| US Election 2008, War-Based solution or Peace-Based | | | | right to vote freely was a major goal of the |
| One ? | | | | american civil rights to vote , and securing the right |
| A decision making process where people choose | | | | to vote to other groups which remain excluded in |
| people to hold official offices, Yes ELECTION , the | | | | some places ( such as convicted felons, members of |
| usual mechanism by which modern democracy fills | | | | certain minorities, and the economically |
| offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive | | | | disadvantaged) continues to be a significant goal of |
| and judiciary, and for regional and local government . | | | | voting rights advocates . |
| According to Fr.Fank Pavone, M.E.V.National | | | | The second most important thing to be mentioned is |
| Director,"it's a declarations of"done deal" | | | | that there are two important stages to an election . |
| beforethey're done. It's war of polls and | | | | Stage one, in which we are now , is the period of |
| "front-runners," of probabilities and predictions". | | | | time when we get to decide who will be on the |
| There are two important questions relating to | | | | ballot. Stage two, which comes after the primates |
| elections; The first is that who may vote , which is a | | | | are all finished , is when we figure out who on the |
| central issue in elections and the second is which | | | | ballot should get our vote . |
| stage are we in regard to election . | | | | These are two very different stages . |
| Before clarifying about these two important | | | | Key to winning the psychological battle for the |
| questions we must have some pre-knowledge about | | | | election is to keep remiding ourselves that we are in |
| history of elections and two stages which are | | | | stage One, not stage Two . |
| distinguished in them . | | | | The fact is that right now, nobody knows which |
| The first most important thing to know is that the | | | | candidate will be on the ballot for the presidential |
| electorate does not generally include the entire | | | | election in November of 2008 . It could be any one |
| population; For example,many countries prohibit those | | | | of the candidates who have already declared their |
| judged mentally incompetent from voting, and all | | | | intention to run, or it could be someone we haven't |
| jurisdictions require a minimum age for voting . | | | | heard of yet. As past elections have |
| Historicaly, many other groups of people have also | | | | shown,"front-runners" at this stage of the process do |
| been excluded from voting . For instance,the | | | | not necessarily become the winner on election day. |
| democracy of ancient Athens did not allow | | | | And in the age of blogs, circumstances in politics |
| women,foreigners,or slaves to vote, and the original | | | | change faster than ever, and the dynamics of |
| United States Constitution left the topic of suffrage | | | | change are more numerous and unpredictable than |
| to the states; | | | | ever. Many things still have to happen. |
| Usually only white male property owners were able | | | | Straw polls, debates into a much stronger position |
| to vote ! Much of the history of elections involves | | | | that they now enjoy . |
| the effort to promote suffrage for excluded groups. | | | | The 2008 Election battle is well underway, but the |
| The women's suffrage movement gave women in | | | | battlefield, at this stage of the election is not in the |
| many countries the right to vote, and securing the | | | | voting booth, and not even in the bank . |