1. Explain the difference between hard and soft money:

Hard money is money raised and spent to elect canidates for Congress and the White House while soft money is funds given to party organizations for the good of that party.

2. What is the electoral process and is this something that you agree or disagree with and why?

Democracy: voting to elect a person to an office of the government.

3. What is the difference between a closed and open primary?

A closed primary deals with a party's nominating election in which only declared party members can vote while an open primary is a party's nominating election in which any qualified voter can cast a ballot.

4. Explain what absentee voting is and what the positives and negative may be with regards to it:

Absentee voting is simply voting before the actual election due to the fact that they, for any reason, couldn't get to the voting booth on election day.  I think the positive side is that more people will vote but then again maybe not as many people will vote because they think they have time to vote whenever but then its too late.

5. What changes to your see in the way we run elections ten years from now?

I think that we will run our elections the same way as we do now.  There are decreasing numbers in voters each year but I think its just the fact that people are becoming too lazy.  People will start to vote and care who our leader is eventually.

6. Explain your views on money and elections with regards the amount of money that is spent:

I think that its just plain stupid how much money is put into elections and that the party's go way overboard.  There doesn't need to be that much money spent.  They think that the more money is spent, the more votes they will get and I don't think that's the case.  Both party's can spend less and still get enough votes to win elections.

7. Go to cnn.com or foxnews.com and find an article dealing with the election process.  Post the article in your blog and provide your viewpoints pertaining to the article.