Thursday, December 16, 2010

1. Explain the difference between hard and soft money:
hard money is earned soft money is given.

2. What is the electoral process and is this something that you agree or disagree with and why?
i agree with it because there is no way to make it any easier. it is a good process to make sure the rite persoson wins.

3. What is the difference between a closed and open primary?
closed only the people from the party being voted on can vote and open one everyone can vote.

4. Explain what absentee voting is and what the positives and negative may be with regards to it:
it helps people vote who wont be able to on the voting day but some people use it when they dont need it.

5. What changes to your see in the way we run elections ten years from now?
it will be more electronic and less card ballots. almost all of it will probably be done on computers.

6. Explain your views on money and elections with regards the amount of money that is spent:
a huge amount of money is spent on elections and campaigns but i dont think they would be able to do it without it.