POL214Y1 Lecture Notes - Town Hall Meeting, Athenian Democracy, Direct Democracy
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Hanging chad problem, the ballots were unreadable by machines. Florida supreme court ordered a recount of all the ballots. People argue about that people who get appointed by a president are basically lackeys. Voting and how people vote to channel people"s preferences. The work that voting does in theory it lodges sovereignty in the people. Obligates citizens to abide by government laws and policies. Voting and electoral systems are features of modern democratic systems. Direct democracy- the referendum- proposition 8 california- only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in california. 694 valid petition signatures to have a lot of support behind you even before the vote. Almost 14 million voted on the proposition which passed by 4 points. Voting is delegating power to help someone else. Most democracies came about from enlarging the populations of voters. As a result of the exclusion of different segments of the population.
