Should American Citizens Be Required To Vote Essay

Should American Citizens be required to vote Throughout the years, many citizens have fought for the right to vote. Citizens of other countries view the United States as being lucky just to have the opportunity to help choose the person who will be in charge of our country or to help decide how our constitution will be amended. American citizens should be able to vote for many reasons,first being U.S. citizens are the voice of America and are our future leaders and drive the political process. The second reason mandatory voting should be require is because it can get American citizens involved in the government, and lastly mandatory voting will sustain a democratic government. I believe that American Citizens should be able to vote for many reasons, one of the reasons that American citizens should be required to vote is the simple fact that American citizens are the voice of America and without our voices this country would have no one to represent us as a whole; the American Citizens represent the American population. In addition Citizens should be required to vote because it would help our …show more content…
Due to the democracy being run by the people it is every citizen's responsibility to elect their representatives. According to text 2 Gratschew states “Advocates of compulsory voting argue that decisions made by democratically elected governments are more legitimate when higher proportions of the population participate” (lines 10-11) Due to the higher proportions of the populations participating in voting it will result in a more fair electoral system,in addition with having all Citizens vote the chances of the electoral college overruling the american citizens are slim downed significantly. For that reason American Citizens should be required to vote so that we can have equitable and justified