briefly summarize how the Electoral College works.

The practice of state legislatures appointing Electors continued for many years. Most American history texts do not report national presidential vote totals before 1824 because 25% of the states were still not holding presidential elections by that year. Even as late as 1876 the state of Colorado’s legislature appointed Electors. As states moved away from legislative appointment to the current system of allowing a state’s Electors to be chosen by a winner-take-all popular vote, the primary rationale for the Electoral College was forgotten in history. At the same time, public expectations of strong presidential leadership were rising. This creates a problem well illustrated by the disputed election of 2000. George W. Bush was elected president with 271 electoral votes to Al Gore’s 266 electoral votes. However, Gore amassed 543,895 popular votes more than Bush. Also, because some disputed votes in Florida made unclear which candidate should receive the state’s electoral votes, the Florida Supreme Court ordered a full recount of the Florida vote. But the U.S. Supreme Court intervened and stopped the recount, thereby in effect awarding Florida’s electoral votes to Bush. While arguments continue to this day about the legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court’s intervention, the 2000 election illustrates a glaring weakness of the Electoral College system – selecting a president whose authority may be diminished by the dubious circumstances of his or her election. The election of 2000 also has fueled a long ongoing debate about whether the Electoral College should be abandoned in favor of method which insures that the candidate elected has the most popular votes. Would this outcome be more consistent with contemporary public expectations about the president’s role as a national leader who can get things done?Before writing your initial post, review the assigned resources. To easily access the resources from the Ashford University Library, please see the table located in the Course Materials section.In your initial post of at least 200-250 words, briefly summarize how the Electoral College works. Explain some of the main pros and cons in the debate about whether to keep or abolish the current Electoral College process. Also explain one proposal to change how the system works without formally abolishing it. Evaluate the various arguments and the proposal. Include at least two perspectives in your assessment:

prepare an overview report of the municipal emergency response to a “dirty bomb” incident.

You are the risk manager for a large city (you can use the nearest metropolitan area to where you are currently located). You have been asked to prepare an overview report of the municipal emergency response to a “dirty bomb” incident. Include an introduction that examines the availability of low-level nuclear material stateside and abroad. Also address the logistics of decontamination and the disposal of contaminated property and clean-up materials.

Write a 100-250 word email responding to the scenario.

The purpose of this assignment is to implement communication strategies for delivering negative news.Select one of the following scenarios:You are a student that recently failed a high stakes assignment due to a misunderstanding. You are disputing the grade you received on the assessment and you have decided to email your professor. Draft a professional emailto your instructor.Write a 100-250 word email responding to the scenario. Your email should have a subject or title line that is consistent with the content of the message.Incorporate the conventions related to delivering negative news by including the following elements:Buffer statementReasons for the situation or decisionNegative newsSuitable or desired resolutionRespectful closingWhile APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Course Materials if you need assistance.

Create a chronological narrative delineating the significance of the documents/events listed below that impacted the evolution of the United States Constitution

Constitution TimelineCreate a chronological narrative delineating the significance of the documents/events listed below that impacted the evolution of the United States Constitution in 750-1,000 words. In your narrative, discuss each of the documents and/or events listed below, then analyze and describe the significance that each of these documents and/or events contributed to the creation of the United States Constitution. Include the following in your assignment:a) Magna Carta (1215)b) Mayflower Compact (1620)c) Declaration of Independence (1776)d) Articles of Confederation (1777)e) Federalist Papers (1787-1788)

Do you think the individual made the best decision possible given the circumstances?

EVERYONE SHOULD ANSWER THESE TWO QUESTIONS BASED OFF OF THE PART THEY DID FOR WEEK 4· Do you think the individual made the best decision possible given the circumstances?· Could you see yourself acting similarly in similar circumstances?These should be answered ASAP so that we can discuss them.Once done with those, everyone should pick one of these questions350-400 word count.· Do you believe that American society as a whole is predisposed to ethical or unethical behavior? Explain your response. –Marcela

How would you assess Marx’s view of human nature – species being?

1. How would you assess Marx’s view of human nature – species being?2. Marx is said to have turned Hegel “upright.” What do you think this means? Marx’s approach to history is identified as “historical materialism.” How would you contrast Marx’s view of history to Hegel’s?3. What do you take to be Marx and Engel’s central criticism about liberal thought (not just capitalism)?Answer question in no less than 250-300 words, using at least 2 sources to support your work.

should minorities have lower admission standards in order to racially balance college populations?

The civil rights movement and President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty in the mid-1960s launched a movement for the nation to respond by offering equal access to education, housing, and other resources (Alger et al., 2000). In June 1965, President Johnson spoke at Howard University (DC), outlining the major principles behind affirmative action (Garrison-Wade, Dorothy F., Lewis, Chance W., Affirmative Action: History and Analysis, Journal of College Admission, Summer 2004President Lyndon Johnson stated:“You do not take a man who for years has been hobbled by chains, liberate him, bring him to the starting line of a race, saying, ‘you are free to compete with all the others,’ and still justly believe you have been completely fair… This is the next and more profound stage of the battle for civil rights. We seek not just freedom but opportunity-not legal equity but human ability-not just equality as a right and a theory, but equality as a fact and as a result” (ECS, 1).President Johnson reinforced his speech by signing an Executive Order in late 1965 mandating government contractors to “take affirmative action” in all aspects of hiring and employing minorities (Brunner, 2002).As a result of this mandate, many colleges and professional schools started to recruit minority students as a part of their education mission. Ultimately, this led to these institutions initiating admission policies that took race into consideration. These policies increased admission for African Americans and Hispanics at predominately white institutions.Regents of University of California v. Bakke (1978) was the first case to question the legality of affirmative action policies in higher education. Allan Bakke, a white applicant, claimed he was wrongfully denied admission to medical school at the University of California to make room for less qualified minority applicants. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the establishment or use of “racial quotas” in determining admission violates the Equal Protection Clause of the fourteenth Amendment; however, institutions of higher learning can still consider race as one factor, among many, in the admission process.Over the next 25 years, affirmative action policies in higher education sparked many debates and raised many issues. Most recently, the Supreme Court ruled on the monumental decision in Grutter v. bollinger, (2003), which allowed the University of Michigan Law School to use race-based affirmative action to diversify its student body. However, in the (Gratz v. Rggewis (2003) decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the university’s undergraduate College of Literature, Science, and Arts could not use an admission process that awarded points based on an applicant’s race and ethnicity. The decisions by the Supreme Court have now changed the future of affirmative action in the undergraduate admission process, given that race and ethnicity cannot be awarded “extra” points to help admit certain applicants.So now I ask you, should minorities have lower admission standards in order to racially balance college populations? Should race and ethnic background be a consideration at all in the college admission process, or does that promote reverse discrimination? Consider the many different races affected by this.

Discuss lobbying reforms, including the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 and efforts under the Bush and Obama administrations. Were these reforms effective?

Discuss lobbying reforms, including the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 and efforts under the Bush and Obama administrations. Were these reforms effective? Will they reduce the perceived corruption in lobbying activities?Explain how the Patriot Act increased Federal powers for search, seizure, surveillance and detention. Please also discuss concerns voiced by privacy and civil rights advocates regarding the law’s different provisions.With your essays, I am looking for sound arguments, specific details and support from a variety of sources. This means an introductory/thesis statement, several supporting paragraphs and a conclusion. Writing three or four general sentences might qualify as the introduction to a fully developed essay, but not as one in and of itself. Aim for at least 500 words per essay. Please identify sources used in the text of the essay, and place a list of sources at the bottom of your answer (a minimum of three).

explain what is Management contract enter mode and explain the upsides and downside, but intend to explain more upsides about it and why management contract is good one.

Full page–in-text citations and works cited-outside research required. The topic isEntry mode of Bring Kroger to Aruba.Background:The idea is that we plan to set up a Kroger supermarket in the Aruba (island). We have done two paper before this, to explain company profile and country profile.This paper focus on the entry mode.The paper need to answer this question:How does your (I choose the management contract) entry mode compare to the ones they currently use? If you are using something different then you need to explain why.Two paragraph:One is to explain and analyze Kroger company currently use entry mode.Another is to explain what is Management contract enter mode and explain the upsides and downside, but intend to explain more upsides about it and why management contract is good one.To compare management contract enter mode and currently entry mode, tell me the why choose the Management contract.—————————–This is my research, hope it helps:Right now Kroger uses the entry mode of mergers to acquire other companies that are then subsidiaries of Kroger.The subsidiary means that the new organization is a “child” company owned by a “parent” company.—————————-Note:Use own wordsuse outside research no wikisprovide specific proof and evidence: data…specific data to support your answers, must credits next to the data and proofmust use APA citation as Paraphrases; use in-text citations pleaselist page numbers or paragraph numberUse at least 2 or 3 resources

Define and discuss some of the major HRM activities.

Define and discuss some of the major HRM activities. Exercise Instructions: You are required to submit a 2-Page (Title Page and Content Page), APA formatted paper with substantial content. Substantial content requires staying on topic and fully addresses the assignment in a clear, concise, and meaningful manner. The deliverable length of your posting responses must be at least 2-pages, (Title Page and Content Page) APA format.Exercises must be the students original thoughts based on the topics from the “Open Educational Resource” (OER) Course Textbook and/or other referenced sources. Direct quotes from references must be less than 20 words. Please review for sentence structure, grammar and punctuation errors. Plagiarized submissions may result in a “0” for the submission. Late submissions will be deducted 5 points.All assignment(s) derive from the OER Textbook. For academic purposes, at least 1 APA formatted reference is required pertaining to the topic(s).All Exercises Grade Weight Total: 25%Unicheck Guide: Student GuidePlagiarism Checker(Links to an external site.)APA template: APA Format Made Simple Download APA Format Made SimpleAPA format assistance:Purdue Owl APA Formating and Guides

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