The rights of suffrage have come a long way since when voting first began. When voting first began only white‚ land-owning‚ males could vote. After many years and the efforts of many people‚ voting in the United States is open to anyone over the age of 18‚ except convicted felons. This privilege has now been taken for granted by many people‚ because they don’t think that their vote would change anything‚ or they just don’t want to vote. Some people think the only way to solve this problem is to legally
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“Voting should not be compulsory in Australia” Popular participation is often cited as one of the fundamental principles of democracy. The right to vote being a freedom that has‚ and continues to be‚ sought after by people all over the world. Despite the value of many political systems’ movement toward universal suffrage‚ the few countries that have confused the right to vote‚ with a requirement to‚ have arguably deteriorated the significance of this achievement. Australia is part of a considerable
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election due to various reasons. Is this ok? I believe that voting is a right and people should care about it. it is also good in many ways and I will explain why. Voting can help make minimum wages higher‚ lower income inequality‚ it can better healthcare etc. Voting also allows the voter to feel some sense of control and power over his or her future. No matter what the outcome of the election people are still able to express themselves. Voting is a form of personal authorization that gives you the
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make a difference‚ they are belittled and made out to be careless. In turn these young people start to believe that they can’t make a difference therefore they don’t bother trying. This affect is seen in youth in their involvement in politics‚ the voting rate in Canada for youth voters has been declining for years according to Elections Canada ‚ young adults therefore don’t appear all that interested in politics. Young people don’t vote for numerous reasons that should be addressed in order to
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people. There are always tons of people who are upset with the outcome‚ and we are wasting the rights that Americans had to fight wars for. Thus‚ United States Federal Government should make voting mandatory because we will get better results and we won’t waste our precious rights. The first reason why voting should be mandatory is because we’ll be able to get better
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First the student must go to the Administration Office if he is a registered voter‚ then goes to the voting area and chooses the candidates he likes. After that‚ the student submits the filled-up ballot form to the voting administrator in order for his votes to be cast. Then the student is marked with an indelible ink to signify that he has already voted. After all the votes have been cast‚ the voting procedure goes again through several processes. The votes are collected and are then counted‚ which
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Democracy is a foundation of a country’s success. The idea of mandatory voting goes against the democracy of the United States. Mandatory voting is a violation of our civil rights that might become a law in the United States. Although many believe that mandatory voting helps to strengthen a democratic government by increasing the number of voters‚ mandatory voting violates people’s freedom of choice in the United States. Mandatory voting is the government’s oppression to its citizens. Force people to vote
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In a true democratic society‚ it is essential to ensure a government that follows the will of the people and not the one that force the people to follow it‚ that is‚ a “government of the people‚ by the people‚ and for the people” as said by Abraham Lincoln in his Gettysburg address which lasted a little over two minutes on November‚ 19‚ 1863. Democracy is not government of some people by some people and for some people as a frequent practise in some developing nations. Democracy is a nation ruled
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Political Science 298 Book Review November 6th‚ 2012 Danny Fitzpatrick Is Voting For Young People? The main point according Martin P. Wattenberg in Is Voting For Young People is that young people today do not vote during elections as much compared to other voting groups. Young people today are politically unengaged. “These state patterns of voting participation can be confirmed on the national level by the Census Bureau’s 2010 survey data. Among U.S. citizens
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roughly one-third of the voting age population turns out for a Parliamentary election once every four years – let alone federal or local elections – it becomes difficult to defend the “free” right to vote. Voting is not only a right‚ but a responsibility. Therefore‚ voting in elections should be compulsory in Germany as a way to increase voter turnout and to raise overall political awareness. Contrary to the public belief that a legal obligation to vote is a rarity‚ compulsory voting has been used successfully
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