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get out and VOTE!!!
Lynne:
Thanks for posting the info about the early suffragists, Del. And thanks Kerry for the info about compulsory voting in Australia - that's an interesting idea to contemplate. I kinda think the answer should be somewhere in between - I think voter turnout here is abysmal, but it would be better if people actually felt enfranchised - meaning that they felt it actually mattered...I think the indifferent Americans would just pull random levers instead of paying a fine.
brokeplex:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on September 07, 2008, 08:29:36 pm ---I believe it should be chastized at least. It is a duty to vote. This is a country supposedly run by the people. But if its own people choose not to vote...what kind of message is that sending? I won't criticize - unless of course, people complain about the government but they didn't bother to vote. ;D
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it is most definitely not a duty in a democratic society to vote. voting is an option which may or may not be exercised by the citizen.
Shasta542:
Voting is a right.
If you vote, you can complain when your candidate doesn't win or when things go wrong. Or you can work harder to try to change things the next time. If you stay home on election days, you should keep your mouth shut and take what you get. Or change your ways the next time.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: brokeplex on September 07, 2008, 08:44:22 pm ---it is most definitely not a duty in a democratic society to vote. voting is an option which may or may not be exercised by the citizen.
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I consider it a civic duty, like jury duty or obeying the laws even though no one is there to enforce them. As Americans in a republic, we participate in the running of things so our society can work. We default on those duties, we have no one to blame but ourselves.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: Shasta542 on September 07, 2008, 08:49:06 pm ---Voting is a right.
If you vote, you can complain when your candidate doesn't win or when things go wrong. Or you can work harder to try to change things the next time. If you stay home on election days, you should keep your mouth shut and take what you get. Or change your ways the next time.
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Yes.
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