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2. MOTIVATION FOR BECOMING INTERESTED IN THE
POLITICAL SYSTEM:
 CURRENT EVENTS
 SO MANY ISSUES HAVE TAKEN PLACE OVER THE COURSE YEARS NOT JUST
IN THE U.S. BUT IN TEXAS AS WELL. THE CAPITAL RIOTS, COVID-19, THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT, AND OF COURSE WHAT WENT ON
WITH THE ELECTIONS. THE WAY TEXAS HAS CHANGED HAS SPARKED
MANY PEOPLE’S ATTENTION, NOT ONLY THE CITIZENS OF TEXAS BUT ALL
OVER THE UNITED STATES. SOCIAL MEDIA HAS CHANGED A LOT OF
THINGS AS WELL; IF SOCIAL MEDIA WAS NOT AS RELEVANT TODAY MANY
WOULD NOT KNOW ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE
WORLD , LET ALONE THEIR OWN CITY.
 VOTING
 BEFORE THE CHAOS THAT THIS COUNTRY HAD EXPERIENCED, THERE WAS
NO INTEREST IN VOTING FOR ANYTHING. NOW I WILL DO MY BET TO
VOICE MY OPINIONS. I WOULD LIKE THERE TO BE NO PARTIES WHEN IT
COMES TO THE ELECTIONS. WE ARE ALL PEOPLE, AND CITIZENS OF THIS
COUNTRY, YET SO DIVIDED, FROM PARTY, TO CULTURE TO RACE , TO
RELIGIOUS STATUS. ONE IMPORTANT THING I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE IS
THE WAY THE JUSTICE SYSTEM WORKS.
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3. THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE
FEDERAL
SYSTEM AND
STATE SYSTEM:
FEDERAL SYSTEM: POWERS THE FEDERAL SYSTEM HOLDS
ENUMERATED POWERS - THESE WERE GIVEN TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
 TO DECLARE WAR
 FORCE TAXES
 TO REGULATE MONEY
STATE SYSTEM
RESERVED POWERS- POWERS NOT GIVEN TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE FREEDOM TO
PASS THEIR OWN LAWS
 MARRIAGE LAWS
 DRUG/MARIJUANA USE
 COMMERCE
 GUN LAWS

5. TEXAS INFLUENCE
ON THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT:
I DO NOT FEEL TEXAS WILL BE
ABLE TO INFLUENCE THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT DUE TO THE
THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN
PLACE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.
ALTHOUGH BILLS CAN BE
CHANGED, I DO NOT SEE TEXAS
BEING ABLE TO IMPACT THAT
CHANGE.

6. “
”
VOTE!
THINGS WILL NOT CHANGE UNLESS YOU USE YOUR VOICE, THAT IS THE ONLY WAY CHANGE WILL HAPPEN. ALLOW IT TO
BE PASSED ON FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.
THE VOICE OF THE CITIZEN'S MATTER