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84e73ec85397	28C1E6A5576E	not everyone get's to vote for an electon.	Claim	Adequate
1ef9f723b5d5	28C1E6A5576E	If keeping the Electoral College the same, the there will never be a way where when everyone will get the chance to vote.	Claim	Adequate
089bc3cce607	28C1E6A5576E	The Electoral College is very unfair for not letting everyone vote.	Claim	Adequate
44cb90888b3d	28C1E6A5576E	Those people that work that process just go to places that they know they will get a vote.	Claim	Adequate
fb459cd29e76	28C1E6A5576E	Also, the Electoral College should change the election by poplular vote for the president of the United States because, when choosing your's elctors when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors.	Claim	Effective
a2749eeedc86	28C1E6A5576E	The people do not vote for president, the electors are who vote for president. When people think they are voting for president candidate, they are actually voting for slate of electors.	Evidence	Adequate
afaad81719f3	28C1E6A5576E	There's five reason to where the Electoral College should be retraining.	Claim	Ineffective
48a7e47419a3	28C1E6A5576E	Thse five main reasons are because 1) Certainy of Outcome, dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible. 2)Everyone's President, requires a presidential to have trans-regional appeal. 3)Swing States, the winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates. 4)Big States, restores the weight in political balance that loose by virtue. 5)Avoid Run-Off Elections, avoides the problem of election in which they have no candidate.	Evidence	Adequate
b033958f0bb3	28C1E6A5576E	They just go to states where they will get votes,	Claim	Adequate
bf8e989ede14	28C1E6A5576E	they know that other states will have no affect to them when getting no vote. Im guessing that they get their hopes up? They dont give other people a chance to vote.	Evidence	Adequate
b72907e52b56	28D8A6A8A99D	The Electoral College is a process where voters select electors who then vote for the President of the United State. But is it really that reliable? Is it better than an election decided by that of popular vote.	Lead	Effective
600b27bdbc2a	28D8A6A8A99D	The election process should be changed to one decided by popular vote instead of using the process of the Electoral College	Position	Adequate
42335cb9ca54	28D8A6A8A99D	First of all source two states that voters can sometimes get confused on the candidate that they actually voted for since they're not direclty voting for the President.	Claim	Adequate
0eefcc6e06e5	28D8A6A8A99D	Another flaw of the Electoral College also stated in source two is that "... "faithless" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please...."	Claim	Adequate
75e8ac506885	28D8A6A8A99D	That is pure lying. That basically just made that voter vote for the candidate that they did not want.	Evidence	Adequate
bab22cc3d6f1	28D8A6A8A99D	Another critical error is that in the process of the Electoral College is that not all states are equally represented.	Claim	Effective
267e18642581	28D8A6A8A99D	For example if there is a tie in the Electoral vote the election would be handed to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the presedent. This wouldnt be fair because since each state casts only one vote, then the single representativ from Wyoming would only represent 500,000 voters. However the single representative from California would represent 35 million voters. That hardly seems fair.	Evidence	Effective
adbde5f23f5e	28D8A6A8A99D	With Popular vote every American would get their say in a democratic way.	Claim	Adequate
71559d0c5905	28D8A6A8A99D	As source three states "... the Electoral College is not democratic in a modern sense. With popular vote everyone would be represented equally.	Evidence	Effective
a14053ae8679	28D8A6A8A99D	I understand that "the winning candidate's share of the Electoral College invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote" causes less chance of a dispute over the Electoral college than of the popular vote	Counterclaim	Effective
543b0bb2cc21	28D8A6A8A99D	but not everyone really gets a say	Rebuttal	Ineffective
34a02f377efa	28D8A6A8A99D	Also i understand that the Electoral College avoids run off elections	Counterclaim	Effective
929bae874555	28D8A6A8A99D	but that is still very rare.	Rebuttal	Adequate
b0dcd0341491	28D8A6A8A99D	State Senator it's time to abolish the Electoral college, and switch to the use of popular vote for elections.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
3dac58c01080	28DB1BCCB6AF	I agree on the position of having a system of communication for school work.	Position	Adequate
74f6d505bba7	28DB1BCCB6AF	Now lets say If you can not go to school if you have let's say the corona virus, you can just have classes there in bed,on a couch,or the kitchen table just like you would be at school.	Claim	Adequate
5f60531321db	28DB1BCCB6AF	There are certain devices nowadays like a robot on wheels with a screen attached so the student could drive the robot carefully since it can go only less than 3 mph but can give the child the joy of video games from home and education they need.	Evidence	Ineffective
76dfb0ef52f2	28DB1BCCB6AF	Another way of how the students could "go to school" from home is a IPad face time the person who is at home IPhone could ping a call to every class based on the classes schedules.	Claim	Adequate
39579533e637	28DB1BCCB6AF	I see these sort of devices extremely helpful to the community, Plus a huge benefit to the students since If they get the work done at home they could join the rest of the class with very little to no catch up time. I once on a personal note, once had to stay home from school since I had the stomach bug the whole family In my home had, I had to get caught up so I used the Google classroom and electude websites that the teachers say to use at home, just in case you miss class due to viruses. Once I returned the next week I was caught up in my B day rotation classes and A days I was ahead of everyone else in Generic_School so I could work In the shop more than the others	Evidence	Adequate
a5fec041c695	28DB1BCCB6AF	So note, If you are ever at home You may see if the school can provide the face time idea or just work in Google classroom or what ever website your class uses at home or If school or hospitals provides A robot for absentees for a day then all the better for the student and the parents.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
9fc76bedeb24	28FF2BE0AB1A	I think driverless cars would be a very cool thing to have	Position	Adequate
1a5818430558	28FF2BE0AB1A	Also its outside the box not every car can be driverless but some can. Just look a lamborghini or ferrari they dont have as much technology as some of the newer middle class cars do. But your paying $500,000 for some thing that doesnt have as many features as a prius or a smart car. But also driverless cars arent really driveless if some has to take the wheel and go around some things that means the cars not really driveless	Evidence	Ineffective
c6cd9fb984a7	28FF2BE0AB1A	I would rather drive my car than let a computer beacuse technology will always have problems and errors	Counterclaim	Adequate
745811e552d2	28FF2BE0AB1A	if that happens gonig down a highway at say 70mph and your car has a problem and you aren't ready for it you may end up in the hospital.	Evidence	Adequate
1e23d3858561	28FF2BE0AB1A	Driverless cars will happen one day but not anytime soon cause some states say they arent even legal to drive a computer operated car.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
892c95a1f7a8	2909EE180A2A	I think it fair that kids who have a B average should choose a sport but kids how have F. Should not be able to choose a sport	Position	Adequate
4ec4fa789e17	2909EE180A2A	they worried more about there sport. Then about school or school work then they don't have time to do there homework.	Claim	Adequate
140996d2d215	2909EE180A2A	Then they might even fail the grade there in. But people who have a B should be able to choose a sport because there doing well in school. And not failing in school there tried hard so they should be able to choose a sport that they like. But if they start doing bad in school or not doing there homework and start to get an F they should talk to the student. And tell him/her if they have a sport and still have B average or in the next test they take and get an F. there going to have take away there sport till she /he has better grades.	Evidence	Ineffective
623829ec32e3	2912B4A5D526	I'm writing you this letter to address and give you my opinion onthe argument about keeping the clectoral college or changing to election by popular vote fhor the president of the United States.	Lead	Adequate
45e9473601dd	2912B4A5D526	I feel that we should remove the electoral college	Position	Adequate
cf4d4dbff027	2912B4A5D526	because it seems like we do not use all of the votes to have everyone's input on the election.	Claim	Ineffective
d92121df96a7	2912B4A5D526	The electoral college consist of 538 electors and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. My question is "Why not use all of the electors votes instead of using only anout 55% of them?". We say that every vote counts but if we are not using all of the electoral votes then that means we are just contradicting our statement.	Evidence	Ineffective
a6cd1b6903a0	2912B4A5D526	From articles I have read, Under the electoral college, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the resident. Let's say if you lived in Texas, for instance , and wanted to vote for Kerry, you would vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry.	Evidence	Adequate
491ac61b0045	2912B4A5D526	Voters can not always control whom their vote for and sometimes voters get confused about the electors and choose the wrong canidate	Claim	Adequate
84e7234a3574	2912B4A5D526	Some people may say that electoral votes should be kept so that it would make it easier for them	Counterclaim	Adequate
cfe1d05f5c26	2912B4A5D526	but i feel thatelectoral votes are confusing and should be removed from a process of electing the president.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
0c37d32d82d3	294099CEB05C	I agree with the terms that to participate in sports and other activities, that you must have at least a grade B average. Although many students have a grade C average, I think it's best to follow through with this policy. It would help students in school, as well as make the teams and activities a more stricter, nicer team.	Position	Effective
881498e39486	294099CEB05C	Students should have to have at least a grade B average to be on the school's sports teams or in any other activities.	Claim	Effective
0fb2bb7f0cc4	294099CEB05C	By doing this, the students at our school will be smarter and more mature. The student will have to wok very hard to achieve a grade B average and will have to study more. Tests scores will go up and because the students want such good grades that they will have to pay attention during class; therefore, the students won't act out in class, as well as the activities they are in. They will care about the team or club and do their best. I think the policy for having a grade B average to be on activities at the school should be a yes.	Evidence	Effective
3dc4b4c2af8b	294099CEB05C	Students with a grade B average will be rounded quite well, for they will have the smarts, as well as the athletics.	Claim	Effective
d5a33d110393	294099CEB05C	Everyone can make a grade B average, so this policy would not be unfair. It would challenge the students to do there best on every paper they turn in. The students would also learn new study skills, as well as fundamental organization skills that are needed in everyday life. If students could keep up with all their school stuff, study good, and keep good grades, then collage will be easier when it comes their time. It's proven that students that make the better grades do better in college and other activities, then the ones that make less decent grades.	Evidence	Effective
d5dba8c1c237	294099CEB05C	To have the kids that are in clubs or on sports teams that have a grade B average or better, they will have more smarts to carry out plays better.	Claim	Effective
2eb050b9cdd7	294099CEB05C	If the quarter back on the football team doesn't have the right fundamentals down, then the quarterback is useless. Smarts also help in groups. For a student to have a grade B average, then they must have some type of leadership in them. So for a grade B average student to be in a club or something of that nature, then the group will have a better bonding. They will be able to work together and develop into a team or group. Brainstorming ideas for ways to help the community will be able to be organized and arranged neatly.	Evidence	Effective
2f98821d7090	294099CEB05C	Having the students maintain an grade B average at our school is a policy that should be passed. Helping the students think for themselves, giving them necessary elements in life, and keeping them well rounded; this is what the policy offers. I think that the policy should be passed. It helps kids grow to be better adults, as well as help them in other situations in life. By doing the policy, it enhancing our generation, as well as many to come. Instead of more and more kids just barely making the grades, they will work towards being the best student they could be. The teachers are happy, the students feel proud of their grades, and all the activities are filled with smart wonderful children, this is why the policy you are suggesting should be passed and should be started in our school.	Concluding Statement	Effective
a851a094edfc	29450AD2A452	I think that kids should be aloud to help kid pick up litter and other things like that to help our community.	Position	Ineffective
2908491774ce	29450AD2A452	If the kids at the school do this it shows other people that really don't care that there are some people out there that want a better community.	Claim	Adequate
4fcd26c172c2	29450AD2A452	if we start it can really catch on and the more and more we do it the more it catches on to people. just like all of the drinkers out there that through there bottles or can on the ground or the other ones that cant make it to a garbage can or just didn't want to, care ,or feel like putting it in a garbage can. those are the people that we are trying to get through about this situation	Evidence	Ineffective
cbc89fdd93d0	29450AD2A452	all kids young and old should be aloud to help the elementary kids with there school work or get some friends and pick up the litter, because there not hurting anyone there helping us and our community.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
b415bd46ace9	294CA62F98EC	I believe that the way of voting for a president though the Electoral College is outdated. The popular vote should be deciding who becomes president.	Position	Effective
1332418b4dab	294CA62F98EC	Some Runner-ups have had the backing of the popular vote and not won because of the Electoral College	Claim	Adequate
4afc3a1644ad	294CA62F98EC	Several things you should consider is people can actually vote though popular vote	Claim	Adequate
e907a3d700fc	294CA62F98EC	he minority will have a better chance	Claim	Adequate
fb89698cd45f	294CA62F98EC	presidents have lost to the Electoral College.	Claim	Adequate
75640970bc80	294CA62F98EC	when people go to vote for the next preident or the returning one they arent actually voting for the president they are voting for electoral votes but some state wont even allow people to vote for that. Some states the electors vote for who they want and the peoples votes they are accounting for become nothing. They go out and vote for nothing. " Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana Legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors wiht new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy."(source 2) This is what cna happen when poeple can vote who they want and u have electors doing it for them they will put someone in the race that no one wants to really be there.	Evidence	Adequate
437adb29778f	294CA62F98EC	But some poeple say that the Electoral College is there to help us and to help most states have the winner take all system.	Counterclaim	Adequate
dbd83205e940	294CA62F98EC	The electoral college is unfair to voters	Rebuttal	Adequate
6076aabc55f5	294CA62F98EC	Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states."(source 2) which means that they won't visit every state because there is no reason to visit some.	Evidence	Effective
8bbc4710fb92	294CA62F98EC	Next, The minority will have a chance	Claim	Adequate
7dcf9079b8c3	294CA62F98EC	If there ever is a deadlock in the campiagn the voting will have to go to the house which will be mostly filled with the majority side. So the minority won' have much of a chance." Because almost all states award electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, even a very slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state." (source 3) that means a close election isn't so close anymore because of Electoral vote. But some people will say u can never get a tie. " A tie in the nationwide electoral vote is possible because the total number of votes-538- is an even number."(source 3)	Evidence	Effective
8361a5da1032	294CA62F98EC	According to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore- tanks to the quirks of the electoral college- won the popular vote but lost preisidency."(source 2) Which means Al Gore would have been president and not the other guy. Which would have changed today in one way or another.	Evidence	Adequate
dddbffd0f96c	294CA62F98EC	Some people do say The electoral vote is for the better. " The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President.	Counterclaim	Adequate
da06ca85f479	294CA62F98EC	But why do they get to vote for them and we dont.	Rebuttal	Ineffective
731910087e99	294CA62F98EC	In Conclusion, The Electoral College should be eradicated and the popular vote should take its place. The popular vote is better because people can actually vote, the minority will have a chance, Presidents loss becasue of Electoral Vote but win the Popular vote. In the end the Electoral College is outdated, unfair, and irrational.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
97d285b7e0ff	29534C6BD280	I think the election system should change to most popular state votes	Position	Adequate
5cacaf0a96ab	29534C6BD280	because it's only counting Americans who represent the Democratic and the Republican.	Claim	Ineffective
0a86b1ec6b42	29534C6BD280	The Electoral College does get its votes and completes the system but you have to vote for a slate of electors, not just that but voters can't always control their vote and voters would get confused about the electors and probably would vote for the incorrect candidate.	Evidence	Adequate
4a37fbd58ab0	29534C6BD280	The Electoral College is unfair.	Claim	Adequate
aff6e2b1927e	29534C6BD280	In 1960, the Louisiana legislature nearly replaced the Democratic electors with new electors so John F. Kennedy wouldn't get the most popular vote, while that was going on electors were being defiant about voting for their party's candidate and voted for whoever they wanted to choose. also in 1960, a state sent two slates of electors to congress in Hawaii, but Vice President Richard Nixon validated his opponent's eclectors without establishing a precedent.	Evidence	Adequate
0710e714c3bd	29534C6BD280	If the state uses a different system such as counting votes from different states, we wouldn't have as much problems we have with it now because the votes in the electoral college are outdated and irrational,	Claim	Effective
73897fb1df82	29534C6BD280	even Bob Dole said "Abolish the electoral college!". Americans who vote in the electoral college would not be confused and fussy anymore about who their voting in a different type of system because the electoral college system would sometimes be unorganized and not allow equal votes.	Evidence	Adequate
1f20157b8008	29534C6BD280	An anachronism is a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled and receives the most popular votes wins the president election.	Claim	Adequate
4c4e454cd59b	29534C6BD280	the Electoral College method is not democratic because the electors elect the president only, Americans are only voting for the slate of electors and voting for the presidentail candidate. The winner of the electoral vote doesn't win the most popular votes, but in 2000, Al Gore had more popular votes than George Bush but less electoral votes than Bush	Evidence	Adequate
428b078cb434	29534C6BD280	So the reason why we should retain the electoral college sytem because it's not fair because they avoid the run off elections which happened in 1968 and 1992 to Nixon and Clinton but the electoral college reduced the electoral votes in the run off elections, the electoral college never thinks about the outcome and almost have the winning president lose, in 2012 Obama recieved 61.7 percent of the electoral vote and had the same percentage of popular votes than Romney, and the electoral college turn off potential voters for a candidate knowing their votes will have no effect because they don't pay attention to the campaign.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
67f8cfc64cdb	296D2E892341	Some people say it was created by aliens, some people think it is just a rock. That thing is The Face on Mars. In 1976 a spaceshuttle named the Viking one was taking pictures of the Red planet also known as Mars. To find a possable landing place for its sister Viking two. Vikking one was scanning one day and found something on the surface of Mars that resembled a face of a human. The people who were getting the pictures of Mars that were back on Earth were shocked to see a human face appear on another planet.	Lead	Adequate
ee8393fc005b	296D2E892341	In the passage it says " It looks like something that aliens made". Like I said some people think its from aliens	Counterclaim	Adequate
728cdbdaa968	296D2E892341	but, thats not logical.	Rebuttal	Adequate
ec003b7d480a	296D2E892341	If aliens were real than I would believe it. Than again in the passage it also says that The "face" could be a mesa. Whenever they took a picture of it ten times sharper than the one before people still wouldn't believe that it is a rock and not an alien creation. When they say alien creation they think of an alien standing there and cutting into rock to make it look like a human face with a really big head.	Evidence	Adequate
4099e671653e	296D2E892341	In the passage it says that it is just a mesa.	Claim	Adequate
182ecfe25bb6	296D2E892341	Some scientist think the way the shaddows are it makes the mesa look like a Egyptian Pharaoh.	Evidence	Adequate
57746ffd266b	296D2E892341	The passage says that they don't see it often and that they use cameras that go small strip by small strip all over the planet and take pictures. Since the Face on Mars has been discovered it has been popular it starred in movies, books, magazines, and people talk about it in talk shows on the radio, also people talk about in the line at he grocery story. It was discovered just about fourty years ago.	Evidence	Ineffective
4424dc3e994f	296D2E892341	In my opinion I think it is some rocks that got covered up by dust overtime	Position	Adequate
25b33f40870b	296D2E892341	If people think that it was created by aliens than that's their opinion. It has been scientifically proven that it was not created by aliens. If it was made by aliens then why would the aliens want us humans to know that there is life on that planet.	Evidence	Adequate
4c24d18a0716	296D2E892341	But some pictures of the Face on Mars actually looks like a face	Counterclaim	Adequate
3718d684ec99	296D2E892341	but, that could just be the way the planet is getting light and reflected by the sun.	Rebuttal	Adequate
3bd629ca3f60	296D2E892341	So in my opinion I think it is a rock and all the people who think other wise they don't have proof to show that it is a alien creation.	Evidence	Adequate
dab2be467288	296D2E892341	So in conclusion this face on mars isn't a alien creation it is just rocks. In the passage it says that its a lava dome that takes place of an isolated mesa about the same size of the Face on mars which is two miles. So to all the people that think that it is an alien creation, its not. To be honest I think its just dust build up in some places, so when theres a shadow it shines off of it and makes a face that everyone freeks out about. Its just a big rock that does nothing I don't see why it would be a big deal in the first place.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
84397a0174de	297F3F4B6B58	The Electoral College shows many reasons why we should change it to popular vote.	Position	Adequate
1349a5f05c64	297F3F4B6B58	Like for instance The Electoral college is not fair	Claim	Adequate
7a34ad291aa5	297F3F4B6B58	but by voting with popular vote not only will more people vote but more people will vote for who they want to vote and not get confused and vote for the wrong candidate.	Evidence	Adequate
a5b9a54c2fcc	297F3F4B6B58	how Bradford Plumer stated during the 2000 campaign a variety of states that didnt vote because of not being able to see a campaign ad and they did that because some candidates dont focus on the states that they know theyre not gonna win. But by voting with popular vote you get to vote for who you want, everone gets to vote because every state would be equal and people would vote for the president and not for the slate of electors.	Evidence	Adequate

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not everyone get's to vote for an electon.

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If keeping the Electoral College the same, the there will never be a way where when everyone will get the chance to vote.

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The Electoral College is very unfair for not letting everyone vote.

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Those people that work that process just go to places that they know they will get a vote.

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Also, the Electoral College should change the election by poplular vote for the president of the United States because, when choosing your's elctors when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors.

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The people do not vote for president, the electors are who vote for president. When people think they are voting for president candidate, they are actually voting for slate of electors.

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There's five reason to where the Electoral College should be retraining.

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Thse five main reasons are because 1) Certainy of Outcome, dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible. 2)Everyone's President, requires a presidential to have trans-regional appeal. 3)Swing States, the winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates. 4)Big States, restores the weight in political balance that loose by virtue. 5)Avoid Run-Off Elections, avoides the problem of election in which they have no candidate.

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They just go to states where they will get votes,

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they know that other states will have no affect to them when getting no vote. Im guessing that they get their hopes up? They dont give other people a chance to vote.

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The Electoral College is a process where voters select electors who then vote for the President of the United State. But is it really that reliable? Is it better than an election decided by that of popular vote.

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The election process should be changed to one decided by popular vote instead of using the process of the Electoral College

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First of all source two states that voters can sometimes get confused on the candidate that they actually voted for since they're not direclty voting for the President.

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Another flaw of the Electoral College also stated in source two is that "... "faithless" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please...."

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That is pure lying. That basically just made that voter vote for the candidate that they did not want.

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Another critical error is that in the process of the Electoral College is that not all states are equally represented.

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For example if there is a tie in the Electoral vote the election would be handed to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the presedent. This wouldnt be fair because since each state casts only one vote, then the single representativ from Wyoming would only represent 500,000 voters. However the single representative from California would represent 35 million voters. That hardly seems fair.

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With Popular vote every American would get their say in a democratic way.

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As source three states "... the Electoral College is not democratic in a modern sense. With popular vote everyone would be represented equally.

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I understand that "the winning candidate's share of the Electoral College invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote" causes less chance of a dispute over the Electoral college than of the popular vote

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but not everyone really gets a say

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Also i understand that the Electoral College avoids run off elections

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but that is still very rare.

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State Senator it's time to abolish the Electoral college, and switch to the use of popular vote for elections.

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I agree on the position of having a system of communication for school work.

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Now lets say If you can not go to school if you have let's say the corona virus, you can just have classes there in bed,on a couch,or the kitchen table just like you would be at school.

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There are certain devices nowadays like a robot on wheels with a screen attached so the student could drive the robot carefully since it can go only less than 3 mph but can give the child the joy of video games from home and education they need.

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Another way of how the students could "go to school" from home is a IPad face time the person who is at home IPhone could ping a call to every class based on the classes schedules.

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I see these sort of devices extremely helpful to the community, Plus a huge benefit to the students since If they get the work done at home they could join the rest of the class with very little to no catch up time. I once on a personal note, once had to stay home from school since I had the stomach bug the whole family In my home had, I had to get caught up so I used the Google classroom and electude websites that the teachers say to use at home, just in case you miss class due to viruses. Once I returned the next week I was caught up in my B day rotation classes and A days I was ahead of everyone else in Generic_School so I could work In the shop more than the others

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So note, If you are ever at home You may see if the school can provide the face time idea or just work in Google classroom or what ever website your class uses at home or If school or hospitals provides A robot for absentees for a day then all the better for the student and the parents.

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I think driverless cars would be a very cool thing to have

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Also its outside the box not every car can be driverless but some can. Just look a lamborghini or ferrari they dont have as much technology as some of the newer middle class cars do. But your paying $500,000 for some thing that doesnt have as many features as a prius or a smart car. But also driverless cars arent really driveless if some has to take the wheel and go around some things that means the cars not really driveless

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I would rather drive my car than let a computer beacuse technology will always have problems and errors

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if that happens gonig down a highway at say 70mph and your car has a problem and you aren't ready for it you may end up in the hospital.

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Driverless cars will happen one day but not anytime soon cause some states say they arent even legal to drive a computer operated car.

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I think it fair that kids who have a B average should choose a sport but kids how have F. Should not be able to choose a sport

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they worried more about there sport. Then about school or school work then they don't have time to do there homework.

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Then they might even fail the grade there in. But people who have a B should be able to choose a sport because there doing well in school. And not failing in school there tried hard so they should be able to choose a sport that they like. But if they start doing bad in school or not doing there homework and start to get an F they should talk to the student. And tell him/her if they have a sport and still have B average or in the next test they take and get an F. there going to have take away there sport till she /he has better grades.

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I'm writing you this letter to address and give you my opinion onthe argument about keeping the clectoral college or changing to election by popular vote fhor the president of the United States.

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I feel that we should remove the electoral college

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because it seems like we do not use all of the votes to have everyone's input on the election.

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The electoral college consist of 538 electors and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. My question is "Why not use all of the electors votes instead of using only anout 55% of them?". We say that every vote counts but if we are not using all of the electoral votes then that means we are just contradicting our statement.

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From articles I have read, Under the electoral college, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the resident. Let's say if you lived in Texas, for instance , and wanted to vote for Kerry, you would vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry.

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Voters can not always control whom their vote for and sometimes voters get confused about the electors and choose the wrong canidate

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Some people may say that electoral votes should be kept so that it would make it easier for them

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but i feel thatelectoral votes are confusing and should be removed from a process of electing the president.

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I agree with the terms that to participate in sports and other activities, that you must have at least a grade B average. Although many students have a grade C average, I think it's best to follow through with this policy. It would help students in school, as well as make the teams and activities a more stricter, nicer team.

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Students should have to have at least a grade B average to be on the school's sports teams or in any other activities.

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By doing this, the students at our school will be smarter and more mature. The student will have to wok very hard to achieve a grade B average and will have to study more. Tests scores will go up and because the students want such good grades that they will have to pay attention during class; therefore, the students won't act out in class, as well as the activities they are in. They will care about the team or club and do their best. I think the policy for having a grade B average to be on activities at the school should be a yes.

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Students with a grade B average will be rounded quite well, for they will have the smarts, as well as the athletics.

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Everyone can make a grade B average, so this policy would not be unfair. It would challenge the students to do there best on every paper they turn in. The students would also learn new study skills, as well as fundamental organization skills that are needed in everyday life. If students could keep up with all their school stuff, study good, and keep good grades, then collage will be easier when it comes their time. It's proven that students that make the better grades do better in college and other activities, then the ones that make less decent grades.

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To have the kids that are in clubs or on sports teams that have a grade B average or better, they will have more smarts to carry out plays better.

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If the quarter back on the football team doesn't have the right fundamentals down, then the quarterback is useless. Smarts also help in groups. For a student to have a grade B average, then they must have some type of leadership in them. So for a grade B average student to be in a club or something of that nature, then the group will have a better bonding. They will be able to work together and develop into a team or group. Brainstorming ideas for ways to help the community will be able to be organized and arranged neatly.

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Having the students maintain an grade B average at our school is a policy that should be passed. Helping the students think for themselves, giving them necessary elements in life, and keeping them well rounded; this is what the policy offers. I think that the policy should be passed. It helps kids grow to be better adults, as well as help them in other situations in life. By doing the policy, it enhancing our generation, as well as many to come. Instead of more and more kids just barely making the grades, they will work towards being the best student they could be. The teachers are happy, the students feel proud of their grades, and all the activities are filled with smart wonderful children, this is why the policy you are suggesting should be passed and should be started in our school.

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I think that kids should be aloud to help kid pick up litter and other things like that to help our community.

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If the kids at the school do this it shows other people that really don't care that there are some people out there that want a better community.

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if we start it can really catch on and the more and more we do it the more it catches on to people. just like all of the drinkers out there that through there bottles or can on the ground or the other ones that cant make it to a garbage can or just didn't want to, care ,or feel like putting it in a garbage can. those are the people that we are trying to get through about this situation

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all kids young and old should be aloud to help the elementary kids with there school work or get some friends and pick up the litter, because there not hurting anyone there helping us and our community.

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I believe that the way of voting for a president though the Electoral College is outdated. The popular vote should be deciding who becomes president.

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Some Runner-ups have had the backing of the popular vote and not won because of the Electoral College

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Several things you should consider is people can actually vote though popular vote

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he minority will have a better chance

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presidents have lost to the Electoral College.

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when people go to vote for the next preident or the returning one they arent actually voting for the president they are voting for electoral votes but some state wont even allow people to vote for that. Some states the electors vote for who they want and the peoples votes they are accounting for become nothing. They go out and vote for nothing. " Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana Legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors wiht new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy."(source 2) This is what cna happen when poeple can vote who they want and u have electors doing it for them they will put someone in the race that no one wants to really be there.

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But some poeple say that the Electoral College is there to help us and to help most states have the winner take all system.

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The electoral college is unfair to voters

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Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states."(source 2) which means that they won't visit every state because there is no reason to visit some.

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Next, The minority will have a chance

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If there ever is a deadlock in the campiagn the voting will have to go to the house which will be mostly filled with the majority side. So the minority won' have much of a chance." Because almost all states award electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, even a very slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state." (source 3) that means a close election isn't so close anymore because of Electoral vote. But some people will say u can never get a tie. " A tie in the nationwide electoral vote is possible because the total number of votes-538- is an even number."(source 3)

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According to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore- tanks to the quirks of the electoral college- won the popular vote but lost preisidency."(source 2) Which means Al Gore would have been president and not the other guy. Which would have changed today in one way or another.

Evidence

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Some people do say The electoral vote is for the better. " The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President.

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But why do they get to vote for them and we dont.

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In Conclusion, The Electoral College should be eradicated and the popular vote should take its place. The popular vote is better because people can actually vote, the minority will have a chance, Presidents loss becasue of Electoral Vote but win the Popular vote. In the end the Electoral College is outdated, unfair, and irrational.

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I think the election system should change to most popular state votes

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because it's only counting Americans who represent the Democratic and the Republican.

Claim

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The Electoral College does get its votes and completes the system but you have to vote for a slate of electors, not just that but voters can't always control their vote and voters would get confused about the electors and probably would vote for the incorrect candidate.

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The Electoral College is unfair.

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In 1960, the Louisiana legislature nearly replaced the Democratic electors with new electors so John F. Kennedy wouldn't get the most popular vote, while that was going on electors were being defiant about voting for their party's candidate and voted for whoever they wanted to choose. also in 1960, a state sent two slates of electors to congress in Hawaii, but Vice President Richard Nixon validated his opponent's eclectors without establishing a precedent.

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If the state uses a different system such as counting votes from different states, we wouldn't have as much problems we have with it now because the votes in the electoral college are outdated and irrational,

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even Bob Dole said "Abolish the electoral college!". Americans who vote in the electoral college would not be confused and fussy anymore about who their voting in a different type of system because the electoral college system would sometimes be unorganized and not allow equal votes.

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An anachronism is a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled and receives the most popular votes wins the president election.

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the Electoral College method is not democratic because the electors elect the president only, Americans are only voting for the slate of electors and voting for the presidentail candidate. The winner of the electoral vote doesn't win the most popular votes, but in 2000, Al Gore had more popular votes than George Bush but less electoral votes than Bush

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So the reason why we should retain the electoral college sytem because it's not fair because they avoid the run off elections which happened in 1968 and 1992 to Nixon and Clinton but the electoral college reduced the electoral votes in the run off elections, the electoral college never thinks about the outcome and almost have the winning president lose, in 2012 Obama recieved 61.7 percent of the electoral vote and had the same percentage of popular votes than Romney, and the electoral college turn off potential voters for a candidate knowing their votes will have no effect because they don't pay attention to the campaign.

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Some people say it was created by aliens, some people think it is just a rock. That thing is The Face on Mars. In 1976 a spaceshuttle named the Viking one was taking pictures of the Red planet also known as Mars. To find a possable landing place for its sister Viking two. Vikking one was scanning one day and found something on the surface of Mars that resembled a face of a human. The people who were getting the pictures of Mars that were back on Earth were shocked to see a human face appear on another planet.

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In the passage it says " It looks like something that aliens made". Like I said some people think its from aliens

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but, thats not logical.

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If aliens were real than I would believe it. Than again in the passage it also says that The "face" could be a mesa. Whenever they took a picture of it ten times sharper than the one before people still wouldn't believe that it is a rock and not an alien creation. When they say alien creation they think of an alien standing there and cutting into rock to make it look like a human face with a really big head.

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In the passage it says that it is just a mesa.

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Some scientist think the way the shaddows are it makes the mesa look like a Egyptian Pharaoh.

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The passage says that they don't see it often and that they use cameras that go small strip by small strip all over the planet and take pictures. Since the Face on Mars has been discovered it has been popular it starred in movies, books, magazines, and people talk about it in talk shows on the radio, also people talk about in the line at he grocery story. It was discovered just about fourty years ago.

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In my opinion I think it is some rocks that got covered up by dust overtime

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If people think that it was created by aliens than that's their opinion. It has been scientifically proven that it was not created by aliens. If it was made by aliens then why would the aliens want us humans to know that there is life on that planet.

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But some pictures of the Face on Mars actually looks like a face

Counterclaim

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but, that could just be the way the planet is getting light and reflected by the sun.

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So in my opinion I think it is a rock and all the people who think other wise they don't have proof to show that it is a alien creation.

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So in conclusion this face on mars isn't a alien creation it is just rocks. In the passage it says that its a lava dome that takes place of an isolated mesa about the same size of the Face on mars which is two miles. So to all the people that think that it is an alien creation, its not. To be honest I think its just dust build up in some places, so when theres a shadow it shines off of it and makes a face that everyone freeks out about. Its just a big rock that does nothing I don't see why it would be a big deal in the first place.

Concluding Statement

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The Electoral College shows many reasons why we should change it to popular vote.

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Like for instance The Electoral college is not fair

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but by voting with popular vote not only will more people vote but more people will vote for who they want to vote and not get confused and vote for the wrong candidate.

Evidence

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how Bradford Plumer stated during the 2000 campaign a variety of states that didnt vote because of not being able to see a campaign ad and they did that because some candidates dont focus on the states that they know theyre not gonna win. But by voting with popular vote you get to vote for who you want, everone gets to vote because every state would be equal and people would vote for the president and not for the slate of electors.

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