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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people that still question the people’s right to vote. Ms. Chastain would like you to believe that voting is not a right‚ she thinks we should have to take a “civic literacy” test in order to be able to vote. “At the very least‚ we should require new registrants to pass a basic civics test‚ the kind given to immigrants seeking to become naturalized U.S. citizens.” Well I say Ms. Chastain is quite wrong. Voting is a right guaranteed to citizens by federal and state governments that must be protected at
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The reason to vote cannot be overstated. A vote from a rich person is the same as the same of a poor person. Voting give you the rights for you to be heard that will choose the next leader in our country or in the world. When you vote you are making your voice be heard by choosing the person you think will be the best leader. People now days are unwilling to vote because they think that voting is a useless waste of their time. What it really means it’s the perfect choice for the next person that will
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Why Voting is never Completely Accurate!! Statement of the Problem There are several problems when it comes to elections. One of the problems is whether the candidates played fairly throughout the election. Another problem is whether the votes that are being cast are being counted correctly or even being counted at all. The main reason this topic has become such an important issue is because of the last two elections. The first election had a problem in the state of Florida‚ and the 2004 elections
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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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Should voting in the U.S elections by mandatory? This is question that has both positive and negative views. We can see from the examples of other counties that this possible and has made a positive impact in amount of people that come out to the polls. However on the other hand if these citizens were not forced by law to come out and vote how many would take the time to cast their ballot. Some that do not agree with this motion often say that with forcing the citizens to vote will give us more
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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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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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CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM Purpose and Background of the Study Computer is indeed one of great technological inventions that trigger future change. Computers nowadays have infiltrated every aspect of the society. In the Philippines‚ the students use the technology easily by using the computer or any gadgets. The election system is modern. By using a system‚ many people find it easily to vote because they will no longer vote manually. Computerized election system is the best way to use rather than the
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Voting in America There are many things that people in America can vote on. They range from taxes to presidents to laws. For the sake of simplicity‚ the following will be focusing on the voting of presidents since it is the most well-known and relevant at the time. Most if not all of the things noted in the voting of presidents can be transferred to the voting of anything else. However‚ in order to understand what is wrong with the voting of our president‚ it is essential that the process of how
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