Should All Citizens Be Required by Law to Vote?
Should all citizens be required by law to vote?
Imagine you were planning for a trip to Southeast Asian countries. You wanted a white cotton T-shirt that would keep your body comfortable in a tropical region. Therefore, you went to a fashion boutique to purchase the T-shirt you needed. When you got to the shop, you tried to look for a white cotton T-shirts, but unfortunately there were no T-shirts that you wanted.
There were only two kinds of T-shirt in the store; black and dark brown nylon T-shirts. There was, however, a very strict rule that everybody who entered the store must buy at least one item before they left. You might say, “What an awkward rule of this store!” There was no item you wanted or needed for your trip. If you just bought one of the two nylon T-shirts, how could it make you comfortable during your trip in hot weather? But now, you had no choice. How would you feel in this situation? A person might have the same feeling if he or she must vote for a candidate that he or she does not like or support. He or she must vote because this is mandatory for every citizen of that country; a person has no choice like the example given previously. How would you feel if you had to vote for candidates no matter what or who they were? You think some might be irresponsible or some might be cunning and tricky. Perhaps you are not so interested in politics or not confident enough to make a decision because you feel that you are not very educated, so you just want to stay at home during the election. However, you must vote for at least one of them because it is compulsory by law in your country. Do you feel that you have liberty now? Do you feel you have freedom to make a decision of your own?
Therefore, the statement that “All citizens should be required by law” is totally unacceptable.
Forcing citizens to vote by law is a total violation of human rights and a great threat to the development of democracy.
How can we say
Imagine you were planning for a trip to Southeast Asian countries. You wanted a white cotton T-shirt that would keep your body comfortable in a tropical region. Therefore, you went to a fashion boutique to purchase the T-shirt you needed. When you got to the shop, you tried to look for a white cotton T-shirts, but unfortunately there were no T-shirts that you wanted.
There were only two kinds of T-shirt in the store; black and dark brown nylon T-shirts. There was, however, a very strict rule that everybody who entered the store must buy at least one item before they left. You might say, “What an awkward rule of this store!” There was no item you wanted or needed for your trip. If you just bought one of the two nylon T-shirts, how could it make you comfortable during your trip in hot weather? But now, you had no choice. How would you feel in this situation? A person might have the same feeling if he or she must vote for a candidate that he or she does not like or support. He or she must vote because this is mandatory for every citizen of that country; a person has no choice like the example given previously. How would you feel if you had to vote for candidates no matter what or who they were? You think some might be irresponsible or some might be cunning and tricky. Perhaps you are not so interested in politics or not confident enough to make a decision because you feel that you are not very educated, so you just want to stay at home during the election. However, you must vote for at least one of them because it is compulsory by law in your country. Do you feel that you have liberty now? Do you feel you have freedom to make a decision of your own?
Therefore, the statement that “All citizens should be required by law” is totally unacceptable.
Forcing citizens to vote by law is a total violation of human rights and a great threat to the development of democracy.
How can we say