Mandatory Voting
In the society that is today, we have all kinds of different forms of government in different areas. Around the world, government is implemented in countries to help and govern the people of the country. However, in order to assist the country, governments have to depend 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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Voting is indeed a very critical and essential need for everyone. Not only does it affect one’s livelihoods, it affects the mood, the aurora felt by other countries, and the liberty and freedom of one’s existence. Representative government, by far, has been the most useful and longest working method of voting and deciding about affairs. Not only that, it gives the people liberty, freedom, and fairness--the essential emotions and traits that describe who we are as Americans. This provides the strength of who we are as a nation and more. If it were to switch to mandatory voting, it would cause an eruption of problems, starting from switching all formats to mandatory voting on every single issue that the government releases, which would cause tax dollars to be spent on that area, not on other areas that need more help and more funds. Not only that, there is no evidence that proves having more data of more votes will help the government out in helping the people or even a better governance. Also, it is very unpredictable where we will stand, as there may be lower voter turnouts. Finally, it is unreasonable to change the way that we are voting, due to it being nothing wrong with the individual liberty. Overall, the state of our nation with representative governing is the best and libertarian way of allowing people to do as they wish in their daily lives, while helping to vote for the best leader to lead and guide the
Voting is indeed a very critical and essential need for everyone. Not only does it affect one’s livelihoods, it affects the mood, the aurora felt by other countries, and the liberty and freedom of one’s existence. Representative government, by far, has been the most useful and longest working method of voting and deciding about affairs. Not only that, it gives the people liberty, freedom, and fairness--the essential emotions and traits that describe who we are as Americans. This provides the strength of who we are as a nation and more. If it were to switch to mandatory voting, it would cause an eruption of problems, starting from switching all formats to mandatory voting on every single issue that the government releases, which would cause tax dollars to be spent on that area, not on other areas that need more help and more funds. Not only that, there is no evidence that proves having more data of more votes will help the government out in helping the people or even a better governance. Also, it is very unpredictable where we will stand, as there may be lower voter turnouts. Finally, it is unreasonable to change the way that we are voting, due to it being nothing wrong with the individual liberty. Overall, the state of our nation with representative governing is the best and libertarian way of allowing people to do as they wish in their daily lives, while helping to vote for the best leader to lead and guide the