should voting be compulsory?
i recently turned 18 and the 2020 presidential election is coming up. i at the moment don’t really have a political candidate in mind. however, i also have been thinking about voting and voter turnout. i want to see your opinion. voter turnout in the us is around 55%. should voting be compulsory or not?
people do vote, regardless if they cast a ballot. silence can be thought of as a vote. the reason i say this is that i chose not to vote out of no confidence for the ballot. i would either have voted for something in which i did not believe, or i couldn't "thrown away" with a 3rd party vote, in which i still didn't believe.there is no write in option for "no confidence," and interestingly, if enough people voted this way, the way american voting works, would require either the candidates to all be thrown out, and a new set of candidates, or the government would make their own choice, at which point democracy would be dead. if we look at voting in this manner, it most certainly is compulsory. however, america has an odd obsession of thinking that the common man's vote for president actually matters. local votes will influence politics for a person far more than a presidential vote ever will. this is why many localities have gerrymandering, in order to control the constituency and votes.i personally do not believe my vote will ever make a difference, as it never has in any political election. besides, perpetuating the idea that the common man isn't controlled by our plutocratic corporatist "democracy" is silly, but people will keep on voting and believing that they matter, or are heard. perhaps my view is cynical and pessimistic. i see no reason to change it.c'est la vie.
its a personal choice, but statistics in the uk have proved that mass vaccination is working and deaths from covid 19 have dropped dramatically since over 20 million people have had the first jab.  (me included)
also hospital admissions have dropped by over 65%.
anyone who does not take up the vaccination offer out of fear of it, is putting themselves and very possibly others, at great risk. jmo. in order to have the election process more democratic there are few pre-requisites like:a. one vote, one value: to choose/elect the representative everyone must have one note with equal value. this is to avoid any type of conflicting situation.b. regular election: there should be regular elections in every democratic country so that people have their choice at regular intervals.c. free and fair election: in order to ensure a fair chance to the people there should be a free and fair election in every democratic country.d. political competition: in order to have democratic election parties, candidates should be free to contest elections and should offer some real choice to the voters. electoral college. trump lost the popular vote. out votes don’t matter because of the electoral college. he should have never won in the first place and the only way we can get him out is if the blue voter turnout is high enough to swing the electoral vote in favor of biden Hello Rose,



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Thus the explanation from me, may be useful. it depends on what church you belong to. some churches, especially christian ones, expect their members to donate to support the church & its activities. if you believe you have a moral obligation to support the church, *and* a moral obligation to allow the minister to tell you how much support that should be, then it would be wrong not to tithe the percentage he sets.

however, if you don't believe those, or you belong to a church or a religion that doesn't believe in specific pre-set tithes, then it's not wrong to avoid tithing. some religions believe people should support their churches in ways other than monetary donations--hours of service, or just living a moral life, are what they want. i support, and have already voted for president trump. Our democratic system was originally setup to involve as many parties as possible. In fact, George Washington warned in his farewell address about the establishment of parties at all and advised that they not be formed. In practice, however, two parties were able to dominate by the mid-19th century.   

  

Today, the most viable option for third parties exist in states that allow candidates to run on multiple party tickets. A great example of this is the Working Families party in New York State. The Working Families party nominates candidates, usually on the democratic line, who can be voted for under the Working Families ticket instead of Democratic -- to give the politicians the message that they care about social issues for working families. The party is able to exert significant influence by refusing to endorse candidates who do not stand up for working families -- and has cost several candidates their seats because of their failure to earn the party's endorsement.   

  

Note that these third parties have primaries of their own that are sanctioned by the state.   

  

That said, parties like this are the ones paving the way towards BALLOT REFORM, which if instituted would open up the field to more parties who can gain real influence. Vermont or New Hampshire are seen as the states most likely to institute this first. it was a youtube survey. proably a lot of people answring don't even play xbox. also, there was some price hike controversy recently that might have led some people to decide they aren't doing it anymore. [http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/ro...](http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00259#position)   

[http://clerk.house.gov/cgi-bin/vote.asp?...](http://clerk.house.gov/cgi-bin/vote.asp?year=2006&rollnumber=508) they're about the only state that could actually pull it off (oil revenue). the decleration of independence says govt exists on those powers granted by the people & with their removable consent. it specifically says that consent should be excercised in votes or by force if that is not good enough. the civil war was about many things, but one of the greatly bad results was that federalism was imposed on unsubmitting people by force. only southern states (minus tennessee) were required to rewrite their state constitutions to preculde future secession, all other states are free to do so, and southern states can change their consititutions now if they wish. the us constitution doesn't comment on the legality of leaving the union, and the decleration seems to indicate it must be a central check/balance against oppressive central govt. so, yes i think alaska should be able to leave if the voters see fit, but no i don't think any such thing will happen, and no it is not a significant movement, just a few whackos just like we have in texas & a few other states.