2006-06-09 02:08:23 · 8 answers · asked by blahblah 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
It should not be. Nor do I think voting should be a requirement to voice your opinion.
A vote is saying that you affirmatively approve one candidate over another. If none of the people on the ballot are ones that I actually support, I wouldn't vote for them.
However, because I am still stuck with whatever laws the majority-elected government chooses to enact, I absolutely have the right to voice my opinion about those. Especially since I don't actually have the opportunity to vote for most of those laws directly.
2006-06-09 14:40:00 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Voting is not compulsory in Canada and the US. As only 25% of people in both countries who are on welfare vote, I am assuming any laws that could be in-place are not enforceable.
I personally think that if you don't vote, your rights as a citizen should be limited. Why you ask? Because that indicates that you are not willing to participate in a free Democratic society.
2006-06-09 12:34:17 · answer #2 · answered by Ken 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Singapore, where we all know the results of the vote even before it started, and how elections usually end up just a percentage game, if it's not compulsory, who will bother to vote? So, the only way to preserve "democracy" is to force everyone to vote. So count your blessings ... at least you don't get fined for spoiling your vote.
2006-06-10 03:59:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Voting should not be compulsory. But those that don't vote shouldn't gripe and whine when laws get passed and people get elected they don't like. Your vote is your say in matters when you can't or won't speak for yourself.
2006-06-09 10:46:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It shouldn't.
The media makes fools of us by telling us that we should vote.
For example, in the last election --- pretend that I liked Kerry just a little more than Bush. Why should I have voted and given my 1 and only vote to Kerry? Afterall, I wasn't seeing him as that much better than Bush.
I think people don't vote in part because they don't feel that one candidate is THAT much better than the other. And, by not voting, they are expressing their opinion.
2006-06-09 09:13:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally believe that STUPID PEOPLE SHOULDN'T VOTE!
Screw the utopian ideals of why they should.
People who don't research and have their own opinions on issues are too easily "purchased" by politicians who promise only money and sunshine.
Pandering to stupid people is usually proof that a candidate has no real ideas or plans and would not make a good leader.
2006-06-09 09:30:43 · answer #6 · answered by fryeguy93 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People who don't vote have no right to complain about the government
2006-06-09 09:18:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I believe in giving the maximum amount of freedom to the individual.
2006-06-09 10:31:48 · answer #8 · answered by MP US Army 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋