Poll: Do you vote in your country elections? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Since the first free electoral act post-dictatorship, held on the 25th April 1975, I haven’t missed an election.
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Spain
Local time: 15:17
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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
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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.
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Mario Chávez
United States
Local time: 09:17
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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 https://bit.ly/3AIzXZt for more details).
... See more 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 https://bit.ly/3AIzXZt 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. ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Until recently I wasn't allowed to vote | Nov 10, 2024 |
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.
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