Why is voter turnout more problematic in the United States than it is in other Western Democracies? Many other Western style Democracies make voting in elections mandatory, notably Australia, Austria, Belgium, Greece and Italy. Registration laws in the US are more restrictive than in other countries. Western European countries incorporate voter registration into the citizenry registration and identification card issuance process, whereas in the US voter registration is a separate process...

Jeremiah Driscoll Normal 2 218 2005-05-07T19:35:00Z 2005-05-07T19:35:00Z 2 644 3671 30 7 4508 9.4402 War Powers Act of1973   The War Powers Act can trace its origins to theconflict in Viet Nam in the 1960's.   Bythe late 60's, many members of Congress had withdrawn what support of the warthey had earlier shown.   The Congresswas ruled by the Democrats, whereas there was a new Republican president,Richard Nixon. Th...