SEVENTY MILLION Americans who could decide the outcome of the November presidential election do not plan to vote, according to the findings of a survey reported in early September. This includes 60 million who have never voted and 10 million who have voted in the past but now have become political dropouts. How can one say that this is a democracy led by the will of the people when so many people don't exercise their rights as American citizens? Is compulsory voting the answer? In Australia, there is a fine (about $15, according to the Australian consulate spokesman in Chicago), if you fail to vote and don't have a satisfactory excuse. That accounts for the 97 per cent turnout. Something needs to be done to encourage more voters and this issue needs to be taken more serious.
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People should definitely start to vote more. Our nation needs to know that one vote can make a huge difference in the outcome of elections. In particular, the young americans out there are not taking initiative to go vote and instead are being ignorant of the outcomes that could occur if they were involved in any parts of elections.
ReplyDeleteagreed, there needs to be a change. although i hate to say it... compulsory voting may be the only way to get people to do it... its depressing that so many people don't seem to care about what happens to their country
ReplyDeleteThe right to vote could be seen as the freedom to not vote. It doesn't make sense considering some people died for us to have the right to vote. At the same time,if 70 million people who didn't care about presidency decided to vote, there would be more people complaining about the lack of reasoning for others' decisions. People should vote either ways.
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