Part 2

One of America’s biggest issues is its’ citizens voting out of guilt rather than obligation. There is a more noble reason to vote, outside of being pressured. Yes, it is your civil duty to vote and to make an informed decision about who you elect to put in office. If you aren’t going to take the time to research and vote for someone that you agree with from most standpoints, then there is no reason for your voice in the election anyway. Elections should be based only on those who feel the need to vote without any influence. The vote is yours, no one else’s. Being forced to vote takes the freedom out of the whole think anyway.
Not everyone that chooses not to vote does it out of laziness. Some people don’t vote because there isn’t a candidate that they would like in office. That is a legitimate reason to withhold from voting. No one should be ridiculed for choosing not to vote when they don’t support any of the candidates. It is a hell of a lot better than voting just to say you did and then complaining about the person that gets the office. Voting is a choice, and a privilege; something to be taken very seriously. It is the highest form of freedom, to be able to freely choose who governs you.
It is your civil responsibility as a citizen to make an informed vote, not to just vote. It does us no good to have those types of voters in the box office. They do nothing but tear away from the idea of “government, chosen by the people.” They turn the saying more into “government, chosen by the idiots.”