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Gingrich was referring to a recent ad, featuring actor Julia Roberts, that subtly hints married women should not feel pressured to vote for the same candidate as their husbands.
Several women involved in the grassroots campaign in more conservative areas told NBC News that getting involved in the sticky notes campaign was a way for them to be politically active without ...
He stated the government should not force citizens to vote or threaten them with a fine. [28] At the 2013 federal election , considering the threat of a non-voting fine of up to A$20, [ 29 ] there was a turnout of 92%, [ 30 ] of whom 6% lodged either informal or blank ballot papers. [ 31 ]
Register readers have ideas for discouraging negative ads, improving the courts and refining the constitution in letters published Oct. 22, 2024.
The paradox of voting, also called Downs' paradox, is that for a rational and egoistic voter (Homo economicus), the costs of voting will normally exceed the expected benefits. Because the chance of exercising the pivotal vote is minuscule compared to any realistic estimate of the private individual benefits of the different possible outcomes ...
Wyoming was the first state in which women were able to vote, although it was a condition of the transition to statehood. Utah was the second territory to allow women to vote, but the federal Edmunds–Tucker Act of 1887 repealed woman's suffrage in Utah. Colorado was the first established state to allow women to vote on the same basis as men.
Julia Roberts Says ‘Women Still Have a Right to Choose’ in Voting Booths, Even if Their Husbands Support Trump: ‘No One Will Ever Know’ How You Vote Zack Sharf October 29, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Organizations supporting women's rights became more active in the mid-19th century and, in 1848, the Seneca Falls convention adopted the Declaration of Sentiments, which called for equality between the sexes and included a resolution urging women to secure the vote. Pro-suffrage organizations used a variety of tactics including legal arguments ...