In many countries‚ at times of national and local elections‚ often only a small part of the population casts a ballot. In order to address this problematic issue‚ many governments take the aggressive measure of compulsory voting to constitute more public involvement in politics. Even though the government believes this is going to solve this issue‚ there are many drawbacks to this approach for example; this method is unconstitutional‚ citizens lives are jeopardized‚ and the results of the elections
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rights is the right to vote. Voting is a process by which a person or a group of people expresses an opinion formally or officially.It gives citizen the chance to have a say in the way they are governed.Through voting‚citizens are able to choose candidates for public office or decide on public issues or law. Everyone would agree that there has to be a minimum voting age. In Malaysia‚the legal voting age is 21 but there is a general consensus mainly circled around the voting age should be lowered to 18
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on some forms of voting from its citizens to understand and learn about the preferences and ideas of the citizens. In specifics‚ America uses representative democracy to gather information‚ as they view voting as a civic responsibility and a fundamental principle of democracy to select leaders who will have the same ideas as they do. However‚ as more and more knowledge and ideologies are formed‚ more people think that there are issues and problems to the already set system
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ISSN: 2041-3114 © Maxwell Scientific Organization‚ 2011 Submitted: July 22‚ 2011 Accepted: August 27‚ 2011 Published: September 30‚ 2011 The Design of an Electronic Voting System G.O. Ofori-Dwumfuo and E. Paatey Methodist University College‚ Ghana Abstract: The aim of this study is to design an electronic voting system based upon the electoral process adopted in Ghana. In recent years‚ information technology has greatly affected all aspects of life‚ and to a large extent‚ this includes politics
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Importance of VotingJared Candelaria May 30‚ 2012 S.M.S.S. Grade 8 The Importance of Voting Voting is a special right that all of us have for living in this free country. Voting is a right that‚ throughout the history in many countries‚ people from across the world have fought and sacrificed everything to achieve. It’s a right that people to this day continue to fight for in places where corrupt governments suppress their freedoms and rights and it is
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Final paper 16.5.2013 Compulsory Voting 1 Topic of the paper Democracy is built on freedom to vote and have your political say‚ but the majority of people in the world’s ‘greatest’ democracies never vote at all. Is compulsory participation in the political system the answer? Investigate countries which make voting compulsory – weigh the advantages and disadvantages – then argue for or against this policy. Abstract Compulsory voting solves the problem of low political participation
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participate in his/her government‚ one way in particular is voting. In roughly the past century‚ there has been an all-time low voter turnout in the U.S.. There are factors that affect the amount of citizens that vote every time the opportunity comes. These circumstances mainly are age and education that is provided for that individual. As well as age and education‚ there is also a dynamic that the government set that hinders voter turnout. Other than voting‚ there is another way citizens can be involved in
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Voting is important in our society and it is meant to help shape up our government. In America adults can get the right to vote at the age of eighteen. You earn a right to be heard and have right to have your opinion counted on what goes on in this country. I believe that our voting age should not be lower than eighteen‚ because many young voters can vote for foolish laws to get passed‚ they can make our government change for the worse. I believe that the voting age should remain at eighteen because
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The Importance of Voting The reason to vote cannot be over stated. One man one vote says a lot. It puts each person on equal footing. A vote from a rich person has the same power as a poor person. Young people has the same right to be heard as their elders. Voting give you the right and voice‚ to have the say‚ who will be the next most powerful leader in the world. It is the single most effective way to make your voice be heard. By not voting‚ you give away your right to influence
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Yes‚ I believe that the United States ought to switch to a different method of voting. In my opinion‚ the current method is imbalanced since the Electoral College votes decide the final candidate for the presidency. However‚ I would prefer the Approval Voting method‚ which I consider better than the current method (plurality method). A method in which the candidate with the most first place votes wins (Math in our word by Sobecki & Bluman‚ p. 788). Looking back at the campaign in 2000‚ many people
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