Why do citizens choose not to vote? In your opinion, is this a serious problem? Why? Suppose that we were to enact a law on comoulsory voting and fined every eligible voter $100 if he or she failed to cast a ballot. Do you think such a system would streng

In a democratic form of government , the citizens have the right to elect the leaders who are to lead them and to hold the reins of the government for the benefit of all . This is the right of suffrage or plainly speaking , election . In general , election is the embodiment of the popular will , the expression of the sovereign power of the people Its purpose is to give the voters direct participation in the affairs of their government , either in determining who shall be their public officials or in deciding some questions of public

interests , and for this purpose all of the legal voter should be permitted , unhampered and unmolested , to cast their ballots . As stated by one of the courts of law , the purity of elections is one of the most important and fundamental requisites of popular government . To banish the specter of revenge from the minds of the timid or defenseless , to render precarious and uncertain the bartering of votes , and lastly , to secure a fair and honest count of the ballots cast , is the aim of the law

Yet , despite the fact that a fair and honest election results in a progressive government , some citizens choose not to vote or cast their ballots . This is caused by myriad possible reasons . One apparent reason could be the fact that some voters don 't have faith in the candidates or they just don 't believe in their platforms of government . The saddest thing that could happen is when all the voters will lose completely their trust in the elections . It is a common conception that elections are tainted with the misdeed of bribery , and the worst is when most of the citizenry just think of this as a normal occurrence during elections

Another reason for citizens not to vote could be their belief that an election doesn 't necessarily provide the catalyst for change hence they just stay in their homes and watch TV , in complete apathy towards the general elections held outdoors . Lack of facilities to facilitate clean elections could be one reason also . Simple reasons such as failure to reach the poll centers or physical limitations on the part of the voters can be cited as reason as well . Lastly , two apparent reasons that deter one to vote are the widespread fraud and irregularities present in an election being committed by the different parties running for a position in the government . One would ask , as a matter of principle , why he would waste his time voting unprincipled candidates in a dirty election . With this perception , the true essence of the right of suffrage is already defeated and results in the lack of interest to exercise it

As to the question whether this is a serious problem or not , I answer in the affirmative . As the conduct of election being the tool for the citizenry to choose , without undue influence , their government officers to guide them towards a better future , we can surmise that the choosing of the majority...