Mandatory_Voting

Mandatory Voting The Case for Mandatory Voting in the United States November 17, 2004 The Case for Mandatory Voting in the United States Exordium In 1776, the American colonies were becoming aware of the injustice being done to them by a government so far away that it could not appreciate the struggles that its subjects faced. The founding fathers of the United States of America envisioned a new government in which the people would no longer be subject to the rule of a king or dictator, but rather a government in which all people enjoy equal voice. The basic concept of a democracy is that it should be a government by the people. This should include all people, because decisions made by a democratic government are more valid when higher percentages of the population participates. Narratio Due to the fact that many of its citizens were ignoring their civic duty to vote, Belgium was the first country to introduce mandatory voting laws in 1892. Australia followed suit in 1924, after voter turnout for the 1922 election dropped to a record low of fifty-eight percent (Dean, 2003). In the 2000 presidential election here in America, an economic and democratic leader in the international voting, mandatory, laws, voters, election, vote, united, states, government, countries, voter, people, million, turnout, should, percent, case, one, however, elections, democracy, dean, been, polls, new, fact, democratic, country, city, citizens, america, whipple, sanctions, rather, presidential