what is citizen-by-election??
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a person born in a country not of parent's citizenship but the person can choose the country where he was born
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What is a state if anything other than the people who live in it? The state legislatures are supposed to be enacting the will of the people who elected them, so the outcomes should be no different. Direct election by the people is always preferable.
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.\nA photograph taken with a small hand-held camera.\nAn isolated observation: a sociopolitical snapshot of the electorate.
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TODAY we are having an ELECTION...provided you are a REGISTERED VOTER, you go to the POLLING LOCATION in your VOTING DISTRICT and SIGN IN...then, you FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS given by ELECTION WORKERS who will tell you how to CAST YOUR VOTE for the CANDIDATE(S) and/or REFERENDUM QUESTIONS on the BALLOT...then you LEAVE and LIE YOUR A55 OFF to the EXIT POLLERS...any more QUESTIONS?
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In part there must be an agreement as to what the term participatory democracy means.  I believe that its meaning isn’t the same for everyone.  In the simplest meaning, all people of a given society are able to directly impact the acts and directions of the society.  \n\nCertainly in a small society this can have merit.  Say a community of 1,000 people get together for each decision and discuss it and vote.  Even here though there will be decisions which must be made too quickly to get everyone together and some individuals will be selected to address those decisions.  For example, will they all be the local sheriff and all participate in the decision making to decide when evidence dictates who is to be arrested or a traffic ticket issued?  Or will that function and responsibility be given to selected individuals?  In this sense that participatory democracy is replaced with some form of representative democracy and clearly as the size of that society grows, the need to expand the representative function will also grow.  The point is that it is doubtful that this form of representative democracy of full citizen participation is actually functional.\n\nIf by participatory democracy it is meant that the majority of the people shall rule in all situations, then what exists is a form of mob rule where the minority does not have and shall never have rights.  In this form the Founders were very concerned because they believed that such a form of government would ultimately lead to dictatorship.  \n\nIf participatory democracy is meant to be citizens having the power to be aware of government acts and intent, and to have the power to discuss it, and to have the power to influence elected and appointed officials, then that exists today.  It exists as an elementary part of the Constitutional Representative Republic developed by the Founders and now functioning.  \n\nAnyone or any group has the right to find out what government is doing or intends to do.  Further, anyone or any group has the right to address any elected official through right of petition for redress of governmental acts.  In the final analysis the citizen holds the power over the governmental officials by the vote.  The citizens can vote anyone in or out of office.  However, there is a problem with this, that is, for it to work the citizen must become involved.  That is, attend local work sessions of local government.  Belong to groups of citizens (usually having similar views) who keep an eye on elected and appointed officials and make real use of the right of petition, the power of the vote and the power of the court.  \n\nIt is now, as it has been for over two hundred years in the hands of the citizen to mold and control government.
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It's more. You have a _responsibility_ to vote. Voting is the orgasm of democracy. Unfortunately, most citizens can't get it up.
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?\n\nIf you mean the ballot initiative that people were collecting signatures for today, they are trying to get in on the next ballot. It wasn't on this one...\n\nunless you're talking about something else...
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Basically a Citizens Complaint Office for Civil/Criminal Matters against Government Agencies or Staff. The peoples "IA". firstgov.gov Herbert West III west.herb@yahoo.com
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Rosenose is correct, but a little vague. Following is a link to information from the California Secretary of State that has all the informaiton you need: \n\nhttp://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_cand.htm
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A public statement of approval of, or support for, a political candidate or question
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till the election exists
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A pure form of democracy in which considerable power is wielded by the general public. For instance, the initiative, referendum, and recall are all devices of direct democracy.
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The voter's list is a way to prevent a person from voting more than once.  It is a tool to eliminate or prevent voter fraud. The list is compiled based on a geographical location (such as a section of a city).  Sometimes there are residential requirements - that is, you must reside in an area and register to vote at least 30 days prior to the election.
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Many people are concerned with computerized voting. \n\nThat's why many juristictions are looking at machines with VOTER VERIFIABLE PAPER TRAILS. \n\nVoters are given the opportunity to verify - on paper - that their votes have gone the way they want. Once the ballot is finalized, a barcode is printed as well. A recount can be done by machine (scanning the barcodes) and by hand (reading the names). \n\nAnd, if you're so damned sure about the answer to your question, why are you bothering to ask?
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I believe it means the percentage of people 18 and over who are registered to vote... because not all people over 18 are eligible to register to vote or vote in general... this includes certain prisoners, or people who have certain criminal voters, or people who are not US citizens.\n\n--They have the actual number of people registered and the people who vote (so it would be easier to calculate the percentage from that)... since they can't always estimate how many people are elegible to vote (from those 18+), from the whole US population...
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The effectiveness of this suggestion varies by jurisdiction to jurisdiction.\n\nThe information is publicly available in the united states because any one can verify a voters privilege to voting rights.\n\nThe problem is how, sometimes one needs to go the the registrar or clerk and ask to see the records.\n\nIn many cases it can be found on line.\n\nGo to the Internet site for the jurisdiction, sometimes a state, sometimes a county, sometimes a city / township, sometimes a congressional district etc and look for voter information.\n\nIf you are lazy write a letter to the federal or state Representative for the area asking where to search for the information on line.\n\nThe information that you can expect your manual or automatic search to return is\nName of the voter\nAddress of the voter\nPrevious place (district) registered\nWhen registered (sometimes)\nLast voted (sometimes)\nDeclared primary party (sometimes)\n\nYou should not find things like phone numbers or social security numbers, date of birth etc etc.\n\nThere are a few states where voter information is maintained by the DMV  but this is not true of all states that have motor voter laws.\n\n\nHave you tried a phone directory like\nwww.anywho.com?
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The poll worker doesn't ask for nationality. The voter does have to be registered and registered in the precinct they are attempting to vote in. Any US citizen over 18 can register to vote as long as their rights have not been rescinded due to a felony conviction. I don't think that non US citizens can vote. I also don't think that there is such a thing as a undocumented resident being legal unless they are a citizen, and most of us have some form of documentation.