Research question: How well has compulsory voting
worked in other countries?
Which excerpt from "Compulsory Voting: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
best answers this research question?
A. In the following 1924 election, voter turnout in Australia climbed
to 91% and has remained around 95% ever since.
B. In our current system of voluntary voting, the winner of an election
is determined by the candidate's ability to create controversy
rather than by leadership skill
C. And yet when it comes time to elect a new President, only 55
percent of Americans show up to cast their vote.
D. According to the Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance,
about 32 countries around the world have some form of
compulsory voting ...

The harlem renaissance dawned in an era of pervasive racism and segregation. although legally "free," many african americans were still bound by ideas that had their roots in the slavery of earlier centuries. identity and freedom are important ideas presented in many of the poems from the harlem renaissance. furthermore, the values of identity and freedom are not unique to particular times and places. as hughes expresses in "dream variations," all humans want to be able to develop their identities in freedom. what role does freedom play in the poems you read in this unit? what is required of a society to enable each individual to be true to his or her identity and be free to live by that identity? write about at least three of the poems, describing how the poet uses imagery to depict freedom and identity, the lack of it, or the desire for it.