Essays on Compulsory Voting

Compulsory Voting Compulsory voting was first introduced to Australia in 1924 via a legislative bill as a means of increasing the voter turnout. Years following the law, compulsory voting spread throughout Australia, going from Victoria (1926) to NSW and Tasmania (1928), then to Western Australia...

Voting is one of the most essential principles of democratic government. Participating in an election is, arguably, the most important right of citizenship in democratic nations. Despite its importance, countries around the world are experiencing a decline in voter turnout. In Canada, voter turnout in...

By definition, citizens of democratic countries are given the right to vote and elect leaders they feel can best represent the people’s political ideologies; but what if portions of the electorate do not vote, resulting in an unbalanced government with unequal representation? This disastrous scenario...

Mandatory voting is a political system which requires all citizens to vote in all elections. Those who fail to do may be imposed penalties. These days, mandatory voting is attracting people in the United States. In token of this, Barack Obama, the former president in...

Freedom to vote is one of the most important and the most hard-earned political right outside the bill of rights. We began as a nation where rights were restricted to only white men. It’s only because of perpetual hard work and the firm beliefs of...

In this paper, I will make an argument for the implementation of compulsory voting (compulsory attendance) in the United States. I will ground this argument in the claim that compulsory voting would best address the problem of low and unequal voter turnout levels, making governance...

Presidential election is around the corner and Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate has rolled out a comprehensive disability-rights plan. One of the biggest and important aspect of the disability-rights plan is the introduction of a director of disability policy, another major highlight is the...

There are a total of 23 candidates that are running for president in the 2020 election, there are 19 democrat candidates and 4 republican candidates. Out of all 23 candidates there will only be a few that will lead in the race one being Joe...