The Idea of Compulsory Voting After Australia, Singapore, and Switzerland implemented compulsory voting and the turnout of voters grew, other democratic countries began wondering if the idea should be implemented globally. Research began on how this implementation affected countries with compulsory voting in place and how it would affect other countries such as Canada (Twomey, 2013). The idea that Canada, or another similarly democratic country, should pass a policy of compulsory voting would be against
College 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
America’s most recent debate focuses on mandatory voting and if it should be enforced in The Unites States. Of course many people have their doubts about this subject while others have already picked a side. Compulsory voting or “mandatory voting” is a system in which electors are obliged to vote in elections or attend a polling place on voting day. If an eligible voter does not attend a polling place, he or she may be subject to punitive measures such as fines or community service. But surely this
through voting for those who share similar ideologies? Other developed countries, such as Australia, have implemented mandatory voting (Document A). With other advanced countries actualizing mandatory voting, should the US follow suit? Implementing mandatory voting would mean that those who are eligible to vote in their country, must do exactly that; if one does not vote, they will face some sort of penalty (most likely a fine). In order to create a society where everyone has a say, voting in the
essential ingredient of democratic rule. But what about collective participation? Should the right to vote be accompanied with a legal duty to exercise it to guarantee this goal? Although voting is often said to be a norm of society in many places, many countries have failed to make it a priority and then wonder why the many different groups are not properly accounted for. If compulsory voting were to be established levels of voting would increase significantly which would most likely improve the validity
would be mandatory voting. An obvious benefit of mandatory voting is that it would increase the voter turnout drastically. Other countries have already proven this. Belgium's voter turnout is one of the highest in the world.4 Perhaps this is due to the fact that Belgium implemented compulsory voting in 1892 for men and in 1949 for women.5 This is just one country though. If it was the only one with these results, one could claim that there is no correlation between compulsory voting and high
to achieve this objective is by implementing a compulsory voting system. Mandatory voting systems are appealing because all citizens are affected by decisions made by the government, so it makes sense to have all those affected apart of the election process. As a result, the voting results would be more representative of the country and that would lead to an increase of stability and legitimacy.
several issues when it comes to voting. There has been a debate whether voting should be mandatory or not. There are some governments that had made vote mandatory or else. People should be forced to vote because if they are forced to vote they may choose randomly because they probably just really don't care and that can hurt their country in a negative way and it is not educating and giving the people their natural rights also, the leading argument against compulsory voting is that it is not consistent
Compulsory voting’s effects can be argued to increase or decrease democracy. Compulsory, or mandatory voting is in effect in about 30 democracies around the world. However of these 30 that have compulsory voting in their laws, the policies vary from country to country. For an example, some countries only instate compulsory voting for certain elected positions. France, for example, strictly uses compulsory voting for their Senatorial elections (Hamid, 2010). As the number of active voters decreases
Allen EGL 101-018/035 Fall 2010 Compulsory Voting in America: Against Our Civil Rights The United States of America is supposed to be a land of freedom where one can exercise the right to have various liberties that are not found in many other countries around the world. Among these liberties is the right to vote in a democratic government. Voting is a privilege in the United States that should not be taken for granted; many countries do not have the luxury of choosing who they want to