Canada should be like Australia and make it Illegal to Not Vote

Running Head: GOVERNMENT RELATIONS. 1
CANADA SHOULD BE LIKE AUSTRALIA AND MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO NOT VOTE.
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GOVERNMENT RELATIONS. 2
Canada should be like Australia and make it Illegal to Not Vote.
Argument in favour of the statement.
Each and every individual has a sole responsibility of making their voice heard
through the process of voting by electing those who they want in power. The constitution of
each and every country gives the citizens who have met the required stipulations by law, a
right to exercise their democratic right through the ballot. It is therefore, unimaginable that
some of the citizens can voluntarily decides not to vote.
Firstly, the right to vote is enshrined in the constitution and all the citizens who are
eligible to vote are given that opportunity to exercise their democratic right through the
ballot. The number of citizens who do not vote in Canada elections is increasingly becoming
bigger and bigger, these in future would create a constitutional crisis that might result to
citizens being deprived the right to vote because they no longer practice the right (Wauters,
2017). Secondly, the reason why mandatory voting should be enforced in Canada is because
the bigger the number of voter turnout, the accurate and true reflection of the voters wish and
aspiration. The little the number of voters it simply reflects that most citizens are disgruntled
and therefore the reason as to why they failed to exercise their democratic right of voting
(Singh, 2018). Thirdly, the constitution gives the people power to choose their leaders. The
leaders are regarded as the supreme persons in a country but many forget that the citizens of a
country are the most supreme because they have the powers to elect a leader and also power
not to elect a leader through ballot (Singh, 2018).
Argument against the statement.
Firstly, the citizens of a country have the right to make choices and abstaining from
election is one of the choices. They might have several reasons including disliking the
contenders in that particular election, they might be caring a little about the issues being
voted on (de Leon, 2016). Their various reasons should remain private, as forcing them to