Compulsory voting can limit individual freedom and may lead to uninformed or apathetic voting. It can also be seen as a form of coercion and may not necessarily result in more informed or engaged citizens.
Compulsory voting can limit individual freedom and may lead to uninformed or coerced voting. This can result in a less engaged electorate and potentially skewed election outcomes. It may also undermine the principle of voluntary civic participation in a democracy.
Compulsory voting can increase voter turnout and promote a more representative democracy. However, it may infringe on individual freedom and lead to uninformed voting.
In some countries, there are no penalties for not voting, as voting is seen as a voluntary civic duty. However, in countries with compulsory voting laws, such as Australia and Belgium, individuals who do not vote may face fines or other penalties. The lack of penalties for not voting can result in lower voter turnout and may impact the representativeness of election results.
The advantages for voting online, is that the vote becomes processed more quickly. Also, when voting online it helps you see if you made any mistakes on the ballot. As for voting by mail, the advantage is not to use a computer to fill out the ballot. However, the disadvantage is that it takes longer to process yout ballot.
Brazil is one of very few countries that enforce compulsory voting. The voters between age of 18-70 are obligated to vote or fill non-voting forms. Failing to do either can result in punitive punishment for violators.
yes and no there can be a widely spread and inspiring debate with this as there are disadvantages and advantages
Compulsory voting can limit individual freedom and may lead to uninformed or coerced voting. This can result in a less engaged electorate and potentially skewed election outcomes. It may also undermine the principle of voluntary civic participation in a democracy.
There are more donkey and informal votes giving some candidates an unfair advantage they would previously not have had. Michael
It is not compulsory to vote in any election.In Australia, compulsory voting for federal elections was introduced in 1912.
There is no compulsory voting in Japan.
Compulsory enrollment was introduced in 1912, however compulsory voting didn't come in until 1924
No.
There is nowhere in the United States that it is compulsory to vote. Compulsory voting is most common in South America. Australia may be an exception; a democracy with compulsory participation in voting, and with enforcement. Several European countries and some of the Pacific island nations have compulsory voting, but often do not enforce it.
Compulsory voting should be implemented in the united states
Political parties don't need to work as hard to earn votes. Political parties don't need to motivate their base, only the swinging voters. This makes it harder for people to tell the difference between the right and the left. Compulsory voting distorts the true free will of the people by counting government-assisted votes and encouraging non-compliance. Compulsory voting leads to high levels of informal voting, where people avoid voting in objection to compulsory voting. Compulsory voting means innocent people are punished for doing nothing wrong and hurting nobody. Compulsory voting is almost non-existent in the world...just a handful of countries enforce it. And most of those countries can hardly even be called democratic. Compulsory voting leads to people avoiding registering to vote in order to protect their freedom. Compulsory voting means freedom is mandatory. It can't be. It's not true. Compulsory voting favours greater government regulation & control. Voting is how the people exert power over government not how the government exerts power over the people. Compulsory voting increases political apathy. After non-registration and informal votes are taken into account, compulsory voting has lower voter turnouts than many voluntary voting systems.
The sentence "Compulsory voting promotes a more equitable and representative democracy" is an example of a claim of value from the article "Compulsory Voting An Idea Whose Time Has Come".
It would encourage uniformed or unserious voting :) -Apex-