her classmates who had refused to do the animal dissections were failing the class. She had a smart idea and collected signatures from anyone who agreed with her on a petition and then testified in front of the Las Vegas School Board, urging that students should be given the option to do either a virtual dissection on the computer or do a live dissection

  • John Fitzgerald Kennedy - JFK

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    nomination for Vice President, and four years later was a first-ballot nominee for President. Millions watched his four television debates with the Republican candidate and current Vice President, Richard M. Nixon. Winning by a narrow margin in the popular vote, Kennedy became the first Roman Catholic President. His Inaugural address offered the memorable injunction: "Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country." As President, he set out to redeem his campaign pledge

  • Michelle Obama Research Paper

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    States. The early life of Michelle Obama was very interesting. Michelle was born and raised in Chicago. She lived in a segregational neighborhood with her loving family. Growing up, Michelle was a very smart girl, and her and her brother both skipped second grade. Because Michelle Obama was very smart, her intelligence helped her later in life. (Brill 10) Michelle’s parents

  • Essay On Dravidian Identity

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    to the circumstances prevailing in the state and as well as in national politics. In Tamil Nadu, it was the rule of AIADMK led by M.G. Ramachandran, who never had any Dravidian ideology and was very close with the congress at the centre. As he was smart to realize that when state is depended on the centre for money and other monetary helps, an anti-centre stance made no sense. With liberation movement getting violent in Srilanka, it was felt both by M.G. Ramachandran and the congress government at

  • The Creation of Public Policy

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    University of North Carolina Press, n.d. Web. 6 Nov 2013. . "Three Branches of Government." Utah Education Network. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Nov 2013. . “Constitution of the United States of America” "Government 101: How a Bill Becomes Law." Project Vote Smart. N.p.. Web. 24 Nov 2013. "The Five-Step Decision Making Process ." . N.p.. Web. 24 Nov 2013. 530/documents/DecisionMaking_Proc.htm>.

  • The Mindy Project Gender Analysis

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    Mindy Project is a perfect example of a current television show with a female main character and through its episodes we can look to see just how prominent a role gender plays. By scrutinizing a female character on The Mindy Project, we can apply the ideas set forth in an article written by Julie Rivkin and Michael Ryan called, “Introduction; Feminist Paradigms.” This article addresses the two formal perspectives of feminism; constructionist and essentialist viewpoints. The Mindy Project is a television

  • Ancient Greek Essay

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    president is outside .Moreover Spartans had invented an assembly of people to help their king and the same concept we have in our modern time where there are many political leaders to help the main leader or president. On the whole, the GREEKS were very smart in their politics as compare to the time they were in. They had invented so many government policies which are still used actively off course by improving all of them in a large extent.

  • The Politics of Gun Control

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    of the most recent pieces of legislation to be on the floor of the House, H.R. 2122 which failed to pass on June 19, 1999. Democratic Congressman John Dingell from Michigan introduced an amendment (H.A. 215) which passed on June 18, 1999 with a vote of 218-211. This amendment decreases the time allowed for a background check at a gun show from 72 hours to 24 hours. It also requires the FBI to prioritize background checks requested at gun shows be answered before other background check request