reason behind this wide gap‚ is compulsory voting‚ meaning electors are forced to vote in elections‚ or attend the polls‚ or they may be fined or forced to do community service. Although compulsory voting may seem better when you look at percentages as a whole‚ it does not guarantee a positive outcome. Having high voter turnout does not necessarily result in accurate votes. The idea of compulsory voting may seem like a good idea on the surface‚ but when you dig deeper into the idea‚ it has more negative
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Every four years the citizens of the United States of America come together to vote and elect the President of the United States. Voting in any type of election is important because it voices our opinions in selecting important leaders and officials and overall policies. Voting helps the person to decide what will they see done for themselves in the future depending leader who has the same views as you. The voter also is able to voice their opinion in future policies that will come into effect in
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Felon Voting faces a serious problem that needs to be solved: When felons are released from prison‚ many of them want to start a new life. However‚ this is difficult when they’ve lost simple rights such as voting. I believe felons should be allowed to vote once they’ve served their time. Studies show that felon voting contributes to lower crime rate. Studies also show that racial discrimination is a leading cause of felony disenfranchisement. According to Democracy’s Ghost – a show that focuses
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of whether or not the voting age of 18 should be lowered or maintained‚ in my opinion‚ it should be maintained. To begin my position on the issue I will start by referencing the first passage‚ Keeping the Voting Age at 18. In this passage it argues that lowering the voting age to 16 will decrease the percentage of participation. I personally find that to be a good reason because around the age of 16 a person is typically still in school and not too worried about voting. The stereotypical teenager
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environment of the member of the academe. The Voting System of Palawan Polytechnic College Inc. is a crucial task during the Election period every semester because it is manual and time consuming activity. The manual voting system requires diversity of information such as Administrator‚ Electoral Board‚ Voters and censorious though to create a good electronic voting system for Palawan Polytechnic College Inc. In this situation‚ the institution need a voting system with no hassle and no sophisticated
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The Importance of Voting With the Long Lines‚ the stressful waiting‚ and the constant question of asking yourself “why am I here?” on going in your head makes the waiting to vote the most exciting thing ever. But wait aside of that‚ think for a second. This year there were people going to vote even when hurricane sandy hit parts of their neighborhood‚ destroyed their houses or flooded several ways for them to get to their voting station‚ but they still voted. They’re is people who went to
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candidates‚ yet they still insist on voting on for them‚ saying things like “I’m voting for the lesser of two evils.” However‚ voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil. There can be better choices in third parties if they want them‚ yet people refuse to vote in them because they feel like they are “wasting their vote.” However‚ someone wasting their vote would be them wasting their vote on a candidate that they don’t believe in or even like. Voting for third parties is not
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Voting should be mandatory for Americans. Its true that sometimes in history certain people weren’t allowed to vote‚ but that is no longer a issue. Over the years there has been argued over who should be able to vote and who shouldn’t. For example‚ women weren’t allowed to vote until August 18‚ 1920. Nowadays though people are allowed to vote‚ no matter your race‚ color‚ gender‚ ect.‚ you are. However even though not being able to vote is no longer a issue‚ a huge sum of Americans don’t vote. Which
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Should voting in the U.s be mandatory? In this article‚ the author shows the opinions of two professors. Lisa Hills‚ from Australia‚ explains the benefits of mandatory voting and how it could change the U.S and how it could help us in many ways. Mandatory voting would give all Americans say in politics. The government wouldn’t just pay attention to certain people. The people the vote would get more attention because of their contribution to politics. This could have bad effects on the people
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olds should not be able to make these decisions for the world because of many reasons. The voting age should not be lowered to age 16. There are three main arguments that support this opinion. First‚ teens at the age of 16 can act immature. Most‚ 16 year olds can make immature choices so therefore should not have the right to vote. If the voting age is lowered to age 16 random people such as chavs will be voting (a young lower class person who displays brash behavior). They will vote for what they
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