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Poll: Do you vote in your country elections? | Until recently I wasn't allowed to vote

Helena Chavarria — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 18:49:00 +0000

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Topic: Poll: Do you vote in your country elections?
Poster: Helena Chavarria
Post title: Until recently I wasn't allowed to vote

As a British expat, I wasn't allowed to vote in the UK or in Spain (where I live). However, this year the law changed in Britain and although I was allowed to vote, I didn't receive the envelope with the ballot until after the elections.

Maybe next time I'll be luckier.

Poll: Do you vote in your country elections? | It depends

Mario Chávez — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 18:23:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Do you vote in your country elections?
Poster: Mario Chávez
Post title: It depends

Voting in current democracies can be a privilege, a legal requirement or a manipulated process. From where I sit (in the United States), voting is something close to a privilege but nobody is required to vote. In some states, imprisoned populations aren't allowed to vote. American schools used to have three separate civics and government courses until the 60s (see [url removed] for more details).

When I was a kid in Argentina, civic courses were mandatory part of the high school curriculum and there were exams, of course. In that country, voting is mandatory.

Voting becomes meaningless if there's no reinforced or solid civics/government education in schools; in a country like USA, that responsibility has become distorted in the hands of political parties, which use mainstream and internet media to indoctrinate the masses on voting. Mostly, local governments publish voting information and how it is a privilege and a responsibility in a participatory democracy. To me, it has become more like a procedural exercise, not a way to develop responsible citizens.

To answer the question, I have voted in my country's elections at times.

Poll: Do you vote in your country elections? | Yes, always

Maria Laura Curzi — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 15:19:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Do you vote in your country elections?
Poster: Maria Laura Curzi
Post title: Yes, always

I agree with both, Maria Teresa and Philippe.

Over the past century, our country had several military coups and dictatorships, in which many people have disappeared because of fighting for democracy rights.

So, now that we have a democracy and the rights and duties it enables I do always vote, even when I don't like any candidate. In those cases, I vote for nobody (I nullify my vote), but I always vote.

Poll: Do you vote in your country elections? | Yes always

CasaPhil — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 09:27:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Do you vote in your country elections?
Poster: CasaPhil
Post title: Yes always

My great grandparent told my grandparent who told my parent who told me that people died fighting for this privilege.
In democratic countries, too many take it for granted along the tune "my vote won't change anything". I suspect it's when you no longer have this right that its importance really sinks in.

Philippe

Poll: Do you vote in your country elections? | Yes, always

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 22:17:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Do you vote in your country elections?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: Yes, always

Since the first free electoral act post-dictatorship, held on the 25th April 1975, I haven’t missed an election.

Poll: Do you vote in your country elections?

ProZ.com Staff — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 20:10:03 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Do you vote in your country elections?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

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