American's Voting System

Abstract

Voting system is important for the success of democracy. In most of the countries, people prefer the democracy in which each individual has a right to vote the person of their choice. This paper discusses the history, working phenomenon, people`s interest and conditions for vote casting. Furthermore, this paper describes the advantages and disadvantages of the voting system implemented in various regions of United States.

Abstract2

Introduction4

Discussion4

History of the Voting System in United States4

Participation of Voters in Elections5

Voting System of United States7

Conditions to Cast Vote7

System of Casting Vote7

Pros and Cons of Voting System of America8

Conclusion10

References11



American's Voting System

Introduction

The voting system or elections are the core element of democracy. It is the right of the public of any country to get rid of the person if they do not like their efforts and to elect the most appropriate persons at their positions. The ideal democracy encompasses the essential types of direct involvement of the citizens in making the important decisions concerning the benefits for the country and nation. It is necessary for the government and stakeholders of America to evaluate the democracy via the careful procedure of examination regarding voting system and working pertinent policies and strategies.

Discussion

History of the Voting System in United States

At the end of eighteenth century, letters and diligences were the most important system to communicate. In presence of this dimension, the organization of democratic vote did not seem possible. For this reason, some of the communities made a decision of sending out the trustworthy individuals in order to represent the interests of public in the city, Washington (Strömbäck & Dimitrova, 2006). On September 17, 1787, the United States of America concluded to establish the voting or electoral system. Since 1787, the changes have made only two times; once in 1803 and then in 1961. The election problems emerged in 1800 caused the development of modification in the voting system. Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson related to the same party, received the equal number of votes. All the delegates possessed the chance to cast two votes but with the condition, that no one could cast two votes to the single candidate.

Afterwards, the person with highest votes would be the president and the runner up would get the position of vice president. The representative chamber had to cast the vote in order to solve the problem concerning the parity of votes. In that elections, other problem rose related to the representative chamber who was not interested in selecting any of the two persons as the president. Later, the election committee made the decision to conduct the voting process for both of the seats individually. The 12th amendment shows the whole scenario and the perspective solution (Elections and Voting, 2009).

In amendment 23, the modification was made in the year of 1961. The District of Columbia was not the residential place at that time and; hence did not possess the permission to entitle the electoral delegates. The seat was of the government ...