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Importance of voting

Voting has always been a means of expressing what we want from the government . The numbers of registered voters who voted are shown in voting turnouts . Voting turnouts in America has been an alarming state During the 2004 Federal elections , the voter turnouts were 55 .3 . It clearly shows that 44 .7 of American voters either are apathetic towards affairs regarding the government or is not knowledgeable of the importance and the value of voting . Voting is important , 1st because it is our right as a citizen to have

a chance to vote for whoever we want to , 2nd because it is our privilege to decide who will handle the country , who handles the tax that you pay , and for what they will spend it with , and 3rd because it is our responsibility as a citizen of a democratic country to choose our leader

It is our right to vote . Voting is like our right to food , shelter education etc . we have the right to choose who we want to handle the government for us , who handles our taxes for us , and who makes the laws that we follow . At the moment we reach the right age , these rights will be then entitled to us . There are laws that protect our right to vote But there are also laws that take these rights away from you . If you committed a crime and are imprisoned these rights will be taken from you . This is the scenario in almost all states in America except Maine and Vermont . Some people are complaining regarding this issue . They are complaining because most of the people who do not have the right to vote before are already given the rights , but the prisoners still are forbidden to vote

It is our privilege to vote , because our leaders have to have something for us in for us to choose him /her as our leader . He /She must posses certain qualities in for him /her to win our voter to his /her side . We can choose from the list of candidates which one is most suited to be a leader , which candidate can make the nation progress . In a way we have a contribution to what ever happens to our country 's future . It is also a privilege because in the past , the blacks cannot vote because they were slaves then . A lot of people worked hard to pass a law in the congress just to make the blacks have the right to vote . There was also a time in American history when you have to be 21 years in to vote . It also took a painstaking process just to bring the voters age down to 18 in to vote . All of these actions and hard work done just to make sure people can vote make 's voting a privilege

As a citizen of a democratic country , we cannot let all the decisions be made by our leaders alone . Democracy means government by the people . If we leave the decision making to our leaders alone , then we should just change our form of government to Monarchy or Aristocracy . It is our responsibility as a citizen of a democratic system to ensure that democracy stays , unless we want some other form of government . It is our responsibility to vote to ensure that power stays in the voters and not in the one who is voted . It is our responsibility to choose the best leader of the country , for if a corrupt government official is seated in position , then it would be our fault as voters

Voting has always been important in a democratic government . It is the backbone of the democratic government . It has always been a goal of every government to increase voter turnouts . For voter turnouts shows the number of people who wants to be involved government making decisions . It is a must that more people become involved with the government . In to maintain a democratic state , we must increase voter turnouts and we must reduce the number of people who are apathetic towards the government . Thus it is clearly needed to emphasize to people that voting is their right , privilege and responsibility as a citizen

Reference

Voter turnout in federal election , 2004 , June 13 , 2007

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Meaning of Democracy , June 13 , 2007 Wikipedia

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