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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Does compulsory voting violate a right not to vote? |
Author: | Hill, L. |
Citation: | Australian Journal of Political Science, 2015; 50(1):61-72 |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
ISSN: | 1036-1146 1363-030X |
Statement of Responsibility: | Lisa Hill |
Abstract: | It is sometimes claimed that compulsory voting violates a particular right not to vote. For some, this assumed right is as fundamental as the right to vote. The existence of such a right, however, has attracted little sustained scholarly attention. This article explores from a political theory perspective whether the alleged ‘right not to vote’ is deserving the same legal and moral protection as the right to vote. I argue on two broad grounds that it is not. First, not all rights are capable of being legally waived and voting is one of them. Second, voting is a right but it is also a duty; it is a duty-right. Therefore, even though many people do fail to vote, doing so does not seem to constitute the exercise of any particular right, nor should it be legally recognised as such. |
Keywords: | Voting; rights; duties; compulsory voting; representative democracy |
Description: | Published online: 09 Jan 2015 |
Rights: | © 2015 Australian Political Studies Association |
DOI: | 10.1080/10361146.2014.990418 |
Grant ID: | ARC |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2014.990418 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Politics publications |
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