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27bd7a06f99c	37019C8C1ECD	its equal.	Claim	Adequate
a9345f61d6b1	37019C8C1ECD	To begin with , when the first Electoral College was made no one really argued about it. But over the many years conflicts have come. People have realized that was is being done istn fair or right. '' At the most basic level , the Electoral College is unfair to voters. Because the winner-take-all system in each state , candidates dont spend time in states they know the have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the ''swing'' state''.( source 2, p. 13)	Evidence	Adequate
13ffa7516b9e	37019C8C1ECD	Everyone has the right to vote but if their votes dont count whats the point?	Claim	Adequate
4534f835f749	37019C8C1ECD	People should have the right to voice their own opinion and be part of the voting	Evidence	Adequate
f6d588dc0daa	37019C8C1ECD	The electors that are chosen have only a little amount of opinions. If the voters would be included there would be a variety of choices of who should win. Every american should be comfortable and certain about who they voted for and if the Electoral College votes contradicts that there can be problems.	Evidence	Ineffective
e99955733a25	37019C8C1ECD	Furthermore , In a direct election everyone is treated equally. Unlike , the voting we have now	Claim	Adequate
0472647826ec	37019C8C1ECD	''If you lived in Texas , for instance , and wanted to vote for [John] Kerry , you'd vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry''. (source 2, p. 10). Voters cant always control whom their electors vote for but voters sometimes can get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate.	Evidence	Adequate
28f192171beb	37019C8C1ECD	Why have so much going on when you can peacefully just count the votes of the voters and electors together?	Evidence	Ineffective
fe638d6c5d1a	37019C8C1ECD	Yes , they may be the electors and might have more knowledge of whats going on but they are just people too and everyone is created equally so definitely their votes shouldnt be the only ones actually counted.	Evidence	Adequate
0df1943942e5	37019C8C1ECD	Moreover , Bigger states may have a bigger effect on the votes because of their large amount of people voting	Claim	Adequate
23b6fbef0966	37019C8C1ECD	By , not making their vote count some people can feel that their voices are not being heard which can lead to in some cases riots and rebellions etc. Voting happens for a reason if gives the world a chance to pick whom they want to see lead them and who they feel like is the right person but in the end if there votes cant count and actually go to the electors limits their power and freedom to speak. '' Voters in presidential elections ae people who want to express a political prefeence rather than people ho think that a single vote may decide an election''.(source 3 , p.23). The Electoral College may have worked in the past but now its not working as well.	Evidence	Effective
0ef7594e1677	37019C8C1ECD	To conclude , The Electoral College process should be stopped for numerous number of reasons. It limits peoples opinions and people are voting for no reason if they cant pick who they want. Whoever is running for president and everyone who votes for one person shouldnt just be heard from a certai group of people. Everyones opinion should matter.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
7238b486cb5c	3712A5E56380	The Electoral College has served us for more than a century in determining our nation's new president. "The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress," states the article "What Is the Electoral College?" written by the Office of the Federal Register. This means that we do not vote directly vote for our new president, but instead vote for electors that vote for a candidate running for office. Though many individuals are in favor of keeping the Electoral College, if kept, it will continue to cause problems in our nation.	Lead	Effective
8750c6d44a1f	3712A5E56380	Our presidential campaign will be much better if we change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States.	Position	Effective
02f860a46713	3712A5E56380	To begin with, the Electoral College is the cause for many issues in our nation's presidential campaign. First of all, voters sometimes cannot even control whom their electors vote for. Ergo, one may vote for an elector of our favorite candidate's party, however, we don't know if that elector will go back on his word and vote for another cadidate.	Claim	Effective
973752d9292a	3712A5E56380	The article "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" written by Bradford Plumer states, "The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the sytem allows for much worse. Consider that state legislators are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people". This means that the people never know if their electors are going to go back on their word and vote for another candidate.	Evidence	Effective
1fdd0480676e	3712A5E56380	Aside from that, their is the worrying aspect of a tie occurring.	Claim	Effective
7d12c65af21e	3712A5E56380	If that were to happen, then the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives. The article The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" written by Bradford Plumer states, "In 1968, a shift of just 41, 971 votes would have deadlocked the election; In 1976, a tie would have occurred if a mere 5,559 votes in Ohio and 3,687 votes in Hawaii had voted the other way". This says that if those people had just voted for the opposite person, then there would have been a tie between the two candidates. Yes, those numbers seem large, but in comparison to the number of voters that there were in those years, they're a small fraction of them. This shows how close elections are with the Electoral College.	Evidence	Effective
5d47eee755ea	3712A5E56380	Aside from causing issues in the United States, the Electoral College is extremely unfair to voters.	Claim	Adequate
4fb0c421ebd7	3712A5E56380	The article, "What Is the Electoral College?" written by the Office of the Federal Register states, "Most states have a 'winner-take-all' system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate". That is not fair to other voters who don't vote for the popular candidate in their state; they don't receive any electors. Additionally, most candidates only advertise and visit "swing" states. "Swing" states are the states that usually determine the outcome of the election. "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" written by Bradford Plumer says, "During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad". It's unjustifiable that simply because you have fewer electors in your state, you don't get to watch your candidates campaign. As previously mentioned, each state has a different number of electoral votes. It all depends on the population. For example, Texas, with a huge population has 38 electors, while Maine only has 4. The article, "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid out defenses of the system are wrong" states, "Beacuse each state casts only one vote, the single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representatives from California, who represent 35 million voters". Why do some states have more representatives than others just because of their population? It's not fair to the smaller states. It is true that the bigger states have more people in them, needing more representation, however, the smaller states have as much to say as the big ones. '	Evidence	Effective
05296fb22906	3712A5E56380	To conclude, the Electoral College has caused many disastorous factors in our presidential campaigns. It has caused the wrong president to be elected, and it doesn't give our citizens much of a voice in the election. However, changing the system to popular vote for the president will give people a louder voice in this nation and it will show them that the government cares about their opinion. As the article, "The Indefesible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid out defenses are wrong" written by Bradford Plumer states, "It's officual: The Electoral College is unfaor, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. And the arguents against direct elections are spurious at best.	Concluding Statement	Effective
7ccfa56b4629	3716F4794AB4	Online or video conferencing is seen by schools as an option for students to attend classes from home. I Think students would not benefit from attending class at home than they would attending classes at schools. Students would lose the opportunity to communicate with the teachers and other students about the topics they are learning about. Online classes don't keep up with what the student has learned and what the student needs help with	Lead	Effective
2f69a1208f50	3716F4794AB4	Online Classes are not a good option for students	Position	Adequate
42fe9716a702	3716F4794AB4	they would not be able to communicate and ask questions	Claim	Effective
c44c7dc2d671	3716F4794AB4	Students wouldn't take it as serious and cheat	Claim	Adequate
abc9c83163e7	3716F4794AB4	students would lose the option of extracurricular activities and to socialize with other students.	Claim	Effective
f5c15fb544cb	3716F4794AB4	Online classes are not a good option for students because they cannot communicate and ask questions that could benefit their learning	Claim	Effective
fc334a7c78f7	3716F4794AB4	For example if the classes were not prerecorded or all written down and you had to listen to a teacher talk online, if you miss any information you wouldn't be able to communicate directly to the teacher for some time and wouldn't be able to ask questions until after the lesson. If the class was thought through notes online then students would't be able to communicate with the teacher directly and would have to email them which would take time for them to respond. Students need to think about the information they are learning and not asking questions and making connections, could hurt students when they are taking a test.	Evidence	Effective
a6bb33cd2f16	3716F4794AB4	Students would not take online school as serious as being in a classroom and learning and would probably end up cheating because they are in their own home	Claim	Adequate
2a00836cb006	3716F4794AB4	Online classes wouldn't be able to supervise or restrict students from cheating on an assignment or a test depending on what website or program the students are using to take the class. Students can access any program when they use their own computers unless they are provided b'y the online school. Students could become lazy and skip the lessons because students would feel they have the option because they are in their own home.	Evidence	Adequate
290f39006663	3716F4794AB4	Online distance learning also takes away the option for students to socialize with other students and to attend or take extracurricular activities after school that they would normally take if they were at school.	Claim	Effective
835d25139c03	3716F4794AB4	Students would not be able to work on any assignments or share any information with other students and would have to work alone. Students would not be able to join school sports, to be part of a team or to just be a little active instead of staying in your house all day, or attend other after school activities that would allow students to socialize and learn about more information that other schools provide after school. Students would lose the opportunity to stay after school with the teacher and ask questions and ask for help.	Evidence	Effective
199b5071b68a	3716F4794AB4	Online distance learning would not benefit students because it takes away the option of direct communication which is key when it comes to learning new curricular. The chance of cheating and laziness increase with taking online classes because its based on your schedule and you learn from your own computer. Also it takes away from socializing with other students and making new friends to spend time with and also losing the option to try after school activities. Also students could have many issues accessing the lessons which would ultimately disrupt their learning. Some schools may offer the option to attend classes while at home but students wouldn't benefit as much as attending classes at school.	Concluding Statement	Effective
09eb4d2d1b3f	371834E7E1DD	The electoral college has been a part of the united states for many years. The founding fathers were the ones who established it in the constituion	Lead	Adequate
bc2705de7e56	371834E7E1DD	The electoral college seems to have worked for all these years , but my opinion on this is that we should change it to electing a president with popular vote. There are many pros and cons to both the electoral college and the popular vote but the positives of the popular vote outweigh the negatives more then the electoral does.	Position	Effective
75ead355ef8e	371834E7E1DD	The united states is a democracy so the citizens living here should have the right to vote for the president of the united states	Claim	Effective
a5cce58226b1	371834E7E1DD	With the electoral college the citizens are'nt the ones voting for the president the electors are. In the electoral college the voters are voting for a slate of electors, who then vote for the president. In most cases the elector votes for the candidate that their party wants, in some cases the elector has chosen the oppossing candidate to what his party wants according to the second source. Since the elector is allowed to do this that is one reason why the electoral college is unfair. Popular vote is when the people vote for the candidate they want this is truly what a democracy is when the people choose their representatives.	Evidence	Effective
32f2c9b08ffb	371834E7E1DD	The electoral college is unfair to voters because of the winner-take-all system in all the states,	Claim	Effective
9f9fe4920fce	371834E7E1DD	because candidates don't spent time in the states they know they will lose in. They only foucus on the states that they know they will win in or of a close chance to the other candidate, because of this there has been times when people would not see the candidates at all or they did'nt get to see a single campaign ad. If there was popular vote then this would not be the case and it would be eliminated, because candidates would have no choice but to put up advertisments all over the country.	Evidence	Effective
96fea485a653	371834E7E1DD	Even though the popular vote is a good way to go	Counterclaim	Adequate
b5701da8e3d7	371834E7E1DD	I think that this system of electing president is still not perfect or will never be perfect	Rebuttal	Adequate
ede2514b5157	371834E7E1DD	The electoral college allowed some of are greatest presidents to win beacuse if they got more electoral votes then popular vote it would'nt matter they will still win. The electoral college also avoids the problem of one candidate not recieving the majority of the votes cast. The electoral college has been in are country for so long and has worked for us well but I still believe that the popular vote can be and should be used in future elections	Concluding Statement	Effective
b502f98ae35b	37513D076D09	I think we should make everyone do community service!	Position	Adequate
439ad0b53724	37513D076D09	It could let people have a different aspect on the community	Claim	Ineffective
3707f2778a46	37513D076D09	Newton County is not that clean and not everybody is superb in school.	Evidence	Ineffective
da8d1b45e42d	37513D076D09	First, Newton County has lots of liter!	Claim	Adequate
edd103a1df69	37513D076D09	We have to do something about it. Certain students should be assigned roads and highways and pick up as much trash as possible every Friday! Then we can pride in of county. It will be so much more delightful.	Evidence	Adequate
8a656db6db82	37513D076D09	Another idea is to tutor students every other day!	Claim	Adequate
fa6091bc1971	37513D076D09	If we have eighth grade students tutor sixth and seventh grade students then hopefully our AP scores will improve	Evidence	Adequate
0ceb8c6499cb	37513D076D09	I'm not sure how you could make everyone do community service because some students have after school activities and you can't make them stop for other people.	Counterclaim	Adequate
a46ffed24b30	37771E9C2A8D	As we all know many people in the United States use phones in their everyday life, either at work or school and even just at home. Our phones are very useful and in my experiences helped me a lot in my time of needs, however many people use it for the wrong reasons.	Lead	Effective
be2611a4f72e	37771E9C2A8D	Almost everyone has phones, and in my opinion phones should not be allowed to be used at school.	Position	Adequate
ae7ca638596d	37771E9C2A8D	Why shouldn't they be allowed you ask? Well there are many reasons why they shouldn't be allowed, so let me tell you more.	Claim	Adequate
471c82403415	37771E9C2A8D	Cell phones nowadays are advanced in technology. Many phones have 3g internet which allows the user to surf the internet almost everywhere they go. What is the problem with that you might ask?	Evidence	Adequate
ddc9177904b3	37771E9C2A8D	Although having internet everywhere you go a nice touch, many people may use it for the wrong reasons.	Claim	Adequate
8f451f8bd884	37771E9C2A8D	Students can pretty much go on the internet and look up answers for a test or quiz they didn't study for and I don't know about you but i think that's cheating	Evidence	Adequate
3da16d1bf568	37771E9C2A8D	Another reason would be texting in class.	Claim	Adequate
bfdb4018a5aa	37771E9C2A8D	He/she may text his/her friend during class time, therefore distracting her from learning or doing their work. Most cell phones can also download games in which the user can play in class and also distract them from class time.	Evidence	Adequate
c64dfc9c02af	37771E9C2A8D	As you can see cell phones are	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
97fbbd76acc5	378005A2C405	My opinion on driverless cars is that it is a good development.	Position	Adequate
398532648878	378005A2C405	It can drive for you while you are texting or something so that wouldn't be a problem or not. Also it will have cameras on you to see what is happening in the car as well as out of it. I think it will be more usefull while on long drives and what not. It alerts you if there is a problem so even if you are distracted by a phone call or something you will be alerted. But i think there should be more tests done on the driverless car such as braking, accelerating, steering, and turn signals. It will have 3-D ssensors outside the car so just in case a animal runs in front of the car it will brake automatically which i think is a good feature.	Evidence	Adequate
235f22ee7d47	378005A2C405	Driverless cars will come either now or later so we should all accept it and consider it.	Claim	Adequate
e1bfa4b8e700	378005A2C405	People will not like the idea but they probably haven't tried it out either so they have no real argument as to why this is a bad idea.	Evidence	Ineffective
4244b6ba8821	378005A2C405	This is my opinion on driverless cars.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
befe7b45f8e1	37848FC43982	Are cars necessary in today's society? Of course they are necessary. Now, are driverless cars necessary	Lead	Adequate
ecae14a90dbd	37848FC43982	I would argue that they are not. Cars have been around for about a hundred years, and not once has society put its foot down and demanded a car that drives itself.	Position	Adequate
37baecf8d080	37848FC43982	The driverless cars this article discusses are not actually driverless,	Claim	Effective
f34d361a0265	37848FC43982	they are not legal,	Claim	Effective
43262bab0466	37848FC43982	there is no telling what future problems may arise.	Claim	Effective
0137d18866e9	37848FC43982	Shouldn't a truly driverless car not require a human at all? I personally believe a driverless car should be able to navigate itself without human interferance. If it requires a human, then what is the point of calling it driverless?	Claim	Effective
9155ac87b7af	37848FC43982	In fact, all the driverless cars being created right now are designed to notify the driver when it approaches a work zone or accident. So, in case the need to have a human take over arises, an individual would have to be sitting in the drivers seat, paying absolute attention to the road, and await the moment the car will allow the individual to take over. Wouldn't that take away the nejoyment of owning a driverless car? I believe it is even more of a hassle than driving ever would be. A person would have to fight boredom and remain alert while doing nothing other than sitting in the driver seat. To all driverless car companies: driving is paying attention to the road, but the driver is actually engaged, making driving more interesting.	Evidence	Adequate
bae998b10b3a	37848FC43982	Not only are driverless cars not fully developed, but they are not even legal	Claim	Effective
cc272b982237	37848FC43982	Most states do not allow driverless cars. In fact, most states do not even allow driverlesss cars to be tested on their roads. The article only mentions four places that allow driverless cars, and they only allow limited use. If these cars are not even allowed by most states to out on the road for testing, imagine how long it would take to pass laws to get these cars approved.	Evidence	Adequate
c4cce4b5d5f8	37848FC43982	A myriad of problems could arise pertaining to driverless cars	Claim	Effective
988854c41825	37848FC43982	The article mentioned a very real problem in driverless cars: if something goes awry and someone in injured, who is at fault? These cases would resort in major courtroom battles between average people and multi-million dollar companies. Another potential problem with driverless cars is the change off between driver and robot. If the car signals the driver and the driver does not respond, then what would the car do? A multitude of problems could appear, and all automakers can do is hope they will be abloe to find solutions to these probelms. To quote the article, "Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved." Not only are the companies unsure of what issues will surface, but they are not completely sure they will be able to find solutions.	Evidence	Effective
5c12f7eccda9	37848FC43982	Driving has been central to the American way of life for a large span of time, and if manually driving cars has been working, why change it? Driverless cars have been beiong tested since the 50's, so there clearly is no rush in getting these cars on the street. Also, once these cars are available to the public they will most likely only be accesable to the rich. In time the driverless cars would be more affordable, but the original prices would be high	Evidence	Adequate
501a39da07a8	37848FC43982	Driverless cars are getting attention, but as soon as the public knows they will only be for wealthy hands for a bit of time, the excitment will die down.	Claim	Effective
5700338fc3f8	37848FC43982	The system works, and it works well, so why change it? Driverless cars may sound high-end and futurisitc, but our cars now do the job well. Plus, there are hazads and roadblocks the driverless cars will have to overcome first. Should we really make state legislatures waste time debating the use of a driverless car that is not completely driverless? Driverless cars have benefits, but they are not street legal. I see no point in spending money for a car that cannot be driven in most streets and is not able to operate without a human there to takeover incase something goes wrong.	Concluding Statement	Effective
50541ec1f7a9	37A77BEAD718	"What is the Electoral college? In the history, talk electoral college. The electoral college consists of the selection of the eletors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for president and vice president, and the couting of the electoral votes by congress. also, the electoral cogelle consists of 538 electors. a majority of 570 electoral votes is requiered to elect the president.	Lead	Ineffective
59468b56d0e2	37A77BEAD718	According with the test, i agree because all the candidates generally hace responsabilities	Position	Ineffective
a0bdfa6011d5	37A77BEAD718	so, they need to demostrate to the people that them can have good ideas for the state. then the people need to have a vote for the best candidate for that can pass to be the new president of the state.	Claim	Ineffective
9c90ace3c878	37A77BEAD718	each candidate have many obligations with the state the obligation president is better the state. one "evidence is each candidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors"	Evidence	Ineffective
9c560402bd2a	37A77BEAD718	in conclusion, i think that is good be president of a state but a president have many obligations that to accomplish.	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
fb89014ef2c7	37DFBAA507EE	The problem with the electoral college is that the people really arent controlling who they vote for. Personally i am in favor of changin the electoral college to popular vote.	Lead	Adequate
adf7d8946565	37DFBAA507EE	The representatives of the electoral college can basically vote for who ever they want to vote for.	Claim	Adequate
b036cdfdd166	37DFBAA507EE	The people only influence the electoral college.	Claim	Adequate
026b140cf808	37DFBAA507EE	The people should have the right to vote for the candidate that they want not the one that some representative in the electoral college chooses.	Claim	Adequate
0958a5a07878	37DFBAA507EE	These are just some reasons why i think the presidential should be replaced by popular vote.	Position	Adequate
b71cf589d1b8	37DFBAA507EE	To begin with, the representatives of the electoral college can basically vote for who ever they want to vote for.	Claim	Adequate
38ba0d109386	37DFBAA507EE	When a voter places there vote they arent voting for the actual president they are simply voting for the reps of the electoral college. "The electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast." What this means is that basically the election is based on what they decide not on what the people say	Evidence	Adequate
3da11b04022e	37DFBAA507EE	Furthermore, the only thing the people do by voting is that they influence the electoral college's decision.	Claim	Adequate
f400cdd9e9c8	37DFBAA507EE	The people dont really get to choose who they believe should be in office. All the electoral college does is get in the way of whom the people choose to be president. The electoral college should be removed and replaced with popular vote. This should take place as soon as possible.	Evidence	Adequate
74f3c5b75f7a	37DFBAA507EE	Lastly, the people should have the right to vote for whom they believe should take office; not for some representative that is gonna choose who ever they want.	Claim	Adequate
4f02ea2f1bb2	37DFBAA507EE	For example, lets say that one votes for obama, they arent really voting for obama they are voting for someone who could pick obama, But the person that they vote for to pick obama could change there mind and vote for the other candidate. So really the peoples vote doesnt even matter. All it does is influence the vote of some representative from the electoral college. I believe that this should be changed to popular vote. In which the people vote for the candidate they want to be president and then all the votes are counted up and compared. Thats the way the presidential should be done.	Evidence	Adequate
2bc37588007c	37DFBAA507EE	This is the best way for the peoples voice to be recognized and it will make a difference.	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
3a6c81d0c473	37FBA54D3C15	In this article it asks if you can imagine a world where cars are not needed, I am proud to say I can. In American now more than ever transportation is needed mainly for people to get to work and buy food or other appliances. The people in the word are in need of public transportation more than ever.	Lead	Ineffective
9c1b099fe3a1	37FBA54D3C15	This is why I believe we need to invest in building public infrastructure, public cars, and other forms of transportation.	Position	Ineffective
ef529c93312d	37FBA54D3C15	the best way to create such a project is to create road systems controlled by magnates and gps computers and creating cars that will run on similar to a train track.	Claim	Adequate
806f1034d0bd	37FBA54D3C15	This is similar to the bullet trains seen throughout Japan that run on magnates. It would also need to be run by some form of renewable energy sources so the best option is electricity and solar power. It would need a computer capable of driving a car in all conditions and that can travel at high speeds.	Evidence	Adequate
557f8bb0167a	37FBA54D3C15	Would also need a safety feature that allows the driver to take control of the vehicle.	Claim	Adequate

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To begin with , when the first Electoral College was made no one really argued about it. But over the many years conflicts have come. People have realized that was is being done istn fair or right. '' At the most basic level , the Electoral College is unfair to voters. Because the winner-take-all system in each state , candidates dont spend time in states they know the have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the ''swing'' state''.( source 2, p. 13)

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Everyone has the right to vote but if their votes dont count whats the point?

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People should have the right to voice their own opinion and be part of the voting

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The electors that are chosen have only a little amount of opinions. If the voters would be included there would be a variety of choices of who should win. Every american should be comfortable and certain about who they voted for and if the Electoral College votes contradicts that there can be problems.

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Furthermore , In a direct election everyone is treated equally. Unlike , the voting we have now

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''If you lived in Texas , for instance , and wanted to vote for [John] Kerry , you'd vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry''. (source 2, p. 10). Voters cant always control whom their electors vote for but voters sometimes can get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate.

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Why have so much going on when you can peacefully just count the votes of the voters and electors together?

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Yes , they may be the electors and might have more knowledge of whats going on but they are just people too and everyone is created equally so definitely their votes shouldnt be the only ones actually counted.

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Moreover , Bigger states may have a bigger effect on the votes because of their large amount of people voting

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By , not making their vote count some people can feel that their voices are not being heard which can lead to in some cases riots and rebellions etc. Voting happens for a reason if gives the world a chance to pick whom they want to see lead them and who they feel like is the right person but in the end if there votes cant count and actually go to the electors limits their power and freedom to speak. '' Voters in presidential elections ae people who want to express a political prefeence rather than people ho think that a single vote may decide an election''.(source 3 , p.23). The Electoral College may have worked in the past but now its not working as well.

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To conclude , The Electoral College process should be stopped for numerous number of reasons. It limits peoples opinions and people are voting for no reason if they cant pick who they want. Whoever is running for president and everyone who votes for one person shouldnt just be heard from a certai group of people. Everyones opinion should matter.

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The Electoral College has served us for more than a century in determining our nation's new president. "The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress," states the article "What Is the Electoral College?" written by the Office of the Federal Register. This means that we do not vote directly vote for our new president, but instead vote for electors that vote for a candidate running for office. Though many individuals are in favor of keeping the Electoral College, if kept, it will continue to cause problems in our nation.

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Our presidential campaign will be much better if we change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States.

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To begin with, the Electoral College is the cause for many issues in our nation's presidential campaign. First of all, voters sometimes cannot even control whom their electors vote for. Ergo, one may vote for an elector of our favorite candidate's party, however, we don't know if that elector will go back on his word and vote for another cadidate.

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The article "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" written by Bradford Plumer states, "The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the sytem allows for much worse. Consider that state legislators are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people". This means that the people never know if their electors are going to go back on their word and vote for another candidate.

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Aside from that, their is the worrying aspect of a tie occurring.

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If that were to happen, then the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives. The article The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" written by Bradford Plumer states, "In 1968, a shift of just 41, 971 votes would have deadlocked the election; In 1976, a tie would have occurred if a mere 5,559 votes in Ohio and 3,687 votes in Hawaii had voted the other way". This says that if those people had just voted for the opposite person, then there would have been a tie between the two candidates. Yes, those numbers seem large, but in comparison to the number of voters that there were in those years, they're a small fraction of them. This shows how close elections are with the Electoral College.

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Aside from causing issues in the United States, the Electoral College is extremely unfair to voters.

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The article, "What Is the Electoral College?" written by the Office of the Federal Register states, "Most states have a 'winner-take-all' system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate". That is not fair to other voters who don't vote for the popular candidate in their state; they don't receive any electors. Additionally, most candidates only advertise and visit "swing" states. "Swing" states are the states that usually determine the outcome of the election. "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" written by Bradford Plumer says, "During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad". It's unjustifiable that simply because you have fewer electors in your state, you don't get to watch your candidates campaign. As previously mentioned, each state has a different number of electoral votes. It all depends on the population. For example, Texas, with a huge population has 38 electors, while Maine only has 4. The article, "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid out defenses of the system are wrong" states, "Beacuse each state casts only one vote, the single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representatives from California, who represent 35 million voters". Why do some states have more representatives than others just because of their population? It's not fair to the smaller states. It is true that the bigger states have more people in them, needing more representation, however, the smaller states have as much to say as the big ones. '

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To conclude, the Electoral College has caused many disastorous factors in our presidential campaigns. It has caused the wrong president to be elected, and it doesn't give our citizens much of a voice in the election. However, changing the system to popular vote for the president will give people a louder voice in this nation and it will show them that the government cares about their opinion. As the article, "The Indefesible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid out defenses are wrong" written by Bradford Plumer states, "It's officual: The Electoral College is unfaor, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. And the arguents against direct elections are spurious at best.

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Online or video conferencing is seen by schools as an option for students to attend classes from home. I Think students would not benefit from attending class at home than they would attending classes at schools. Students would lose the opportunity to communicate with the teachers and other students about the topics they are learning about. Online classes don't keep up with what the student has learned and what the student needs help with

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Online Classes are not a good option for students

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they would not be able to communicate and ask questions

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Students wouldn't take it as serious and cheat

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students would lose the option of extracurricular activities and to socialize with other students.

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Online classes are not a good option for students because they cannot communicate and ask questions that could benefit their learning

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For example if the classes were not prerecorded or all written down and you had to listen to a teacher talk online, if you miss any information you wouldn't be able to communicate directly to the teacher for some time and wouldn't be able to ask questions until after the lesson. If the class was thought through notes online then students would't be able to communicate with the teacher directly and would have to email them which would take time for them to respond. Students need to think about the information they are learning and not asking questions and making connections, could hurt students when they are taking a test.

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Students would not take online school as serious as being in a classroom and learning and would probably end up cheating because they are in their own home

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Online classes wouldn't be able to supervise or restrict students from cheating on an assignment or a test depending on what website or program the students are using to take the class. Students can access any program when they use their own computers unless they are provided b'y the online school. Students could become lazy and skip the lessons because students would feel they have the option because they are in their own home.

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Online distance learning also takes away the option for students to socialize with other students and to attend or take extracurricular activities after school that they would normally take if they were at school.

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Students would not be able to work on any assignments or share any information with other students and would have to work alone. Students would not be able to join school sports, to be part of a team or to just be a little active instead of staying in your house all day, or attend other after school activities that would allow students to socialize and learn about more information that other schools provide after school. Students would lose the opportunity to stay after school with the teacher and ask questions and ask for help.

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Online distance learning would not benefit students because it takes away the option of direct communication which is key when it comes to learning new curricular. The chance of cheating and laziness increase with taking online classes because its based on your schedule and you learn from your own computer. Also it takes away from socializing with other students and making new friends to spend time with and also losing the option to try after school activities. Also students could have many issues accessing the lessons which would ultimately disrupt their learning. Some schools may offer the option to attend classes while at home but students wouldn't benefit as much as attending classes at school.

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The electoral college has been a part of the united states for many years. The founding fathers were the ones who established it in the constituion

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The electoral college seems to have worked for all these years , but my opinion on this is that we should change it to electing a president with popular vote. There are many pros and cons to both the electoral college and the popular vote but the positives of the popular vote outweigh the negatives more then the electoral does.

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The united states is a democracy so the citizens living here should have the right to vote for the president of the united states

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With the electoral college the citizens are'nt the ones voting for the president the electors are. In the electoral college the voters are voting for a slate of electors, who then vote for the president. In most cases the elector votes for the candidate that their party wants, in some cases the elector has chosen the oppossing candidate to what his party wants according to the second source. Since the elector is allowed to do this that is one reason why the electoral college is unfair. Popular vote is when the people vote for the candidate they want this is truly what a democracy is when the people choose their representatives.

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The electoral college is unfair to voters because of the winner-take-all system in all the states,

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because candidates don't spent time in the states they know they will lose in. They only foucus on the states that they know they will win in or of a close chance to the other candidate, because of this there has been times when people would not see the candidates at all or they did'nt get to see a single campaign ad. If there was popular vote then this would not be the case and it would be eliminated, because candidates would have no choice but to put up advertisments all over the country.

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Even though the popular vote is a good way to go

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I think that this system of electing president is still not perfect or will never be perfect

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The electoral college allowed some of are greatest presidents to win beacuse if they got more electoral votes then popular vote it would'nt matter they will still win. The electoral college also avoids the problem of one candidate not recieving the majority of the votes cast. The electoral college has been in are country for so long and has worked for us well but I still believe that the popular vote can be and should be used in future elections

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I think we should make everyone do community service!

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It could let people have a different aspect on the community

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Newton County is not that clean and not everybody is superb in school.

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First, Newton County has lots of liter!

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We have to do something about it. Certain students should be assigned roads and highways and pick up as much trash as possible every Friday! Then we can pride in of county. It will be so much more delightful.

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Another idea is to tutor students every other day!

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If we have eighth grade students tutor sixth and seventh grade students then hopefully our AP scores will improve

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I'm not sure how you could make everyone do community service because some students have after school activities and you can't make them stop for other people.

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As we all know many people in the United States use phones in their everyday life, either at work or school and even just at home. Our phones are very useful and in my experiences helped me a lot in my time of needs, however many people use it for the wrong reasons.

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Almost everyone has phones, and in my opinion phones should not be allowed to be used at school.

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Why shouldn't they be allowed you ask? Well there are many reasons why they shouldn't be allowed, so let me tell you more.

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Cell phones nowadays are advanced in technology. Many phones have 3g internet which allows the user to surf the internet almost everywhere they go. What is the problem with that you might ask?

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Although having internet everywhere you go a nice touch, many people may use it for the wrong reasons.

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Students can pretty much go on the internet and look up answers for a test or quiz they didn't study for and I don't know about you but i think that's cheating

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Another reason would be texting in class.

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He/she may text his/her friend during class time, therefore distracting her from learning or doing their work. Most cell phones can also download games in which the user can play in class and also distract them from class time.

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As you can see cell phones are

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My opinion on driverless cars is that it is a good development.

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It can drive for you while you are texting or something so that wouldn't be a problem or not. Also it will have cameras on you to see what is happening in the car as well as out of it. I think it will be more usefull while on long drives and what not. It alerts you if there is a problem so even if you are distracted by a phone call or something you will be alerted. But i think there should be more tests done on the driverless car such as braking, accelerating, steering, and turn signals. It will have 3-D ssensors outside the car so just in case a animal runs in front of the car it will brake automatically which i think is a good feature.

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Driverless cars will come either now or later so we should all accept it and consider it.

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People will not like the idea but they probably haven't tried it out either so they have no real argument as to why this is a bad idea.

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This is my opinion on driverless cars.

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Are cars necessary in today's society? Of course they are necessary. Now, are driverless cars necessary

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I would argue that they are not. Cars have been around for about a hundred years, and not once has society put its foot down and demanded a car that drives itself.

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The driverless cars this article discusses are not actually driverless,

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they are not legal,

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there is no telling what future problems may arise.

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Shouldn't a truly driverless car not require a human at all? I personally believe a driverless car should be able to navigate itself without human interferance. If it requires a human, then what is the point of calling it driverless?

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In fact, all the driverless cars being created right now are designed to notify the driver when it approaches a work zone or accident. So, in case the need to have a human take over arises, an individual would have to be sitting in the drivers seat, paying absolute attention to the road, and await the moment the car will allow the individual to take over. Wouldn't that take away the nejoyment of owning a driverless car? I believe it is even more of a hassle than driving ever would be. A person would have to fight boredom and remain alert while doing nothing other than sitting in the driver seat. To all driverless car companies: driving is paying attention to the road, but the driver is actually engaged, making driving more interesting.

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Not only are driverless cars not fully developed, but they are not even legal

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Most states do not allow driverless cars. In fact, most states do not even allow driverlesss cars to be tested on their roads. The article only mentions four places that allow driverless cars, and they only allow limited use. If these cars are not even allowed by most states to out on the road for testing, imagine how long it would take to pass laws to get these cars approved.

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A myriad of problems could arise pertaining to driverless cars

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The article mentioned a very real problem in driverless cars: if something goes awry and someone in injured, who is at fault? These cases would resort in major courtroom battles between average people and multi-million dollar companies. Another potential problem with driverless cars is the change off between driver and robot. If the car signals the driver and the driver does not respond, then what would the car do? A multitude of problems could appear, and all automakers can do is hope they will be abloe to find solutions to these probelms. To quote the article, "Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved." Not only are the companies unsure of what issues will surface, but they are not completely sure they will be able to find solutions.

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Driving has been central to the American way of life for a large span of time, and if manually driving cars has been working, why change it? Driverless cars have been beiong tested since the 50's, so there clearly is no rush in getting these cars on the street. Also, once these cars are available to the public they will most likely only be accesable to the rich. In time the driverless cars would be more affordable, but the original prices would be high

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Driverless cars are getting attention, but as soon as the public knows they will only be for wealthy hands for a bit of time, the excitment will die down.

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The system works, and it works well, so why change it? Driverless cars may sound high-end and futurisitc, but our cars now do the job well. Plus, there are hazads and roadblocks the driverless cars will have to overcome first. Should we really make state legislatures waste time debating the use of a driverless car that is not completely driverless? Driverless cars have benefits, but they are not street legal. I see no point in spending money for a car that cannot be driven in most streets and is not able to operate without a human there to takeover incase something goes wrong.

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"What is the Electoral college? In the history, talk electoral college. The electoral college consists of the selection of the eletors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for president and vice president, and the couting of the electoral votes by congress. also, the electoral cogelle consists of 538 electors. a majority of 570 electoral votes is requiered to elect the president.

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According with the test, i agree because all the candidates generally hace responsabilities

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so, they need to demostrate to the people that them can have good ideas for the state. then the people need to have a vote for the best candidate for that can pass to be the new president of the state.

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each candidate have many obligations with the state the obligation president is better the state. one "evidence is each candidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors"

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in conclusion, i think that is good be president of a state but a president have many obligations that to accomplish.

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The problem with the electoral college is that the people really arent controlling who they vote for. Personally i am in favor of changin the electoral college to popular vote.

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The representatives of the electoral college can basically vote for who ever they want to vote for.

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The people only influence the electoral college.

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The people should have the right to vote for the candidate that they want not the one that some representative in the electoral college chooses.

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These are just some reasons why i think the presidential should be replaced by popular vote.

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To begin with, the representatives of the electoral college can basically vote for who ever they want to vote for.

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When a voter places there vote they arent voting for the actual president they are simply voting for the reps of the electoral college. "The electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast." What this means is that basically the election is based on what they decide not on what the people say

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Furthermore, the only thing the people do by voting is that they influence the electoral college's decision.

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The people dont really get to choose who they believe should be in office. All the electoral college does is get in the way of whom the people choose to be president. The electoral college should be removed and replaced with popular vote. This should take place as soon as possible.

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Lastly, the people should have the right to vote for whom they believe should take office; not for some representative that is gonna choose who ever they want.

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For example, lets say that one votes for obama, they arent really voting for obama they are voting for someone who could pick obama, But the person that they vote for to pick obama could change there mind and vote for the other candidate. So really the peoples vote doesnt even matter. All it does is influence the vote of some representative from the electoral college. I believe that this should be changed to popular vote. In which the people vote for the candidate they want to be president and then all the votes are counted up and compared. Thats the way the presidential should be done.

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This is the best way for the peoples voice to be recognized and it will make a difference.

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In this article it asks if you can imagine a world where cars are not needed, I am proud to say I can. In American now more than ever transportation is needed mainly for people to get to work and buy food or other appliances. The people in the word are in need of public transportation more than ever.

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This is why I believe we need to invest in building public infrastructure, public cars, and other forms of transportation.

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the best way to create such a project is to create road systems controlled by magnates and gps computers and creating cars that will run on similar to a train track.

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This is similar to the bullet trains seen throughout Japan that run on magnates. It would also need to be run by some form of renewable energy sources so the best option is electricity and solar power. It would need a computer capable of driving a car in all conditions and that can travel at high speeds.

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Would also need a safety feature that allows the driver to take control of the vehicle.

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