The right to vote is a civil right, not a civic duty. The people have the option to use their civil rights, such as free speech and marriage, but there is no law saying that they must. Having this mandatory voting law could be seen as interfering with a basic right. Voting is one of the many great rights that Americans have; it should not be turned into an obligation. A democracy is supposed to be a government based on respecting basic human rights, which includes free choices.
There may be elections and parties but they are mostly limited by one and the range of candidates is very low. Examples for authoritarian regimes are North Korea, Iran, Burma, Saudi Arabia and Zimbabwe. But in the UK we use the representative democracy which is also known as Indirect democracy because people elect representatives who make the decisions for us what means the citizen rule indirect. The Government is given authority to direct people and to achieve their goals. Authority is power in a positive way because the Government has the right to tell others what to do but they can’t force anyone.
Majoritarian democracy is a democracy based upon majority rule of a society's citizens. Countries such as the UK, USA and Canada operate on the basis of representative democracy where the people vote for representatives who then decide policy initiatives. Other countries such as Uruguay, Switzerland and Latin America operate on the basis of direct democracy where people decide upon policy initiatives directly. Source A suggests that the people (voters) are sovereign and what that they have the final say whereas Source B suggests the opposite in that the people feel “politicians are failing and disconnected from the British people”. Democracy means “power to the people” and Source A suggests that this is what is happening and the people are happy with the voting system.
For example, we elect politicians at the local, county, state, and federal levels. We elect mayors, council members, congressmen, senators, and a president to represent us.A democratic republic is not the same as a direct democracy. In a direct democracy, all citizens, not just elected representatives, create and vote directly on each law. The Founding Fathers of the United States did not want, or trust, direct democracy. Click for Republic or Democracy?
Many men and women have died for our right to vote and other rights that we are given. People, more now than ever, should use their right to vote every chance they get because the world is changing very fast and you should want to have a say in where it's going. We all have a responsibility to make the world a better place, voting gives us the right away to do so on various subjects. Opinions are one of the many things that makes us different from others. Mistakes are one of the things that makes us human beings, but mistakes can always be prevented.
This is creating an enormous debate and concern for many people, not only within our government. With crime rates increasing and horrific events taking place the solution to this problem is not easily resolved. However there are many new views on how to properly solve this problem without depriving American people their right to use firearms as a tool and possible means of survival. Not only have these incidents been growing in numbers, but have been widespread throughout the US. Many people believe that it may be due to the economy and the struggle of people living in poverty to provide for their families.
‘Liberal democracy’ embodies a whole range of doctrines and devices that actually seek to restrain popular rule and prevent government from flexing direct will of majority. The liberal’ features are reflected in a network of internal and external checks on government. For example, guarantee of civil liberty and healthy civil society. The ‘democratic’ features are that it is a system of regular elections, universal suffrage and political equality. In contrast James Madison saw democracy as a defence against majoritarianism, with checks and balances on government, which would make government responsive to competing minorities and safeguards the propertied-few from the property-less masses.
Some use this privilege to their own advantage, informing themselves and doing their part in impacting these decisions that ultimately shape the future of our beloved country. While some, on the other hand, choose not to do so. But that is completely their decision and their right as a citizen. The fifteenth Constitutional Amendment grants every citizen this right to choose by stating, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” While some may say it would be more efficient and “correct” to enforce compulsory voting, I believe that abolishing this freedom to choose in order to enforce a law requiring people to vote would violate the rights we have been given as a democratic nation. And while it may increase the number of voter turnouts, it could also possibly take away the significance of an individual’s vote all together.
Some people might say the immigration laws are put into place to protect Americans and their rights; however, studies have shown and will show there has been bias since the founding of the United States in the immigration laws. My position is the new immigration laws are breaking up families in the United States. It is generally accepted that the United States has laws pertaining to immigration and those laws should be upheld. However, I do believe that there arises circumstances where those laws cause grief to American families rather than help them. Just in the past five years alone I’ve seen families being ripped apart because of the immigration laws.
This coverage was thought to have had a powerful influence on public opinion and therefore on political decision making”. This evidence also explains how the media influenced many Americans by making them realize that the war was bad and it had to end. The last two evidences fit together with each other because they both show how the media has changed the way people saw the war and it also shows the importance of the media during the Vietnam War. “