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60c588a3b4b8	5AD3EAC6A195	With the advent of new technologies, learning from the comfort of one's own home has become more popular. However, it cannot offer as much as a traditional school in terms of education, relationships, and mental health. More importantly, distance learning would rob students (and teachers) of the sheer joy of a snow day and the healing properties that come with one. Therefore, distance learning should be viewed as a last resort for when instruction is too far behind due to having to miss school for a long period of time.	Concluding Statement	Effective
2d90b28c7699	5AE4D1E1C5F6	I believe that the election for our president of the United States should be chosen by popular vote and not by some random people we don't know	Position	Adequate
24d7f6abf978	5AE4D1E1C5F6	If I wanted to have someone to be in charge of what goes on where I live I would want to have a say on who should be in charge. I think that if a popular vote wasn't the determining factor in whom won the election; then that person didn't really win the election.	Evidence	Adequate
04f60a981375	5AE4D1E1C5F6	in the election of 2012 Barack Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Mitt Romney	Evidence	Ineffective
18aaa5983726	5AE4D1E1C5F6	the amount of electoral votes should not determine which of the nominees will win the election i should be whomever receives the majority of popular votes	Claim	Adequate
15057c60d420	5AE4D1E1C5F6	in the election of 2000 Al Gore received more individual votes than George W. Bush nationwide, but Bush won the election, he received 271 electoral vote compared to Gore's 266 electoral votes.	Evidence	Adequate
a73d40313286	5AE4D1E1C5F6	There are many people who travel to vote for our president and it would not be fair to them if their votes didn't really matter because someone else made the final decision	Claim	Adequate
ed32502d50aa	5AE4D1E1C5F6	If our president isn't chosen by the citizens of the united states then the person that was chosen by unfair terms and bias choices isn't really the president of the united states; but is truly the president of the men and/or women in the electoral college who chose he or she.	Evidence	Ineffective
e8d3f7612515	5AE4D1E1C5F6	The president should be chosen fairly by a just and unbiased vote cast by the people of the united states.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
3319f097d08f	5AEDBC21EF30	I believe that choosing the president of the United States should be choosen by popular vote and not by the Electoral Collage	Position	Adequate
7988ee1726c4	5AEDBC21EF30	I believe this way because I think that the people should have the right to choose who represent their country, not the House of Representatives/Senate.	Claim	Effective
a0e6c6447f7e	5AEDBC21EF30	The Electoral College in most cases is unfair to most voters because of the whole "winner-take-all policy".	Claim	Effective
f233c955bfc4	5AEDBC21EF30	Some states have less electoral votes given to them and that may seem unfair to some.	Claim	Effective
02e89dc4097d	5AEDBC21EF30	The Electoral College method is basically electors that elect the president and not the people which I think is completely useless.	Claim	Adequate
e31501037fd9	5AEDBC21EF30	I believe that the best argument should be between the people and not members of the Electoral College.	Claim	Adequate
83c80b32c077	5AEDBC21EF30	The most worrying part of using the Electoral College to vote for the president and vice president insteded of using the peoples votes is that the elections are just being thrown to the House of Representatives, where the state delegates choose the president and the Senate will choose the vice president	Evidence	Adequate
63c85916a34a	5AEDBC21EF30	Candidates dont't spend time in states they know will have no chance of winning. they only focus on the tight races in "swing states" that are most likely to pay closes attention to the campaign.	Claim	Effective
3769239321be	5AEDBC21EF30	The Electoral College puts most of the weight on the large states because of their large populations.	Evidence	Adequate
9ef78018e198	5AEDBC21EF30	Getting rid of the Electoral College is a better decison for the people so they get a say in how they want their county to be and not how the goverment wants the country to be.	Claim	Adequate
86c2c82955f9	5AEDBC21EF30	If we use the peoples vote we would get more accurate votes and it would be fair for everyone. The Electorlal College is pretty much what the government wants rather than what the people want which is why many citizens have problems with our current president, so if the people could just get a say in who they think should run the country they should. When we vote for a presidential candidate we are actually voting for a slate of electors and not for the president.	Evidence	Adequate
65a75daf54dd	5AEDBC21EF30	Some of the smaller states don't get to see any campaign ads like the larger states do so they are basically putting the fate of the presidency in the hands of a few swing voters.	Evidence	Ineffective
e3485103319d	5AEDBC21EF30	The Electoral College is hurting our county because we are not getting the accurate votes we think we're getting. Citizens are not going to want to vote anymore because of how unfair these campaigns are. Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think a single vote may decide an election.	Concluding Statement	Effective
8753dbf33ead	5B1604AE437E	I am in favor of changing the process in which America votes for its president;	Position	Adequate
b5e88e6e2d59	5B1604AE437E	currently the when you cast your vote you are acctually voting for your candidate's electors whos votes do not become valid until [they] the electors are voted for by the [you] the people. A few problems with this process is expressed in an artical titled " The Indefensible Electoral Colledge"	Evidence	Adequate
186fdab0bd9e	5B1604AE437E	. With useing this process citizens sometimes do not have control over who their electors vote for, also voters may get confused and vote for the wrong candidate.	Claim	Adequate
a27aa9648938	5B1604AE437E	I can understand why other people may think my claim is wrong, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and should also be entitled to their own vote aswell which is why instead of voteing for someone who will vote for our president [ we ] the people should directly vote for our candidates. In the same article" The Indfensible Electoral Colledge"	Evidence	Ineffective
5ff74a68f668	5B1604AE437E	It states "Back in 1960, segergationists in the louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replaceing the democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy".	Evidence	Adequate
7cc389f948a8	5B1604AE437E	They did this as an attemp to take the popular vote from kennedy. This just shows how much freedom the electors have with your vote.	Claim	Adequate
67b4ee132e86	5B225CED16B5	In recent weeks, news of new, life threatening viruses (such as the Corona virus) has gone up at a rapid rate, causing a large amount of disarray and discomfort within the educational system; between the staff members, the students, and the parents, it seems inevitable that schools will close to keep the students and the staff members as safe as possible. Once they understood the circumstances, parents and students started to have questions; "how will the students continue getting their education?", "what format will it be in?", and "how will it be administered?" The response that most school counties developed for these questions was long distance learning. Distance learning is a new format of teaching where students stay at their homes while completing assignments; but, this method of learning has gotten somewhat controversial. Many teachers argue that distance learning is not effective and that it allows for students to copy, cheat, or flat out be lazy. This is a true judgment, but misled;	Lead	Effective
f999c54de4b9	5B225CED16B5	when distance learning is applied to hard working students, it allows for significantly better results more consecutively, making it way more effective than the current system set in place. The reason for its better performance is because of two aspects:	Position	Effective
5ff51c492c08	5B225CED16B5	number one, it allows for students to learn and practice taking initiative,	Claim	Effective
96ddca623333	5B225CED16B5	number two, its allows for students to learn to identify what their individual work process is, learn to adapt to it, and apply it to the real world.	Claim	Effective
2ff25dbe5d37	5B225CED16B5	The controversial part about distance learning is one of its fundamental aspects; the distance. The system of learning that was in actions for decades was based on a word to mouth learning process, where you had to be instructed in multiple different classrooms, on multiple different subjects, by multiple different instructors; it's quite tiresome, I must admit, but the degree of work is not the issue. The issue lies within the "spoon fed" mentality that develops in a work space such as this; a work space entirely devoid of any personal initiative. Never mind don't, when adolescents can't take the initiative for things that deeply benefits them, they will inevitably feel as if they are just a hamster running on a wheel, or just another gear in a clock, causing for a lot of procrastination or laziness; the stripping of self initiative develops a feeling of diminished importance in ones self leading to less attentiveness and over all less care for the subjects being learned. Quite frankly, the students that perform the best in school are the ones that are taught from an extracurricular source, whether its from their parents or someone else, about the importance of education, allowing that child to decide for themselves that they want to pursue it wholesomely i e. they took initiative to learn.	Evidence	Effective
04e9dfa7c65e	5B225CED16B5	With distance learning, students can be in the comfort of their own homes and decide for themselves when they feel best to engage in a new topic.	Claim	Effective
d26f6c1925e8	5B225CED16B5	Regardless of what educational system is in place, whether traditional learning or distance learning, there will be the students that wont study, will copy their friend's homework, and will cheat on test, its unavoidable;	Counterclaim	Effective
8be8e481beaf	5B225CED16B5	this is still true for distance learning, and with common sense, the side effects of it can be determined quite easily.	Rebuttal	Effective
aeedd4defed4	5B225CED16B5	When given the option to to stay at home to complete school, in opposition to going to school to complete school, nine out of ten students would agree in an instant to stay home. When further asking them their reasoning, the responses your most likely to receive consists of this : "Im going to go out and chill with my friends", "Im going to sleep in everyday", "im going to go out shopping", or flat out "Im not going to do any work." The distance aspect of distance learning, when in the hands of people who initially didn't chose to go to school, will be full of procrastination and laziness. There can be measures applied to attempt to weed out the students that are straggling and try to help them develop better work habits, such as retake policies and extra help, but if a student doesn't care for what he or she is being told to work on, inevitably they will figure out a way around that work.	Evidence	Effective
6b76ebf4fa53	5B225CED16B5	Work is of key importance to success; with out working, you can't attain a great majority of success. Evidently though, work comes in many different forms and styles, usually deriving from how that person had grown up and been raised; so, a work process that may come as natural to one person, may be foreign to another.	Evidence	Effective
59cb3c33e1dc	5B225CED16B5	Learning what a person's work process consists of is fundamental to attaining consecutively good results; distance learning allows for students to be able to distinctly figure out what schedules and work patterns works for them.	Claim	Effective
ebb07083127e	5B225CED16B5	While still in the traditional educational system, the process of work during that educational period is at the will of the instructor, if the instructor isnt going at a speed you can comfortably retain knowledge, then a lot of information that is being taught will not be remembered; when this process is repeated, it can lead to a development of stress or a numerous slew of issues.	Evidence	Effective
75814b0f9cca	5B225CED16B5	In conclusion, if distance learning were to be put into action nationwide, the outcome would be very beneficial. Students that take initiative for themselves will become more prosperous and successful then the ones that don't; even then, the students that don't take the initiative are given the opportunity to learn how to and apply it to their lives. With the ability to stay at home, students can get the time to learn their work habits, adapt, and improve upon them so they can preform to the best of their ability, regardless of what they are tasked with. And yes, Although there are students who are not compelled to complete school, the amount will be greatly reduced because of the encouraging nature of distance learning, which allows for students to take their own initiative in learning something beneficial to them.	Concluding Statement	Effective
f57c8a43b0df	5B23F7961CC0	Everyone has a role in the community: such as citizens , mayors , senators , or even presidents. These high roles are selected by the citizens within the community. Some people have a technique of who they vote for but everyone follow the same system, the Electoral College. "The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens." - souce 1 . The Electoral College gives citizens that meet the criteria a chase to vote.	Lead	Adequate
3c4ad2f766c8	5B23F7961CC0	The Electoral College is a system use for citizens to pick who they would like to make and force the laws. "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 Congess."- Source 1. It's many steps to picking a president. You have to pick candidates and those candidates have their share of electors, which are chosen by a political party under certain qualifications. "The electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party, but state laws on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are . . . ."	Evidence	Ineffective
8821aa23efa5	5B23F7961CC0	The Electoral College has many flaws that can happen	Counterclaim	Adequate
d8cb0623712d	5B23F7961CC0	but is unlikely to happen.	Rebuttal	Adequate
4f18c45bfa9f	5B23F7961CC0	The citizens really don't vote for the president, they put they trust in an electors hand to choose the right President. "But each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee (and that trust is rarely betrayed). . ."-Source 3. Its unlikely for the trust to be betrayed but it has happened during the Gore vs. Bush campaign in 2000. The Electoral College, despite its lack of democratic history, have five practical reasons for retaining- Certainty of Outcome, the President chosen becomes everyone president, some states are swing states, some are big states, and they try to avoid run-off elections.	Evidence	Adequate
8f3a85c4da69	5B23F7961CC0	"At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters."	Evidence	Adequate
8abe9e7b29df	5B23F7961CC0	While others may want to get rid of the Electoral College due to the unfairness it brings	Counterclaim	Adequate
77da87d10ff2	5B23F7961CC0	others may feel different and would like to keep it going due to it given the citizens a choice.	Rebuttal	Adequate
0a75a0ad8e0a	5B23F7961CC0	You help choose your state's electors when you vote for President because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidates's electors."	Evidence	Ineffective
4628ae092cf3	5B23F7961CC0	"Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political prefereance rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election. . . ."	Evidence	Ineffective
d382b4f9906e	5B23F7961CC0	The electoral college should continue to help citizens vote for campaign runners role in the community because it provides the citizens a choice and also a voice.	Position	Adequate
ee01d264f8f7	5B23F7961CC0	A vote may not change a election but every vote will count and make a difference.	Evidence	Adequate
fa9122c6c3c5	5B2EAD37D5A8	Hi, I am My'Ajah i am a scientists at NASA i am here to talk to you about the false claim about a face being on mars. At first i myself thought there was a face on mars me and my team thought it was very cool. And the attention we (NASA) got was tremendous, but we still had to look into it because if the world found out it really was not a face they could call us a fraud and we could lose much money.	Lead	Adequate
3c1c93b90de1	5B2EAD37D5A8	So, me Henry and many other NASA scientists look into it and we figure out this is not a face	Position	Adequate
bab87e3c2501	5B2EAD37D5A8	but if this is not a face what is it? That's what your thiniking right. We had to find out	Claim	Ineffective
7563d64c1a48	5B2EAD37D5A8	"so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global surveyour flew over Cydonia for the first time,Michael Malin and his (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper then the orginal". Once we recived the photo from Michael and his team we dug in to see what this really was.	Evidence	Adequate
c15ef5cffbbb	5B2EAD37D5A8	After months of research we finally found what it truly is a mesa	Claim	Adequate
28ad6d85cff5	5B2EAD37D5A8	for those who do not know what a mesa is a mesa is kind of like a landform made by dirt been blown by the wind.	Evidence	Ineffective
a127d1e9b9ac	5B2EAD37D5A8	Well "on a cloudless summer day in Cydonia----Mar Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look."we had to roll the space craft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view" Said Garvin. "Malin's team captured and extraordinary photo using the cameras absoulute maximum resolution." Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 viking photo".	Evidence	Ineffective
beea85e8c9f4	5B2EAD37D5A8	Many companies and people still belive that it is a face but, finally we have the truth!	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
2a5768f138cf	5B38B644790E	Even though you may believe that keeping the electoral college is a great idea and a benefit to all, its not.	Position	Adequate
2a810b1fbfcf	5B38B644790E	Americans votes no longer count when having the electoral college and do not vare for our opinion on whom we believe should become our president, they decide in what they think is bvest for us. "The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irtrational".	Evidence	Adequate
5bf399cebc06	5B38B644790E	Most americns believe that the elcetoral college is unfair and voting has become a waste of their time	Claim	Adequate
7cc68b6d23d5	5B38B644790E	and that there is no neeed to vote if their votes no longer count.	Claim	Adequate
54f94ab00358	5B38B644790E	Our votes do not count and we are no longer in control.	Claim	Adequate
5c32160fc171	5B38B644790E	"Most states have a winner take all system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate." (The Office Of The Florida Register, paragraph 7) Therefore no matter who wants what iif that is what the electoral college decides thats what goes, And many americans are getting tired of doing pointless voiting if it doesnt even matter. "Given that many voters vote one party for president and another for congress, the house selection can hardly be excpected to reflect the will of the people." (Plumer, paragraph 12)	Evidence	Adequate
fb31a783ee67	5B38B644790E	Yes, The electoral college might be voting for what they think is best for us	Counterclaim	Adequate
c46a2f52ef72	5B38B644790E	but whats best for us might not be want we want, it might not be what we think is best for us why does are vote no longer count?	Rebuttal	Adequate
a19450bc7651	5B38B644790E	"But each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the partys nominee - and that trust is rarely betrayed ... [; however,] is is entirely possible that the winner of the elctoral vote will not win the national popular vote" ( Posner, paragraph 16)	Evidence	Adequate
a52b2205ad4f	5B38B644790E	Our votes are just a back up plan and we are not important.	Claim	Adequate
5c9e5edcd316	5B38B644790E	"The electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast." (Posner, paragraph 22)	Counterclaim	Adequate
d87478b827de	5B38B644790E	If the eclectoral college leads to a tie our votes become the tie braker but that method has never been use so why are we even voting?	Rebuttal	Ineffective
75df0647a028	5B38B644790E	It is the electors whyo elect the president, not the people." (Posner, paragraph 15) Because the electoral college is voting for which "package" they think is best they believe that our opinions are unimportant and they know what is best beyond what we believe. "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for the slate of elecetors, who in turn elect the president." (Plumer, paragrph10) Our votes are just a second optiion and is not resonible and fair to each and every american who truly believe that they can make a diffrenece when they truly cant because they are an "extra."	Evidence	Adequate
08f4e6a896ee	5B38B644790E	All in all the electoral college should not be kept. Most americans now believe that we are not important and voting is just a waste of time which is currently true and fighting againt the truth is not going anywhere. Loose electoral college or loose active americans.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
b941c7396c42	5B43D8B934CC	Started with the founding fathers. The Electoral College was founded and swung into the constitution, as a compromise between Congress and the President with a popular and electoral vote. Now that time has evolved and the world has changed. The Electoral College is not in the favor of everyones expectations, it seems like it favors one side more than it favors others.	Lead	Effective
a3b3924e063c	5B43D8B934CC	The Electoral College should be changed to election by popular vote,	Position	Adequate
8028b054ce26	5B43D8B934CC	it is an unfair way of choosing the president	Claim	Adequate
1d38b6462c32	5B43D8B934CC	it is also known as a non-democratic method of having one side favored	Claim	Adequate
0a596d134450	5B43D8B934CC	it can cause catastrophe.	Claim	Adequate
5096eb445c75	5B43D8B934CC	Intially, the Electoral College should be changed to election by popular vote, because it is an unfair way of choosing presidents	Claim	Effective
f0df0624f1d5	5B43D8B934CC	Electoral College has been around for centuries, but now people feel as if the way presidents are being chose to run our country is unfair. The Electoral College is an unfair way of choosing presidents, by it being known as a winner-take-all system. Stated in the passage, "Candidates don't spend time in the states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the swing states." The candidates in the "lame" states did not even see a single campaign ad. The swing states have a higher chance and more likely to see their campaign ads, because they are the more popular states. The more popular states are "the most thoughtful votes, and should be the ones to decided the election." Swing states get campaign ads, they are the ones who are being favored, while there are other states just trying to get a campaign sign, and get their votes recognized.	Evidence	Effective
2dfca7d5e487	5B43D8B934CC	Also, the Electoral College can be known as a non-democratic method	Claim	Adequate
63c5cac0b37d	5B43D8B934CC	When something is non-democratic, it means that it is not in the democrats favor. It is a rap for them, its already set for the Republicans to win. Stated in the passage, "In a modern sense . . . it is the electors who elect the president, not the people. When you vote for presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors." Democrats may cast in their vote for presidential candiate comes with a group of electors, they see the electoral college as favorable towards the Republican group.	Evidence	Ineffective
ea61dd9175c8	5B43D8B934CC	Next, the Electoral College should be changed, because it causes catastrophe	Claim	Adequate
2684ff6781d2	5B43D8B934CC	When voting for president, it puts the electors in charge. "Electors can be anyone not holding public office." One may never know how much the elector is trustworthy, and responsible. Some may not even feel comfortable with leaving the electors in charge of such cases. People feel uneasy, because they do not know what happens behind close doors, they are never certain on who's hands can change things for the benefit of themselves. The citizens and the people may not be comforatbe with such things.	Evidence	Adequate
133ad8a679de	5B43D8B934CC	But, as much as the Electoral College may not seem beneficial and fair to some it can be a good thing also	Counterclaim	Adequate
e9e28c70f235	5B43D8B934CC	Stated in the passage "Election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where delegations vote on the president." Us people, us as citizens would not even be in charge or have a say so in who runs our country. We would not even have a choice or chance to vote and see who is worthy and most honorable in our eyes to be our president. Some may be lucky on the Representative choices on who the Electors and our Presidents would be, but also some may be dissatisified. The favor will only be in the representaives place. And the odds will be onto us. The Electoral College is not ran by the Representatives. We have a say so.	Evidence	Ineffective
a04ba05f473f	5B43D8B934CC	Finally, the Electoral College should be changed to election by popular vote, because it is an unfair way of choosing the president, it is also known as a non-democratic method of having one side favored, and it can cause catastrophe. The Electoral College shows a wide range of it either being a good or a bad way on voting.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
ad7ae6abb9e5	5B4D05042A6B	Dear State senator , You should keep the electoral college	Position	Adequate
f5a364674ee5	5B4D05042A6B	beacuse For one theres alot of electors like around 538. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. Then after the presidental election , your governor prepares a 'Certificate of Ascertainment ' listing all of the candidates who ran for president in your state along with the names of their respective electors.	Claim	Ineffective
c4cf9e606678	5B4D05042A6B	To begin with under the 23rd amendment of the constitution ,"The District of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the electoral college" and for that saying , in the following discussion , the word state also refers to the district of columbia. Also Each and every candidate that is running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors."The electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party , but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are." Foremost , under the electoral college system , voters vote not for the persident , but for a slate of electors , who in turn elect the president."Who are the electors? They can be anyone not holding public office. Who picks the electors in the first place? it depends on the state. Now i understand sometimes at state conventions , Partys , central committee , sometimes the presidental candidates themselves , Also sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate."The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. Its Basically whenever theres a really good argument thats what its called. Subconstantquintly , Sometimes most people worry about the prospect of a tie in the elections vote. "In That case , the election would be thrown to the house of representatives , where state delegations vote on the president." At the most basic level , the electoral college is unfair to voters. "because of the winner-take-all system in each state , candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning , focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states. Then now its official " The electoral college is unfair , outdated , and irrational." The best arguments in favor of it in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality.	Evidence	Ineffective
70be2d5f0df2	5B4D05042A6B	To end with , Thats why you should keep the electoral college because , You should keep the electoral college , beacuse For one theres alot of electors like around 538. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. Then after the presidental election , your governor prepares a 'Certificate of Ascertainment ' listing all of the candidates who ran for president in your state along with the names of their respective electors.	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
e8f83a623ef0	5B55BC4B128C	I disagree with the Electoral College and believe we, the voters, should be souly responsible for determining our President.	Position	Adequate
64758d1afb38	5B55BC4B128C	The Electoral College is not fair to the citizens of our state	Claim	Adequate
e76b4cf7b9af	5B55BC4B128C	When we vote for something, we want our vote to determine our President, not determine who our electors will vote for.	Evidence	Adequate
d99020c66f1d	5B55BC4B128C	When a member of their party votes, they may not always vote for that particular party's candidate	Claim	Adequate
38ced1515476	5B55BC4B128C	For instance, if the Democratic elect for 2016 had an aspect he planned to bring to Washington D.C., that a member of the Democratic party didn't agree with, they should be able to vote for whoever they please. Same goes for the electors, who may swing to the opposite party that particular year.	Evidence	Adequate
ab677c4fa9b2	5B55BC4B128C	In the case of a tie, I do however agree that it should then be up to state senators to take into consideration both candidates and go over their key aspects	Counterclaim	Adequate
e26470e51fe4	5B55BC4B128C	Then they can choice what will be most beneficial to our country and what will in the long run help our great state and country as well.	Evidence	Adequate

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With the advent of new technologies, learning from the comfort of one's own home has become more popular. However, it cannot offer as much as a traditional school in terms of education, relationships, and mental health. More importantly, distance learning would rob students (and teachers) of the sheer joy of a snow day and the healing properties that come with one. Therefore, distance learning should be viewed as a last resort for when instruction is too far behind due to having to miss school for a long period of time.

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I believe that the election for our president of the United States should be chosen by popular vote and not by some random people we don't know

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If I wanted to have someone to be in charge of what goes on where I live I would want to have a say on who should be in charge. I think that if a popular vote wasn't the determining factor in whom won the election; then that person didn't really win the election.

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in the election of 2012 Barack Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Mitt Romney

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the amount of electoral votes should not determine which of the nominees will win the election i should be whomever receives the majority of popular votes

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in the election of 2000 Al Gore received more individual votes than George W. Bush nationwide, but Bush won the election, he received 271 electoral vote compared to Gore's 266 electoral votes.

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There are many people who travel to vote for our president and it would not be fair to them if their votes didn't really matter because someone else made the final decision

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If our president isn't chosen by the citizens of the united states then the person that was chosen by unfair terms and bias choices isn't really the president of the united states; but is truly the president of the men and/or women in the electoral college who chose he or she.

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The president should be chosen fairly by a just and unbiased vote cast by the people of the united states.

Concluding Statement

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I believe that choosing the president of the United States should be choosen by popular vote and not by the Electoral Collage

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I believe this way because I think that the people should have the right to choose who represent their country, not the House of Representatives/Senate.

Claim

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The Electoral College in most cases is unfair to most voters because of the whole "winner-take-all policy".

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Some states have less electoral votes given to them and that may seem unfair to some.

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The Electoral College method is basically electors that elect the president and not the people which I think is completely useless.

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I believe that the best argument should be between the people and not members of the Electoral College.

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The most worrying part of using the Electoral College to vote for the president and vice president insteded of using the peoples votes is that the elections are just being thrown to the House of Representatives, where the state delegates choose the president and the Senate will choose the vice president

Evidence

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Candidates dont't spend time in states they know will have no chance of winning. they only focus on the tight races in "swing states" that are most likely to pay closes attention to the campaign.

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The Electoral College puts most of the weight on the large states because of their large populations.

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Getting rid of the Electoral College is a better decison for the people so they get a say in how they want their county to be and not how the goverment wants the country to be.

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If we use the peoples vote we would get more accurate votes and it would be fair for everyone. The Electorlal College is pretty much what the government wants rather than what the people want which is why many citizens have problems with our current president, so if the people could just get a say in who they think should run the country they should. When we vote for a presidential candidate we are actually voting for a slate of electors and not for the president.

Evidence

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Some of the smaller states don't get to see any campaign ads like the larger states do so they are basically putting the fate of the presidency in the hands of a few swing voters.

Evidence

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The Electoral College is hurting our county because we are not getting the accurate votes we think we're getting. Citizens are not going to want to vote anymore because of how unfair these campaigns are. Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think a single vote may decide an election.

Concluding Statement

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I am in favor of changing the process in which America votes for its president;

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currently the when you cast your vote you are acctually voting for your candidate's electors whos votes do not become valid until [they] the electors are voted for by the [you] the people. A few problems with this process is expressed in an artical titled " The Indefensible Electoral Colledge"

Evidence

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. With useing this process citizens sometimes do not have control over who their electors vote for, also voters may get confused and vote for the wrong candidate.

Claim

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I can understand why other people may think my claim is wrong, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and should also be entitled to their own vote aswell which is why instead of voteing for someone who will vote for our president [ we ] the people should directly vote for our candidates. In the same article" The Indfensible Electoral Colledge"

Evidence

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It states "Back in 1960, segergationists in the louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replaceing the democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy".

Evidence

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They did this as an attemp to take the popular vote from kennedy. This just shows how much freedom the electors have with your vote.

Claim

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In recent weeks, news of new, life threatening viruses (such as the Corona virus) has gone up at a rapid rate, causing a large amount of disarray and discomfort within the educational system; between the staff members, the students, and the parents, it seems inevitable that schools will close to keep the students and the staff members as safe as possible. Once they understood the circumstances, parents and students started to have questions; "how will the students continue getting their education?", "what format will it be in?", and "how will it be administered?" The response that most school counties developed for these questions was long distance learning. Distance learning is a new format of teaching where students stay at their homes while completing assignments; but, this method of learning has gotten somewhat controversial. Many teachers argue that distance learning is not effective and that it allows for students to copy, cheat, or flat out be lazy. This is a true judgment, but misled;

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when distance learning is applied to hard working students, it allows for significantly better results more consecutively, making it way more effective than the current system set in place. The reason for its better performance is because of two aspects:

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number one, it allows for students to learn and practice taking initiative,

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number two, its allows for students to learn to identify what their individual work process is, learn to adapt to it, and apply it to the real world.

Claim

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The controversial part about distance learning is one of its fundamental aspects; the distance. The system of learning that was in actions for decades was based on a word to mouth learning process, where you had to be instructed in multiple different classrooms, on multiple different subjects, by multiple different instructors; it's quite tiresome, I must admit, but the degree of work is not the issue. The issue lies within the "spoon fed" mentality that develops in a work space such as this; a work space entirely devoid of any personal initiative. Never mind don't, when adolescents can't take the initiative for things that deeply benefits them, they will inevitably feel as if they are just a hamster running on a wheel, or just another gear in a clock, causing for a lot of procrastination or laziness; the stripping of self initiative develops a feeling of diminished importance in ones self leading to less attentiveness and over all less care for the subjects being learned. Quite frankly, the students that perform the best in school are the ones that are taught from an extracurricular source, whether its from their parents or someone else, about the importance of education, allowing that child to decide for themselves that they want to pursue it wholesomely i e. they took initiative to learn.

Evidence

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With distance learning, students can be in the comfort of their own homes and decide for themselves when they feel best to engage in a new topic.

Claim

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Regardless of what educational system is in place, whether traditional learning or distance learning, there will be the students that wont study, will copy their friend's homework, and will cheat on test, its unavoidable;

Counterclaim

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this is still true for distance learning, and with common sense, the side effects of it can be determined quite easily.

Rebuttal

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When given the option to to stay at home to complete school, in opposition to going to school to complete school, nine out of ten students would agree in an instant to stay home. When further asking them their reasoning, the responses your most likely to receive consists of this : "Im going to go out and chill with my friends", "Im going to sleep in everyday", "im going to go out shopping", or flat out "Im not going to do any work." The distance aspect of distance learning, when in the hands of people who initially didn't chose to go to school, will be full of procrastination and laziness. There can be measures applied to attempt to weed out the students that are straggling and try to help them develop better work habits, such as retake policies and extra help, but if a student doesn't care for what he or she is being told to work on, inevitably they will figure out a way around that work.

Evidence

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Work is of key importance to success; with out working, you can't attain a great majority of success. Evidently though, work comes in many different forms and styles, usually deriving from how that person had grown up and been raised; so, a work process that may come as natural to one person, may be foreign to another.

Evidence

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Learning what a person's work process consists of is fundamental to attaining consecutively good results; distance learning allows for students to be able to distinctly figure out what schedules and work patterns works for them.

Claim

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While still in the traditional educational system, the process of work during that educational period is at the will of the instructor, if the instructor isnt going at a speed you can comfortably retain knowledge, then a lot of information that is being taught will not be remembered; when this process is repeated, it can lead to a development of stress or a numerous slew of issues.

Evidence

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In conclusion, if distance learning were to be put into action nationwide, the outcome would be very beneficial. Students that take initiative for themselves will become more prosperous and successful then the ones that don't; even then, the students that don't take the initiative are given the opportunity to learn how to and apply it to their lives. With the ability to stay at home, students can get the time to learn their work habits, adapt, and improve upon them so they can preform to the best of their ability, regardless of what they are tasked with. And yes, Although there are students who are not compelled to complete school, the amount will be greatly reduced because of the encouraging nature of distance learning, which allows for students to take their own initiative in learning something beneficial to them.

Concluding Statement

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Everyone has a role in the community: such as citizens , mayors , senators , or even presidents. These high roles are selected by the citizens within the community. Some people have a technique of who they vote for but everyone follow the same system, the Electoral College. "The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens." - souce 1 . The Electoral College gives citizens that meet the criteria a chase to vote.

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The Electoral College is a system use for citizens to pick who they would like to make and force the laws. "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 Congess."- Source 1. It's many steps to picking a president. You have to pick candidates and those candidates have their share of electors, which are chosen by a political party under certain qualifications. "The electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party, but state laws on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are . . . ."

Evidence

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The Electoral College has many flaws that can happen

Counterclaim

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but is unlikely to happen.

Rebuttal

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The citizens really don't vote for the president, they put they trust in an electors hand to choose the right President. "But each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee (and that trust is rarely betrayed). . ."-Source 3. Its unlikely for the trust to be betrayed but it has happened during the Gore vs. Bush campaign in 2000. The Electoral College, despite its lack of democratic history, have five practical reasons for retaining- Certainty of Outcome, the President chosen becomes everyone president, some states are swing states, some are big states, and they try to avoid run-off elections.

Evidence

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"At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters."

Evidence

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While others may want to get rid of the Electoral College due to the unfairness it brings

Counterclaim

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others may feel different and would like to keep it going due to it given the citizens a choice.

Rebuttal

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You help choose your state's electors when you vote for President because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidates's electors."

Evidence

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"Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political prefereance rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election. . . ."

Evidence

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The electoral college should continue to help citizens vote for campaign runners role in the community because it provides the citizens a choice and also a voice.

Position

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A vote may not change a election but every vote will count and make a difference.

Evidence

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Hi, I am My'Ajah i am a scientists at NASA i am here to talk to you about the false claim about a face being on mars. At first i myself thought there was a face on mars me and my team thought it was very cool. And the attention we (NASA) got was tremendous, but we still had to look into it because if the world found out it really was not a face they could call us a fraud and we could lose much money.

Lead

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So, me Henry and many other NASA scientists look into it and we figure out this is not a face

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but if this is not a face what is it? That's what your thiniking right. We had to find out

Claim

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"so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global surveyour flew over Cydonia for the first time,Michael Malin and his (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper then the orginal". Once we recived the photo from Michael and his team we dug in to see what this really was.

Evidence

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After months of research we finally found what it truly is a mesa

Claim

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for those who do not know what a mesa is a mesa is kind of like a landform made by dirt been blown by the wind.

Evidence

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Well "on a cloudless summer day in Cydonia----Mar Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look."we had to roll the space craft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view" Said Garvin. "Malin's team captured and extraordinary photo using the cameras absoulute maximum resolution." Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 viking photo".

Evidence

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Many companies and people still belive that it is a face but, finally we have the truth!

Concluding Statement

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Even though you may believe that keeping the electoral college is a great idea and a benefit to all, its not.

Position

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Americans votes no longer count when having the electoral college and do not vare for our opinion on whom we believe should become our president, they decide in what they think is bvest for us. "The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irtrational".

Evidence

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Most americns believe that the elcetoral college is unfair and voting has become a waste of their time

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and that there is no neeed to vote if their votes no longer count.

Claim

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Our votes do not count and we are no longer in control.

Claim

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"Most states have a winner take all system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate." (The Office Of The Florida Register, paragraph 7) Therefore no matter who wants what iif that is what the electoral college decides thats what goes, And many americans are getting tired of doing pointless voiting if it doesnt even matter. "Given that many voters vote one party for president and another for congress, the house selection can hardly be excpected to reflect the will of the people." (Plumer, paragraph 12)

Evidence

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Yes, The electoral college might be voting for what they think is best for us

Counterclaim

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but whats best for us might not be want we want, it might not be what we think is best for us why does are vote no longer count?

Rebuttal

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"But each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the partys nominee - and that trust is rarely betrayed ... [; however,] is is entirely possible that the winner of the elctoral vote will not win the national popular vote" ( Posner, paragraph 16)

Evidence

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Our votes are just a back up plan and we are not important.

Claim

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"The electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast." (Posner, paragraph 22)

Counterclaim

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If the eclectoral college leads to a tie our votes become the tie braker but that method has never been use so why are we even voting?

Rebuttal

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It is the electors whyo elect the president, not the people." (Posner, paragraph 15) Because the electoral college is voting for which "package" they think is best they believe that our opinions are unimportant and they know what is best beyond what we believe. "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for the slate of elecetors, who in turn elect the president." (Plumer, paragrph10) Our votes are just a second optiion and is not resonible and fair to each and every american who truly believe that they can make a diffrenece when they truly cant because they are an "extra."

Evidence

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All in all the electoral college should not be kept. Most americans now believe that we are not important and voting is just a waste of time which is currently true and fighting againt the truth is not going anywhere. Loose electoral college or loose active americans.

Concluding Statement

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Started with the founding fathers. The Electoral College was founded and swung into the constitution, as a compromise between Congress and the President with a popular and electoral vote. Now that time has evolved and the world has changed. The Electoral College is not in the favor of everyones expectations, it seems like it favors one side more than it favors others.

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The Electoral College should be changed to election by popular vote,

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it is an unfair way of choosing the president

Claim

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it is also known as a non-democratic method of having one side favored

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it can cause catastrophe.

Claim

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Intially, the Electoral College should be changed to election by popular vote, because it is an unfair way of choosing presidents

Claim

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Electoral College has been around for centuries, but now people feel as if the way presidents are being chose to run our country is unfair. The Electoral College is an unfair way of choosing presidents, by it being known as a winner-take-all system. Stated in the passage, "Candidates don't spend time in the states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the swing states." The candidates in the "lame" states did not even see a single campaign ad. The swing states have a higher chance and more likely to see their campaign ads, because they are the more popular states. The more popular states are "the most thoughtful votes, and should be the ones to decided the election." Swing states get campaign ads, they are the ones who are being favored, while there are other states just trying to get a campaign sign, and get their votes recognized.

Evidence

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Also, the Electoral College can be known as a non-democratic method

Claim

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When something is non-democratic, it means that it is not in the democrats favor. It is a rap for them, its already set for the Republicans to win. Stated in the passage, "In a modern sense . . . it is the electors who elect the president, not the people. When you vote for presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors." Democrats may cast in their vote for presidential candiate comes with a group of electors, they see the electoral college as favorable towards the Republican group.

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Next, the Electoral College should be changed, because it causes catastrophe

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When voting for president, it puts the electors in charge. "Electors can be anyone not holding public office." One may never know how much the elector is trustworthy, and responsible. Some may not even feel comfortable with leaving the electors in charge of such cases. People feel uneasy, because they do not know what happens behind close doors, they are never certain on who's hands can change things for the benefit of themselves. The citizens and the people may not be comforatbe with such things.

Evidence

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But, as much as the Electoral College may not seem beneficial and fair to some it can be a good thing also

Counterclaim

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Stated in the passage "Election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where delegations vote on the president." Us people, us as citizens would not even be in charge or have a say so in who runs our country. We would not even have a choice or chance to vote and see who is worthy and most honorable in our eyes to be our president. Some may be lucky on the Representative choices on who the Electors and our Presidents would be, but also some may be dissatisified. The favor will only be in the representaives place. And the odds will be onto us. The Electoral College is not ran by the Representatives. We have a say so.

Evidence

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Finally, the Electoral College should be changed to election by popular vote, because it is an unfair way of choosing the president, it is also known as a non-democratic method of having one side favored, and it can cause catastrophe. The Electoral College shows a wide range of it either being a good or a bad way on voting.

Concluding Statement

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Dear State senator , You should keep the electoral college

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beacuse For one theres alot of electors like around 538. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. Then after the presidental election , your governor prepares a 'Certificate of Ascertainment ' listing all of the candidates who ran for president in your state along with the names of their respective electors.

Claim

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To begin with under the 23rd amendment of the constitution ,"The District of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the electoral college" and for that saying , in the following discussion , the word state also refers to the district of columbia. Also Each and every candidate that is running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors."The electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party , but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are." Foremost , under the electoral college system , voters vote not for the persident , but for a slate of electors , who in turn elect the president."Who are the electors? They can be anyone not holding public office. Who picks the electors in the first place? it depends on the state. Now i understand sometimes at state conventions , Partys , central committee , sometimes the presidental candidates themselves , Also sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate."The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. Its Basically whenever theres a really good argument thats what its called. Subconstantquintly , Sometimes most people worry about the prospect of a tie in the elections vote. "In That case , the election would be thrown to the house of representatives , where state delegations vote on the president." At the most basic level , the electoral college is unfair to voters. "because of the winner-take-all system in each state , candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning , focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states. Then now its official " The electoral college is unfair , outdated , and irrational." The best arguments in favor of it in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality.

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To end with , Thats why you should keep the electoral college because , You should keep the electoral college , beacuse For one theres alot of electors like around 538. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. Then after the presidental election , your governor prepares a 'Certificate of Ascertainment ' listing all of the candidates who ran for president in your state along with the names of their respective electors.

Concluding Statement

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I disagree with the Electoral College and believe we, the voters, should be souly responsible for determining our President.

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The Electoral College is not fair to the citizens of our state

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When we vote for something, we want our vote to determine our President, not determine who our electors will vote for.

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When a member of their party votes, they may not always vote for that particular party's candidate

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For instance, if the Democratic elect for 2016 had an aspect he planned to bring to Washington D.C., that a member of the Democratic party didn't agree with, they should be able to vote for whoever they please. Same goes for the electors, who may swing to the opposite party that particular year.

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In the case of a tie, I do however agree that it should then be up to state senators to take into consideration both candidates and go over their key aspects

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Then they can choice what will be most beneficial to our country and what will in the long run help our great state and country as well.

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