Why Australians Should Vote To Vote

Arguably the most important referendum in Australia’s history occurred on May 27th 1967. This was the day that decided Indigenous Australians place in society, representing Aboriginal discrimination coming to an end. The vote was not about getting citizenship or voting right for the Aboriginals, it was targeted at making amendments to the constitution, allowing the Indigenous Australians to be counted in the Australian census and allowing Australian laws that included the Aboriginal Australians. The 1967 referendum had two sections requiring change, section 51 and 127. The eradication of all prejudice requirements within Commonwealth constitution was passed with voters support by the Australian body with an astonishing  90.77% of votes.

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As we live in a country that is home to many people of different backgrounds, age groups, genders, races, and religions, the factors of why people vote and who is more likely to vote

Voting in many countries is held in different ways. In The United States of America, voting is voluntary while the Australian citizen has to vote, it is compulsory. When an Australian citizen does not vote they receive a fine. Compulsory voting has now become a large political issue for many countries. Great Britain has seen a dramatic decline in the number of people voting in the last 15 years (Singh, 2014) and compulsory voting has become a large political and social debate. However, as with any political change, there are strengths and weaknesses. The Australian system is an excellent one to analyse as the question has to be asked when introducing compulsory voting what are the long term democratic, economic and social issues? Four key points can be outlined to consider the strengths and weaknesses of the Australian compulsory voting system. The first, compulsory voting provides a clear and accurate representation of an entire electorate. Additionally, this system may influence an increase in support for the leftist policy in a current democratic institution. Another key issue to consider is, does an active and informed citizen have a moral duty and obligation to vote to protect and further society? Key constitutional changes brought about by referendums can prove that compulsory voting is essential and needed in society for every vote to count. Lastly, compulsory voting when being a secret ballot can turn into a more compulsory “turn up” for many citizens as they can

In addition to National and State laws Australia is a founding member of the United Nations and a party to major Human Rights Treaties. The right to vote without discrimination, is set out in the International Covenant on Civic and Political Right (article 25) and the International Covenant on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (article 5). Both these treaties bind the Australian Government. The right to vote is also set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (article 21) which Australia signed in 1948. There is debate whether Australia’s current approach to deny prisoners the right to vote where they have been sentenced to imprisonment for more than three years satisfies its treaty obligations. The Australian Human Rights Commission holds this view.

Presidents, Senates, Chairmen, Congress, and Mayors all have three things in common. One, they hold extreme amounts of power; independently and as a whole government. Second, they citizens must elect them. Finally, they are put in office to serve and make decisions that represent us as a whole in a positive manner. It is very important to know the candidates and what they stand for because once elected their ideologies become ours. The history behind voting is interesting and imperative knowledge for all citizens of the United States of America. From living under the reign of Kings, to becoming free and able, we have fought many battles that were well worth the fight.

All through-out Australian well have precited and and denied the ingenious population there rights,The ingenious population have suffered many immense impacts to their lives these include Discrimination,Racism and Nations segregation.The right to Vote Federally for the ingenious population was granted in 1965 .Before this was enacted for an Aboriginal or a Torrey Strait Islander to obtain full right that had to repent there culture to obtain full rights in the eyes of the justice system not only that they had to blend into modern white society.

The citizens of the United States of America populate a very privileged nation relative to the majority of developing countries. Americans are able to exercise a multitude of rights. Despite having freedom to the most basic of rights, Americans do not take full advantage of their liberties. One such instance relates to American’s right to vote in elections. Presently, U.S citizens of differing heritage, skin color, gender, and social standing has the liberty to vote for the authoritative figures who will run their government at the local, state, and nationwide scale, yet very few U.S citizens are present at voting polls during off year elections. The cause of the nationwide absence at the polls is reflective of U.S. citizens’ distrust of the political system and their state of ignorance concerning current national issues.

I am free. I am an American. This is why it is important to vote. We are americans who stand up for our peers. We are people who stand for the flag. We have rights, privileges. This is why we have the freedom to stand up and salute the pledge of allegiance every morning. This is why it is important to vote.

Voting for politicians to represent us, the people, occurs quite frequently than people think of or expect. We vote for our nation’s president every four years, senators 6 years, and house of representatives every two years on an even ending year. In addition, on voting day, people also have the opportunity to vote for measures that affect the local community at city level, and at the state level. This means that citizens have the power to change their community. For example, in the last ballot, residents of Temecula were able to vote for Measure S. Measure S proposed to raise the local tax by 1%, to help fund emergency response times. According to the website, Votersedge, a total of 38,646 people voted for or against the measure. In a city that has a

Voting plays an important role in the modern lives that can easily shape the whole world. While some people believe that voting should be voluntary, I believe that voting should be mandatory for more social benefits. This essay will discuss the reasons why voting should be compulsory.

Being a local Southern Marylander during our most recent primary I am a personal witness of the fact that voter turnout is horribly low. I was able to get out from voting in less than 10 minutes. That is how vacant my local voting precinct was. Heck I even tried to encourage a couple of my closest friends to go out and vote but the majority of them did not want a thing to do with it. This common trend had me asking myself a question. Just why do so many American citizens seem so indifferent towards voting? With a complicated question like that comes multiple answers obviously. A mix of personal disinterest in voting and a general distrust for the American government has plagued the minds of mostly younger voters but also older voters. Others may go so far to believe that their vote may not be worth of anything when it comes down to it. When people do not go out and vote for these reasons, they are not helping anyone. It can even be argued that non-voting actually hurts this country more than anything.

The right to vote, especially in a democracy, is a big deal. It’s one of the biggest ways that citizens can express how they feel about their government and what people they feel should lead it. New democracies that hold elections tend to have high voter turnout and enthusiasm. In America, we have one of the oldest democracies, and yet since World War 2, we haven’t had a presidential election with 65% or more of registered voters. The lack of voters makes it difficult to determine if our government is legitimate and really what the people want. Many ideas have been presented to help with solving this issue, but the most controversial has to be required voting. Citizens would have to vote, and if they don’t, they’d have to face some sort of consequence. In my opinion, required voting goes against what we stand for as a democracy, and our right to choose. Americans shouldn’t be required to vote because we have the right not to, and because of the increase in uninformed voting, unfavorable attitudes & political dissatisfaction.

Let's take it back to the 27th of May, 1967. The Australian Referendum, called by the Holt Government is about to decide whether or not citizens of Australia believe that Indigenous Australians should be given the right to vote. Although this was a successful referendum, in the government's eyes, this was going to give the recognition that the Indigenous Australians wanted. But it didn’t. The goal was to achieve a transformative lobby to concede the adverse wrongs of our colonial past. If that is so, how is it that 50 years later, this multicultural country and its government are still continuing to fail the First Australians, and ignoring the recognition they deserve - to be recognised in the Constitution.

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