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de8bc617fc02	39DCB6EF34D9	It is handy though, a car like this	Counterclaim	Adequate
4aa8cbc4e802	39DCB6EF34D9	but one would have to wonder the cost of a car like that. Probably something none of us could afford to buy	Rebuttal	Adequate
05cd413ed97b	39DCB6EF34D9	But it would be nice to not have to worry about other cars,	Counterclaim	Adequate
eb6db2fb8ade	39DCB6EF34D9	although when you come to a stop, although it has sensros on the car, does it sense the other driverless car? What if that car in the other line isnt't driverless and the driver decided to wave you along and let you go first, what would the car do? Does it truly function probably at an intersection?	Rebuttal	Adequate
1c16138455c5	39DCB6EF34D9	I dont particularly care about this kind of car, I learned how to drive and I'd rather just do that. Although thus driverless car sounds safer, I'm sure it would make less mistakes than I do, I don't quite trust it. Reason being is the issue with other drivers at an intersection, or the age of legal driving, then the not paying attention part of sitting in that car. If your car is navigating itself, do you really trust where you're going?	Concluding Statement	Adequate
25e6b1604901	39DD51C9D811	They should keep the Electoral college,	Position	Adequate
eecd8434d619	39DD51C9D811	Because its where people vote to choose who's going to be the president and the vice president.	Claim	Adequate
09336ceb0a06	39DD51C9D811	If they have 538 electors they have to count them all not 270/538 because its not fair. I am Agree with the "Certificate of Ascertainment" they can have a certificate even if they did not won.	Evidence	Ineffective
61f8659e728b	39DD51C9D811	Voters get confused	Claim	Adequate
b7654870dbde	39DD51C9D811	because the state convention, presidential candidates and the state central committee don't make up their minds....Why American people should considere themselves lucky if that was Back in 1960's, what makes them so sure that American people are going to be lucky again? well they might get lucky this time but not always they're going to be lucky every year its difficult and we are in 2015 now.	Evidence	Adequate
4b42dc32921f	39DD51C9D811	The electoral college have to change for good if they dont they wont see any votes when its time to vote	Claim	Ineffective
ed81ab3b83af	39E4DC4B4915	I would love it if the electoral college was gone	Position	Adequate
7b9b99003a0e	39E4DC4B4915	it really is crazy if people are thinking their voting for someone when they really aren't like the presidents.	Claim	Adequate
1935e19a8250	39E4DC4B4915	We actually help pick our state senators because when we vote for presidents we are actually voting for the canidates electors.	Evidence	Adequate
64fd848f52fd	39E4DC4B4915	Some states have a winner takes all system, and what that system does is awards all electors to the winning presidential canidate. But Maine and Nebraska each have a variation of proportional representation. after the prsidential election, our governor prepares a certificate of asertainment, l isting all of the canidates who ran for president in your state along with the names of their respective electors.	Evidence	Ineffective
ffe4457a461c	39E4DC4B4915	Under the electoral college system, we do not vote for presidents, but for the slate of electors who then elect the president. We should consider ourselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century, the system allows for much worst. Consider that state legislaturwes are responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people. Back in 1960, segregationist in Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the democratic electors with new electors with new electors who would oppose for John F. Kennedy. In the same vein, "faithless" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's canidate and cast deciding vote for whomever they plaese.	Evidence	Adequate
53f448a0bcbf	39F8DB13BB4F	How safe would you feel if you there was a car driveing itself beside you?	Lead	Adequate
614ed03df710	39F8DB13BB4F	I am against the use of driverless cars.	Position	Adequate
a66a80f5c747	39F8DB13BB4F	people will abuse this technolgy,	Claim	Adequate
47a17d2d100e	39F8DB13BB4F	it might not be the most reliable way to get around	Claim	Adequate
416bc465e657	39F8DB13BB4F	people would be more likely to fall asleep at the wheel.	Claim	Adequate
97bdf0e8e5a9	39F8DB13BB4F	If you look at people now who text and drive and do other things that they arent soppoust to they will be more likely to do it in a driverless car thinking that the car will do everything for them. As it says in paragraph two in this article that the car would show a message when the person needed to take over the wheel but if they are texting or doing something else that they shouldent be doing.	Evidence	Adequate
84db80716f36	39F8DB13BB4F	witch is true because some people fall asleep while actually in controll of the car so taking away the abilty to controll the car would make it much easier of them to fall asleep.	Evidence	Ineffective
cb5beb199348	39F8DB13BB4F	because what if the computer and sensors randomly short out or they mess up and send the car into a telephone pole, tree, ect.	Evidence	Adequate
34231c29f74a	39F8DB13BB4F	I think that driverless cars are a bad idea because people will become more tired at the wheel, its not reliable, and people are going to do stuff that they shouldent and its gonna eighter cause them or someone else to get killed. This tecnolgy seems like a good idea to a lot of peopel im sure but its not a good idea because it will end up causeing a lot more deaths i think jsut because people wont pay attention or fall asleep or the car itself will find a way to crash. I think that driverkess cars would be a bad thing overall.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
d1a212b64bd2	39FFFE0E3490	I would like to address a concern that seems to have the American people questioning their voting decisions. As a responible citizen of the United States of America, upholding your right to vote is an important duty. However,	Lead	Adequate
1848006dfd92	39FFFE0E3490	in the case of nationally voting to decide our vital political figures, such as the President and Vice-President, the ballot of the Electoral College is not giving the voters of America a fair result when it comes to the final moments of a presidental election.	Position	Effective
36450de6a117	39FFFE0E3490	the electors for the state of which a citizen is voting in can be easily overturned to a vote for the canidate of which is opposite to what that citizen has elected to vote for.	Claim	Effective
eb663e8bc177	39FFFE0E3490	The year of the 2000 campaign, Bush vs. Gore, for the presidency is an excellent example of how this Electoral College is unfair for voters. As Bradford Plumer has addressed in an excerpt of his writing: "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" from Mother Jones , he stated that Al Gore did indeed win the popular vote, but however he lost the presidency because of the quirks of the Electoral College. Also stated by Bradford Plumer is that "The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse".	Evidence	Ineffective
0a94f5190313	39FFFE0E3490	Another example of how the Electoral College is unfair goes back to the 1960 campaign. Again stated by Bradford Plumer, "The segregationists in the Louisiana legislature had nearly come to success in replacing Democratic electors with new electors that would oppose John F. Kennedy." The state of Louisiana had attempted to do so because the popular vote for Kennedy, would not have actually gone to Kennedy; if they had succeeded in replacing those electors. There is also raise for concern in the event of a tie in a campaign. All 50 states would have only one vote and the selection of the House of Representatives would most likely not reflect the will of the American people. Also, the Senate chooses the vice-president.	Evidence	Adequate
bd90d52ca6cc	39FFFE0E3490	As an American citizen looking forward to uphold my duty as a responible voter, I ask that we abloish the Electoral College and make the change to deciding among a popular vote. I believe that this change will engage Americans who respectfully choose not to vote to make the choice to vote. It will also give the citizens of America a more fair campaign to vote for when it comes time to vote for a new president.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
315a7643a4a9	39FFFE0E3490	Last but not least, the small percentage of voters who are visiting the ballots for the first time would have a better understanding of how the voting system works	Claim	Adequate
9951b577a5ab	3A00AE848492	The Face of Mars isn't a face at all! It's just the shadows that gives the eyes, nose and mouth a look. It could be possible for the aliens to create the Face of Mars but it'll take ages for the aliens to perform a task like that.	Lead	Adequate
34960658f3b1	3A00AE848492	The Face of Mars is only a Natural Landform that has been around Mars since it was created.	Position	Adequate
82252aa43295	3A00AE848492	The Face of Mars is located in Cydonia in Mars. Since Mars is mostlikely cloudy, the photos were taken when Mars was cloudless and was in open in Cydonia. MGS had took enough pictures during those times when it cloudless. Pictures were taking for many reasons. One of the reasons was for taxpayers. Jim Garvin, a chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, wanted this to happen for profit. But, some other reasons were to learn about Mars and it's surroundings for the next ship to travel there.	Evidence	Ineffective
7af5df259242	3A00AE848492	It really wasn't build by aliens nor any other creature out in space.	Claim	Adequate
acc09a7c6d43	3A00AE848492	The Face of Mars was made 25yrs ago. No one knows how it was made but it was located in Cydonia on Mars.	Evidence	Adequate
2f2bab67e04b	3A00AE848492	The Face, however, is an illusion using the shadows as the eyes, mouth, and the nose.	Claim	Effective
6f4bb1fcddd9	3A00AE848492	One day in Sept. 1997, MGS, or Mars Global Surveyor, had landed onto the Red Planet had confirmed it as a natural landform. Not everyone was satisfied since they wanted more proof for this. It was April '98, cloudy time of year on Mars, where people couldn't use their telescopes to see the Face for themselves. So, on April 8th, 2001, MGS gotten close enough for another look. They've took another picture using a better camera that could see anything clear like a airplane, a truck, or a Egyptian-style pyramids! Once they've gotten the picture, People were satisfied.	Evidence	Adequate
de81a6c82180	3A00AE848492	Aliens never made the Face of Mars and the Face of Mars isn't real at all! It's just a natural landform by having the shadows covering up most of the landform making it appear as a face. For the conclusion, Cydonia has a natural landform on it that appears itself as a face using the shadows to make the illusion.	Concluding Statement	Effective
07f4d23f67b8	3A22A2432F99	The Electoral College is not perfect and it may be called broken by some people, but in all truth it isn't.	Position	Adequate
8b36f48685ee	3A22A2432F99	The Electoral College is a good way to make sure that a election won't end in a tie	Claim	Effective
3c256b4b133f	3A22A2432F99	It also makes sure that certain regions, or states, don't control the vote with their population.	Claim	Effective
5b80df63a616	3A22A2432F99	The Electoral College can be edited if it needs to though.	Claim	Adequate
c9da0e35f622	3A22A2432F99	The Electoral College is very good at insuring one winner.	Claim	Effective
751b6db737f3	3A22A2432F99	It has this ability, because to be a tie both canidates have to have 269 votes which is highly unlikly. To have a President chossen majority has to vote one way (270). Now with a "winner-takes-all" system that his country, USA, has, there are only so many combinations of states' votes for one party that there would be a tie. Since the beggening of the Electoral College there has only been two ties. The Electoral College does make it easier for there not to be a tie, because more people voting into selected individuals then having them vote makes it easier for less mess ups and faster counting of votes.	Evidence	Effective
6879d7b7cbf7	3A22A2432F99	The Electoral College also makes sure one part of the country does not get favored and make the others feel like their votes did not count.	Claim	Effective
37f5190930ff	3A22A2432F99	If one canidate is favored in a area and if it has a lot of people then that candidate would win with a direct vote. The bigger cities with more people would get every political ad and the canidates would be more focused there instead of getting everyone's opinion. The other places would feel left out and would be less likely to vote meaning not a true meaning of who majority wants as President.	Evidence	Effective
9c3f7820ce6a	3A22A2432F99	Nothing is the world is ever made perfect forever. The Electoral College was clearly a great idea when it was made or it would never be put into action. The Electoral College does have slight problems that rarely happen. The best thing about it though is that people could vote and change details about it if it was that big of a deal.	Claim	Adequate
fb20b8bbf14f	3A22A2432F99	As "Under the 23rd Amendment of the Constitution," people wanted/ thought it would be fair to count the District of Columbia as a "state." So people took a vote to make the change, thats why it is the the 23rd Amendment. When the USA gets more population, for a short time, there will be a odd amount of electoral votes, that means no ties. Until the popluation grows or decreases enough to make a even number of votes again.	Evidence	Adequate
93e6b4a5723f	3A22A2432F99	There is pleanty of things wrong in this world, but one thing that is pretty good right now is the Electoral College. More times than not it has one winner and one loser, and rarely a tie. It makes sure that nobody is a favorite or feels like it. Also it shows things can change if something is a problem or needs fixing. The Electoral College is not perfect, but is not broken. Thank you for reading my letter, I hope you take it into concideration when deciding to keep it or not.	Concluding Statement	Effective
60fbe6ea34bc	3A317901A1B7	I believe that doing community service is a good thing to do for others, but I also believe that people should be able to do what they want or need to do.	Lead	Effective
42120b022f75	3A317901A1B7	so I think we should at least vote to it.	Position	Effective
d0bf5fc2a663	3A317901A1B7	That way it will be a fair decision by the people for the people.	Claim	Effective
d7a097db1781	3A317901A1B7	It would be good to clean up trash or help others, but people also like spending their time on their own terms, therefore a vote in favor or not in favor would be best.	Evidence	Effective
b3af7170f75c	3A317901A1B7	Another good idea would be to have a meeting with parents and teachers and see what they think of this	Claim	Effective
8faac10cbd7c	3A317901A1B7	kids love to play video games, watch T.V. and sit around now, because it's more fun to them then cleaning up trash, or helping someone out, I am Against doing community service, but if you chose any of the ideas in this letter, it's up to the students, the teachers, and the parents now.	Evidence	Effective
41778e1a0127	3A33CD269EA2	The Electoral College is a process not a place. When the founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and also a popular vote of approved citizens.	Lead	Effective
8db6dcde73cc	3A33CD269EA2	That should stay remain the same they should not be any change to the Electoral College system.	Position	Adequate
be018ecf8faf	3A33CD269EA2	The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electorals. When the electors have a meeting thats when they are able to for the President, Vice President that is running for office. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors, majority of 270 electoral vote, is to elect the President. Each state is entitled allotment in its Congressional delegation which means one for each member in the House of Representives plus two for your Senators. Under the 23rd Amendment of the Constitution, the District of Columbia is allocated three electors and are treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral College. Each candidate that is running in the election has their own group of electors, generally chosen by the candidate's political party. The presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The voters help choose their state's electorals when they voted for the President, when they vote for the candidate they are actually votin for the candidate's electors. Voters are more likely to pay attention to the efforts the candidate put to win the election like the campagin. The Electoral College system has a method called "winner- take-all that awards all the electors to the winning presidental candidate. After the presidental election the state governor will prepare a "Certificate of Ascertainment" that which list all the of the candidates that ran for office, along with the names for their respective electors. The Certificate of Ascertainment also declares the winner of the presidental candidate of your state. The Certificate of Ascertainment is sent to the Congress and the National Archives as part of the offical records of presidential election.	Evidence	Ineffective
b5d236d0b93f	3A3AD368D10E	The Electoral College is a method of voting for President and Vice President that was produced by our founding fathers in the articles of the Constitution. The Electoral College has been in use for centuries, but it is time that we disregard it.	Lead	Effective
207364daae38	3A3AD368D10E	The Electoral College was a smart idea in the seventeen and eighteen hundreds, but as our country continues to change, it is necessary to change the way that we elect our leaders. The Electoral College has remained untouched and exactly the same for hundreds of years and this has caused it to be extremely outdated.	Position	Effective
946643f89752	3A3AD368D10E	Not only is it far too outdated and complicated to help our voting process,	Claim	Adequate
b8f7cc623ee3	3A3AD368D10E	but the Electoral College does not give the voters voice; instead, it takes it away from them.	Claim	Adequate
50bca7105755	3A3AD368D10E	The Electoral College also can lead to concerning situations that the country and its people do not want to be put in.	Claim	Adequate
0382f8eb63ee	3A3AD368D10E	The question of whether or not to abolish or keep the Electoral College in tact is a heavily debated one, but it is clear that getting rid of the Electoral College will be highly beneficial to the voters of America. The Electoral College was established hundreds of years ago when our Constitution came about and it created a complicated process to elect the President and Vice President of the United States.	Claim	Effective
c044e4f74e1a	3A3AD368D10E	Our country is changing day by day, and we certainly have made monumental changes since the Electoral College came to be. According to Bradford Plumer, author of, "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong," a poll was taken by Gallup in the year 2000 that showed that less than just forty percent of Americans support the election system that we have now. This proves that it is time for a change and that the system that we currently have in place has been in place for far too long. The everchanging United States of America is in desperate need of an up-to-date election system that fits the current needs of the American people. The Electoral College is not only outdated, but it is also an extremely complex voting method. In an article entitled, "What Is the Electoral College," written by the Office of the Federal Register, it is explained that the Electoral College is a lengthy process that involves the choosing of electors and the issuing of Certificates of Ascertainment after both the people and the electors have voted. The Electoral College does far more harm than good for our country and for this reason especially, I believe that America should begin to elect its Presidents using the popular voting method.	Evidence	Effective
c98aa44822d5	3A3AD368D10E	In his article, "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong," Bradford Plumer specifically states that the people themselves do not vote for their desired candidate, but instead, they vote for electors who then vote for the more popular presidential candidate. The people should be the ones who vote for the president because they will be the ones who are governed by the president. The Electoral College gives no voice to the people and is considered by many to be a non-democratic way of voting and is often referred to anachronism. Today, it is a struggle to encourage people to vote and be present on election day because no one feels like their vote matters. People say that one vote doesn't make a difference and that there is no point in filling out a ballot if it has no real affect on which candidate is chosen. The Electoral College and the process it established is really just confirming these opinions. People do not feel like they are contributing because when it comes down to it, the electoral votes are the deciding votes. The Electoral College only has a little over five hundred electors that are representing the millions of regular people who show up at the polls on election day. In order to make the people feel like their opinions are being voiced and their voice is being heard, and to increase voter turnout on election day, it is imperative that the country switches over to election by popular vote.	Evidence	Effective
78096e2a545d	3A3AD368D10E	Not only is it not hard to accomplish, but it has happened before. According to Bradford Plumer in his article, "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong," in the early 1960s, people who favored races being seperated in society were almost able to replace Democratic electors with a new set of electors who supported the opposite party. Also, some corrupt electors who are not pleased with the popular vote will simply vote for whomever they please. Electors clearly have trouble being trusted and there is obviously some extreme dislike for the system we have now. The Electoral College also causes some problems when instances like a tie in the electoral vote come about. In this case, a tie in the Electoral College would be thrown to the House of Representatives, who would then vote for the President. The Electoral College brings about uneccessary problems that could all be avoided if the country converted the way of electing to election by popular vote.	Evidence	Effective
862f2ef111c3	3A3AD368D10E	In summation, the Electoral College has been around for hundreds of years, but it is time that the United States makes the change that would improve the way of electing its future Presidents. The Electoral College is outdated and complicated, does not allow the voice of the people to be heard, and leads to uneccessary voting complications. For these reasons, I vehemently feel that we should switch from the Electoral College to election by popular vote.	Concluding Statement	Effective
3155a1e35652	3A40B235E0C4	I agree in favor yo keep the Electoral College	Position	Adequate
666ea6dc25c0	3A40B235E0C4	Beacause the founding fathers etablished it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and elction of the President by a poular of qualified citizens. We would not want to change the Constitution that are great founding fathers had once made before	Claim	Adequate
78f70071cf8d	3A40B235E0C4	The single best arguement againt the electoral college is what we might call the disaster facter.	Counterclaim	Adequate
6e27a4ca290b	3A40B235E0C4	The american people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election in the century the system allows for much worse.	Evidence	Adequate
3def9f4941af	3A40B235E0C4	Prehaps most worrying is the prospect of the election vote would be tied in the elctorlal vote. In that case the election would thown to the house of represenitives where state delegation vote on the president	Evidence	Ineffective
f230aa25a95a	3A40B235E0C4	In conclsion this is why we should keep the Electoral college. Because they have plans for back up and everything is orginised for america.	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
c36a91102a3b	3AD47B68A985	Being a person of politics yourself, you of all people should know that many compromises have been made over the course of the establishment of the United States. However, some of the compromises, like the electoral college, were made because of factors in the past and are now not needed in today's modern democracy. While the electoral college once worked as a compromise in the past, it is an archaic system that unfairly represents the votes of citizens all across the nation.	Lead	Effective
ba974fba4e8f	3AD47B68A985	A popular vote should instead be utilized to fairly choose the people of power in this country and would better represent voters' opinions.	Position	Effective
92929708b18e	3AD47B68A985	In implementing the electoral college, most states' votes either go to one candidate or the other, leading to candidates to only campaign in swing states (Bradford Plumer 13).	Claim	Effective
5243d584328c	3AD47B68A985	This may not seem like much of a problem	Counterclaim	Effective
36116b8fdb06	3AD47B68A985	but consider this: a swing state such as Florida with over 20 electoral votes could go to a candidate who could have won by a 51 to 49 percent margin. This means that all the voters who voted for the other candidate no longer count, making the electoral college ineffective at voicing the opinions of the populous.	Rebuttal	Effective
0335e69ad184	3AD47B68A985	Also, many states may not even see the future president at all, like in the 2000 election where the candidates did not even go once and talk in seventeen states. This leads to a poor democracy because voters in these states will surmise that if the president will not bother to visit their state, they shouldn't bother on making an educated decision when voting, or may choose to not vote at all. In a election by popular vote, presidents will have to make greater strides in getting the people's votes and citizens will then have more of an impetus in learning more about their country's government and politics.	Evidence	Effective
b0472d16e30d	3AD47B68A985	With the Electoral College, there is also the risk that electors may not necessarily vote for the candidate the people want as president.	Claim	Effective
4489c22feef4	3AD47B68A985	In the Electoral College, "voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president" (Bradford 10). These electors may not necessarily vote for what candidate voters want most as president, and could do what they might feel is the best decision; however, this is not always what the majority of voters want in a president and could end up with a poor president. In addition, most voters know very little about how these electors are chosen and are not in control of who their state's electors are. In a way this system is a bit corrupt, because the voters don't have the final say of the president.	Evidence	Effective
b78b2afe1ee3	3AD47B68A985	In addition, a tie is likely in an electoral vote because of swing states, which has the potential to lead to a disaster.	Claim	Effective
0a6e711e8da8	3AD47B68A985	If two candidates receive the same number of electoral votes and tie in an election, the House of Representatives then chooses the president, while the Senate choose the vice president, but their votes may not show who voters want as president, seeing that voters often vote one party for president while the other for their representatives (Plumer 12). The vote for president is distributed unevenly, and states with many voters will only be represented by one vote. this could lead to the House of Representatives choosing a president that is only liked by a small population and this cannot easily be undone. Swing states are the only thing that can cause or prevent a tie in elections, and a tie has almost occured in 1976 in Hawaii and in 1968 in Ohio.	Evidence	Effective
b1529320fae0	3AD47B68A985	Those in favor of the electoral college argue that because candidates will focus on swing states in order to win voters in those states will pay closer attention to the election and make a more educated decision (Richard A. Posner 20).	Counterclaim	Effective
a5685f2e48d7	3AD47B68A985	However, this is not necessarily the case, and there are plenty of other well-educated voters in other states who have opinions that will never be counted because of the electoral college.	Rebuttal	Effective
f76bc69025e7	3AD47B68A985	If the popular vote becomes the new method in choosing the president, voters all across the nation will pay more attention to elections because they feel that their vote can make a difference, and it will. This will in turn increase the number of voters actively paying attention to their country's decisions.	Claim	Effective
f182327855c2	3AD47B68A985	Because of the Electoral College, "about one-half the eligible American population did vote in [2012's] election" (Posner 23). Although this number is mentioned as a success in Posner's arguement, this means that there is one-half of American voices left unheard. Democracy only works if all citizens vote, but they will only take the time to vote if they know that they can make a difference.	Evidence	Effective
2a5a6e263ba2	3AD47B68A985	Change needs to happen and it has to soon. If not, a poor president could be elected and then who knows what bad things could happen? With the popular vote, more people will be heard, and they will better take part in their country's government, leading to a better nation.	Concluding Statement	Effective
757adf501306	3ADF2D3323BE	Allowing students to use cell phones at school is alright as long as you don't use them in class	Position	Adequate
46bb748b9bd1	3ADF2D3323BE	The reason why I say this is because when you are in class the teacher is teaching and if you start using it, it's disrespectful.	Claim	Adequate
5d77340116c4	3ADF2D3323BE	Also, you'll get caught and your phone will be taken away. When you start having free time or lunch period, then its alright for you to use your phone because nobody is teaching you. My opinion is that its better off if we can use our phones while having lunch or break time, so nobody can tell you to put your phone away or take it away from you because its our time to do whatever we want to do.	Evidence	Ineffective
07a0c6088f38	3ADF2D3323BE	Using phones in class is really disrespectful and you'll never learn anything in class.	Claim	Adequate
b0fe47a553c3	3ADF2D3323BE	If you are in a middle of a class, your teacher is teaching and suddenly you have a phone call or text. you shouldn't pick it up. Ignore the phone and stay with what the teacher is teaching you about. Also, you shouldn't leave your phone on in class because then its easier to concentrate what teacher is telling you. If your phone is on then your phone will vibrate, ring, and bother you. Then the phone's noises will urge you to pick it up.	Evidence	Adequate
0f9867c5b29f	3ADF2D3323BE	The bell ring's and its time for lunch or break time. Now, finally you can use your phone.	Claim	Adequate
d6c47eb470d6	3ADF2D3323BE	Nobody is going to bother you and no teacher will be teaching you. So, now you can do whatever you want. Look at the text your friend gave you or call him. Also, no teacher or principle will come up to you and take your phone away because it's your time to do whatever you want.	Evidence	Adequate
d929da21f7c9	3ADF2D3323BE	If the school's were like this, then nobody was going to pick up there phone's in class and they were going to wait until free time.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
7c1fce448199	3B3A47EA684D	I believe that changing school policy so that students may not participate in sports or other activities unless they have at least a grade B average is a bad decision.	Position	Adequate

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It is handy though, a car like this

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but one would have to wonder the cost of a car like that. Probably something none of us could afford to buy

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But it would be nice to not have to worry about other cars,

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although when you come to a stop, although it has sensros on the car, does it sense the other driverless car? What if that car in the other line isnt't driverless and the driver decided to wave you along and let you go first, what would the car do? Does it truly function probably at an intersection?

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I dont particularly care about this kind of car, I learned how to drive and I'd rather just do that. Although thus driverless car sounds safer, I'm sure it would make less mistakes than I do, I don't quite trust it. Reason being is the issue with other drivers at an intersection, or the age of legal driving, then the not paying attention part of sitting in that car. If your car is navigating itself, do you really trust where you're going?

Concluding Statement

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They should keep the Electoral college,

Position

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Because its where people vote to choose who's going to be the president and the vice president.

Claim

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If they have 538 electors they have to count them all not 270/538 because its not fair. I am Agree with the "Certificate of Ascertainment" they can have a certificate even if they did not won.

Evidence

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Voters get confused

Claim

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because the state convention, presidential candidates and the state central committee don't make up their minds....Why American people should considere themselves lucky if that was Back in 1960's, what makes them so sure that American people are going to be lucky again? well they might get lucky this time but not always they're going to be lucky every year its difficult and we are in 2015 now.

Evidence

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The electoral college have to change for good if they dont they wont see any votes when its time to vote

Claim

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I would love it if the electoral college was gone

Position

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it really is crazy if people are thinking their voting for someone when they really aren't like the presidents.

Claim

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We actually help pick our state senators because when we vote for presidents we are actually voting for the canidates electors.

Evidence

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Some states have a winner takes all system, and what that system does is awards all electors to the winning presidential canidate. But Maine and Nebraska each have a variation of proportional representation. after the prsidential election, our governor prepares a certificate of asertainment, l isting all of the canidates who ran for president in your state along with the names of their respective electors.

Evidence

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Under the electoral college system, we do not vote for presidents, but for the slate of electors who then elect the president. We should consider ourselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century, the system allows for much worst. Consider that state legislaturwes are responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people. Back in 1960, segregationist in Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the democratic electors with new electors with new electors who would oppose for John F. Kennedy. In the same vein, "faithless" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's canidate and cast deciding vote for whomever they plaese.

Evidence

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How safe would you feel if you there was a car driveing itself beside you?

Lead

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I am against the use of driverless cars.

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people will abuse this technolgy,

Claim

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it might not be the most reliable way to get around

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people would be more likely to fall asleep at the wheel.

Claim

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If you look at people now who text and drive and do other things that they arent soppoust to they will be more likely to do it in a driverless car thinking that the car will do everything for them. As it says in paragraph two in this article that the car would show a message when the person needed to take over the wheel but if they are texting or doing something else that they shouldent be doing.

Evidence

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witch is true because some people fall asleep while actually in controll of the car so taking away the abilty to controll the car would make it much easier of them to fall asleep.

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because what if the computer and sensors randomly short out or they mess up and send the car into a telephone pole, tree, ect.

Evidence

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I think that driverless cars are a bad idea because people will become more tired at the wheel, its not reliable, and people are going to do stuff that they shouldent and its gonna eighter cause them or someone else to get killed. This tecnolgy seems like a good idea to a lot of peopel im sure but its not a good idea because it will end up causeing a lot more deaths i think jsut because people wont pay attention or fall asleep or the car itself will find a way to crash. I think that driverkess cars would be a bad thing overall.

Concluding Statement

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I would like to address a concern that seems to have the American people questioning their voting decisions. As a responible citizen of the United States of America, upholding your right to vote is an important duty. However,

Lead

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in the case of nationally voting to decide our vital political figures, such as the President and Vice-President, the ballot of the Electoral College is not giving the voters of America a fair result when it comes to the final moments of a presidental election.

Position

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the electors for the state of which a citizen is voting in can be easily overturned to a vote for the canidate of which is opposite to what that citizen has elected to vote for.

Claim

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The year of the 2000 campaign, Bush vs. Gore, for the presidency is an excellent example of how this Electoral College is unfair for voters. As Bradford Plumer has addressed in an excerpt of his writing: "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" from Mother Jones , he stated that Al Gore did indeed win the popular vote, but however he lost the presidency because of the quirks of the Electoral College. Also stated by Bradford Plumer is that "The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse".

Evidence

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Another example of how the Electoral College is unfair goes back to the 1960 campaign. Again stated by Bradford Plumer, "The segregationists in the Louisiana legislature had nearly come to success in replacing Democratic electors with new electors that would oppose John F. Kennedy." The state of Louisiana had attempted to do so because the popular vote for Kennedy, would not have actually gone to Kennedy; if they had succeeded in replacing those electors. There is also raise for concern in the event of a tie in a campaign. All 50 states would have only one vote and the selection of the House of Representatives would most likely not reflect the will of the American people. Also, the Senate chooses the vice-president.

Evidence

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As an American citizen looking forward to uphold my duty as a responible voter, I ask that we abloish the Electoral College and make the change to deciding among a popular vote. I believe that this change will engage Americans who respectfully choose not to vote to make the choice to vote. It will also give the citizens of America a more fair campaign to vote for when it comes time to vote for a new president.

Concluding Statement

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Last but not least, the small percentage of voters who are visiting the ballots for the first time would have a better understanding of how the voting system works

Claim

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The Face of Mars isn't a face at all! It's just the shadows that gives the eyes, nose and mouth a look. It could be possible for the aliens to create the Face of Mars but it'll take ages for the aliens to perform a task like that.

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The Face of Mars is only a Natural Landform that has been around Mars since it was created.

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The Face of Mars is located in Cydonia in Mars. Since Mars is mostlikely cloudy, the photos were taken when Mars was cloudless and was in open in Cydonia. MGS had took enough pictures during those times when it cloudless. Pictures were taking for many reasons. One of the reasons was for taxpayers. Jim Garvin, a chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, wanted this to happen for profit. But, some other reasons were to learn about Mars and it's surroundings for the next ship to travel there.

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It really wasn't build by aliens nor any other creature out in space.

Claim

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The Face of Mars was made 25yrs ago. No one knows how it was made but it was located in Cydonia on Mars.

Evidence

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The Face, however, is an illusion using the shadows as the eyes, mouth, and the nose.

Claim

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One day in Sept. 1997, MGS, or Mars Global Surveyor, had landed onto the Red Planet had confirmed it as a natural landform. Not everyone was satisfied since they wanted more proof for this. It was April '98, cloudy time of year on Mars, where people couldn't use their telescopes to see the Face for themselves. So, on April 8th, 2001, MGS gotten close enough for another look. They've took another picture using a better camera that could see anything clear like a airplane, a truck, or a Egyptian-style pyramids! Once they've gotten the picture, People were satisfied.

Evidence

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Aliens never made the Face of Mars and the Face of Mars isn't real at all! It's just a natural landform by having the shadows covering up most of the landform making it appear as a face. For the conclusion, Cydonia has a natural landform on it that appears itself as a face using the shadows to make the illusion.

Concluding Statement

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The Electoral College is not perfect and it may be called broken by some people, but in all truth it isn't.

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The Electoral College is a good way to make sure that a election won't end in a tie

Claim

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It also makes sure that certain regions, or states, don't control the vote with their population.

Claim

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The Electoral College can be edited if it needs to though.

Claim

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The Electoral College is very good at insuring one winner.

Claim

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It has this ability, because to be a tie both canidates have to have 269 votes which is highly unlikly. To have a President chossen majority has to vote one way (270). Now with a "winner-takes-all" system that his country, USA, has, there are only so many combinations of states' votes for one party that there would be a tie. Since the beggening of the Electoral College there has only been two ties. The Electoral College does make it easier for there not to be a tie, because more people voting into selected individuals then having them vote makes it easier for less mess ups and faster counting of votes.

Evidence

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The Electoral College also makes sure one part of the country does not get favored and make the others feel like their votes did not count.

Claim

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If one canidate is favored in a area and if it has a lot of people then that candidate would win with a direct vote. The bigger cities with more people would get every political ad and the canidates would be more focused there instead of getting everyone's opinion. The other places would feel left out and would be less likely to vote meaning not a true meaning of who majority wants as President.

Evidence

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Nothing is the world is ever made perfect forever. The Electoral College was clearly a great idea when it was made or it would never be put into action. The Electoral College does have slight problems that rarely happen. The best thing about it though is that people could vote and change details about it if it was that big of a deal.

Claim

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As "Under the 23rd Amendment of the Constitution," people wanted/ thought it would be fair to count the District of Columbia as a "state." So people took a vote to make the change, thats why it is the the 23rd Amendment. When the USA gets more population, for a short time, there will be a odd amount of electoral votes, that means no ties. Until the popluation grows or decreases enough to make a even number of votes again.

Evidence

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There is pleanty of things wrong in this world, but one thing that is pretty good right now is the Electoral College. More times than not it has one winner and one loser, and rarely a tie. It makes sure that nobody is a favorite or feels like it. Also it shows things can change if something is a problem or needs fixing. The Electoral College is not perfect, but is not broken. Thank you for reading my letter, I hope you take it into concideration when deciding to keep it or not.

Concluding Statement

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I believe that doing community service is a good thing to do for others, but I also believe that people should be able to do what they want or need to do.

Lead

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so I think we should at least vote to it.

Position

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That way it will be a fair decision by the people for the people.

Claim

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It would be good to clean up trash or help others, but people also like spending their time on their own terms, therefore a vote in favor or not in favor would be best.

Evidence

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Another good idea would be to have a meeting with parents and teachers and see what they think of this

Claim

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kids love to play video games, watch T.V. and sit around now, because it's more fun to them then cleaning up trash, or helping someone out, I am Against doing community service, but if you chose any of the ideas in this letter, it's up to the students, the teachers, and the parents now.

Evidence

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The Electoral College is a process not a place. When the founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and also a popular vote of approved citizens.

Lead

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That should stay remain the same they should not be any change to the Electoral College system.

Position

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The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electorals. When the electors have a meeting thats when they are able to for the President, Vice President that is running for office. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors, majority of 270 electoral vote, is to elect the President. Each state is entitled allotment in its Congressional delegation which means one for each member in the House of Representives plus two for your Senators. Under the 23rd Amendment of the Constitution, the District of Columbia is allocated three electors and are treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral College. Each candidate that is running in the election has their own group of electors, generally chosen by the candidate's political party. The presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The voters help choose their state's electorals when they voted for the President, when they vote for the candidate they are actually votin for the candidate's electors. Voters are more likely to pay attention to the efforts the candidate put to win the election like the campagin. The Electoral College system has a method called "winner- take-all that awards all the electors to the winning presidental candidate. After the presidental election the state governor will prepare a "Certificate of Ascertainment" that which list all the of the candidates that ran for office, along with the names for their respective electors. The Certificate of Ascertainment also declares the winner of the presidental candidate of your state. The Certificate of Ascertainment is sent to the Congress and the National Archives as part of the offical records of presidential election.

Evidence

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The Electoral College is a method of voting for President and Vice President that was produced by our founding fathers in the articles of the Constitution. The Electoral College has been in use for centuries, but it is time that we disregard it.

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The Electoral College was a smart idea in the seventeen and eighteen hundreds, but as our country continues to change, it is necessary to change the way that we elect our leaders. The Electoral College has remained untouched and exactly the same for hundreds of years and this has caused it to be extremely outdated.

Position

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Not only is it far too outdated and complicated to help our voting process,

Claim

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but the Electoral College does not give the voters voice; instead, it takes it away from them.

Claim

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The Electoral College also can lead to concerning situations that the country and its people do not want to be put in.

Claim

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The question of whether or not to abolish or keep the Electoral College in tact is a heavily debated one, but it is clear that getting rid of the Electoral College will be highly beneficial to the voters of America. The Electoral College was established hundreds of years ago when our Constitution came about and it created a complicated process to elect the President and Vice President of the United States.

Claim

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Our country is changing day by day, and we certainly have made monumental changes since the Electoral College came to be. According to Bradford Plumer, author of, "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong," a poll was taken by Gallup in the year 2000 that showed that less than just forty percent of Americans support the election system that we have now. This proves that it is time for a change and that the system that we currently have in place has been in place for far too long. The everchanging United States of America is in desperate need of an up-to-date election system that fits the current needs of the American people. The Electoral College is not only outdated, but it is also an extremely complex voting method. In an article entitled, "What Is the Electoral College," written by the Office of the Federal Register, it is explained that the Electoral College is a lengthy process that involves the choosing of electors and the issuing of Certificates of Ascertainment after both the people and the electors have voted. The Electoral College does far more harm than good for our country and for this reason especially, I believe that America should begin to elect its Presidents using the popular voting method.

Evidence

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In his article, "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong," Bradford Plumer specifically states that the people themselves do not vote for their desired candidate, but instead, they vote for electors who then vote for the more popular presidential candidate. The people should be the ones who vote for the president because they will be the ones who are governed by the president. The Electoral College gives no voice to the people and is considered by many to be a non-democratic way of voting and is often referred to anachronism. Today, it is a struggle to encourage people to vote and be present on election day because no one feels like their vote matters. People say that one vote doesn't make a difference and that there is no point in filling out a ballot if it has no real affect on which candidate is chosen. The Electoral College and the process it established is really just confirming these opinions. People do not feel like they are contributing because when it comes down to it, the electoral votes are the deciding votes. The Electoral College only has a little over five hundred electors that are representing the millions of regular people who show up at the polls on election day. In order to make the people feel like their opinions are being voiced and their voice is being heard, and to increase voter turnout on election day, it is imperative that the country switches over to election by popular vote.

Evidence

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Not only is it not hard to accomplish, but it has happened before. According to Bradford Plumer in his article, "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong," in the early 1960s, people who favored races being seperated in society were almost able to replace Democratic electors with a new set of electors who supported the opposite party. Also, some corrupt electors who are not pleased with the popular vote will simply vote for whomever they please. Electors clearly have trouble being trusted and there is obviously some extreme dislike for the system we have now. The Electoral College also causes some problems when instances like a tie in the electoral vote come about. In this case, a tie in the Electoral College would be thrown to the House of Representatives, who would then vote for the President. The Electoral College brings about uneccessary problems that could all be avoided if the country converted the way of electing to election by popular vote.

Evidence

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In summation, the Electoral College has been around for hundreds of years, but it is time that the United States makes the change that would improve the way of electing its future Presidents. The Electoral College is outdated and complicated, does not allow the voice of the people to be heard, and leads to uneccessary voting complications. For these reasons, I vehemently feel that we should switch from the Electoral College to election by popular vote.

Concluding Statement

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I agree in favor yo keep the Electoral College

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Beacause the founding fathers etablished it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and elction of the President by a poular of qualified citizens. We would not want to change the Constitution that are great founding fathers had once made before

Claim

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The single best arguement againt the electoral college is what we might call the disaster facter.

Counterclaim

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The american people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election in the century the system allows for much worse.

Evidence

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Prehaps most worrying is the prospect of the election vote would be tied in the elctorlal vote. In that case the election would thown to the house of represenitives where state delegation vote on the president

Evidence

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In conclsion this is why we should keep the Electoral college. Because they have plans for back up and everything is orginised for america.

Concluding Statement

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Being a person of politics yourself, you of all people should know that many compromises have been made over the course of the establishment of the United States. However, some of the compromises, like the electoral college, were made because of factors in the past and are now not needed in today's modern democracy. While the electoral college once worked as a compromise in the past, it is an archaic system that unfairly represents the votes of citizens all across the nation.

Lead

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A popular vote should instead be utilized to fairly choose the people of power in this country and would better represent voters' opinions.

Position

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In implementing the electoral college, most states' votes either go to one candidate or the other, leading to candidates to only campaign in swing states (Bradford Plumer 13).

Claim

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This may not seem like much of a problem

Counterclaim

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but consider this: a swing state such as Florida with over 20 electoral votes could go to a candidate who could have won by a 51 to 49 percent margin. This means that all the voters who voted for the other candidate no longer count, making the electoral college ineffective at voicing the opinions of the populous.

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Also, many states may not even see the future president at all, like in the 2000 election where the candidates did not even go once and talk in seventeen states. This leads to a poor democracy because voters in these states will surmise that if the president will not bother to visit their state, they shouldn't bother on making an educated decision when voting, or may choose to not vote at all. In a election by popular vote, presidents will have to make greater strides in getting the people's votes and citizens will then have more of an impetus in learning more about their country's government and politics.

Evidence

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With the Electoral College, there is also the risk that electors may not necessarily vote for the candidate the people want as president.

Claim

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In the Electoral College, "voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president" (Bradford 10). These electors may not necessarily vote for what candidate voters want most as president, and could do what they might feel is the best decision; however, this is not always what the majority of voters want in a president and could end up with a poor president. In addition, most voters know very little about how these electors are chosen and are not in control of who their state's electors are. In a way this system is a bit corrupt, because the voters don't have the final say of the president.

Evidence

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In addition, a tie is likely in an electoral vote because of swing states, which has the potential to lead to a disaster.

Claim

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If two candidates receive the same number of electoral votes and tie in an election, the House of Representatives then chooses the president, while the Senate choose the vice president, but their votes may not show who voters want as president, seeing that voters often vote one party for president while the other for their representatives (Plumer 12). The vote for president is distributed unevenly, and states with many voters will only be represented by one vote. this could lead to the House of Representatives choosing a president that is only liked by a small population and this cannot easily be undone. Swing states are the only thing that can cause or prevent a tie in elections, and a tie has almost occured in 1976 in Hawaii and in 1968 in Ohio.

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Those in favor of the electoral college argue that because candidates will focus on swing states in order to win voters in those states will pay closer attention to the election and make a more educated decision (Richard A. Posner 20).

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However, this is not necessarily the case, and there are plenty of other well-educated voters in other states who have opinions that will never be counted because of the electoral college.

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If the popular vote becomes the new method in choosing the president, voters all across the nation will pay more attention to elections because they feel that their vote can make a difference, and it will. This will in turn increase the number of voters actively paying attention to their country's decisions.

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Because of the Electoral College, "about one-half the eligible American population did vote in [2012's] election" (Posner 23). Although this number is mentioned as a success in Posner's arguement, this means that there is one-half of American voices left unheard. Democracy only works if all citizens vote, but they will only take the time to vote if they know that they can make a difference.

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Change needs to happen and it has to soon. If not, a poor president could be elected and then who knows what bad things could happen? With the popular vote, more people will be heard, and they will better take part in their country's government, leading to a better nation.

Concluding Statement

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Allowing students to use cell phones at school is alright as long as you don't use them in class

Position

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The reason why I say this is because when you are in class the teacher is teaching and if you start using it, it's disrespectful.

Claim

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Also, you'll get caught and your phone will be taken away. When you start having free time or lunch period, then its alright for you to use your phone because nobody is teaching you. My opinion is that its better off if we can use our phones while having lunch or break time, so nobody can tell you to put your phone away or take it away from you because its our time to do whatever we want to do.

Evidence

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Using phones in class is really disrespectful and you'll never learn anything in class.

Claim

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If you are in a middle of a class, your teacher is teaching and suddenly you have a phone call or text. you shouldn't pick it up. Ignore the phone and stay with what the teacher is teaching you about. Also, you shouldn't leave your phone on in class because then its easier to concentrate what teacher is telling you. If your phone is on then your phone will vibrate, ring, and bother you. Then the phone's noises will urge you to pick it up.

Evidence

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The bell ring's and its time for lunch or break time. Now, finally you can use your phone.

Claim

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Nobody is going to bother you and no teacher will be teaching you. So, now you can do whatever you want. Look at the text your friend gave you or call him. Also, no teacher or principle will come up to you and take your phone away because it's your time to do whatever you want.

Evidence

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If the school's were like this, then nobody was going to pick up there phone's in class and they were going to wait until free time.

Concluding Statement

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I believe that changing school policy so that students may not participate in sports or other activities unless they have at least a grade B average is a bad decision.

Position

Adequate