Mandatory Voting In The United States
A democratic government, is a system of government in which all the people of a state or polity are involved in making decisions about its affairs, typically by voting to give their opinion to the government and elect their president. Voters participation in the United States are not getting many votes many citizens don’t go out to vote. The debate presents two sides to the argument. One group thinks voting should be a mandatory law to the American citizens and the other group think going out to vote is a personal freedom. All American citizens should be required to vote in any elections, so the citizens can be satisfied with their choice.
“Democracy is about freedom” (Text 4, line 11). Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. All citizens should be required …show more content…
The system of mandatory voting is present in more than 30 democracies around the world and it actually worked out. “Some people might even interpret mandatory voting as a violation of the First Amendment’s prohibition of compelled speech.” It’s right that American citizens have the freedom of speech, but mandatory is actually not a violation because it’s not harmful for the citizens. Mandatory voting in fact is helping the citizens because when they choose themselves they cannot complain about it. Some people also think that mandatory voting is wrong because, “It is not consistent with the freedom associated with democracy” (Text 2, lines 17-18) well mandatory voting does not forces a person to choose a certain candidate it has many options, and then the person that’s voting has the freedom to choose whomever they want. People against mandatory voting say that they get many “random votes”, It still counts as a vote, at least people are participating voting in national
“Democracy is about freedom” (Text 4, line 11). Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. All citizens should be required …show more content…
The system of mandatory voting is present in more than 30 democracies around the world and it actually worked out. “Some people might even interpret mandatory voting as a violation of the First Amendment’s prohibition of compelled speech.” It’s right that American citizens have the freedom of speech, but mandatory is actually not a violation because it’s not harmful for the citizens. Mandatory voting in fact is helping the citizens because when they choose themselves they cannot complain about it. Some people also think that mandatory voting is wrong because, “It is not consistent with the freedom associated with democracy” (Text 2, lines 17-18) well mandatory voting does not forces a person to choose a certain candidate it has many options, and then the person that’s voting has the freedom to choose whomever they want. People against mandatory voting say that they get many “random votes”, It still counts as a vote, at least people are participating voting in national