Debate Paper 4: Should voting be mandatory?
Write a persuasive essay regarding whether voting should be mandatory. Be sure to discuss and cite at least two of the articles below and research and cite two additional articles of your own. Your essay should, as usual, be well-organized. Properly cite the material with in-text citations and a works-cited page.
1.Classic article making the case for mandatory voting (2011): https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/opinion/sunday/telling-americans-to-vote-or-else.html
Reactions to article above: https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/11/07/should-voting-in-the-us-be-mandatory-14/mandatory-voting-would-be-a-disaster
2.Article opposing mandatory voting: up to date 2018
https://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2018/11/6/18068484/voting-civic-right-civic-duty
3.Article making the case for mandatory voting – with up to date statistics from 2018
https://medium.com/s/story/the-case-for-mandatory-voting-in-the-us-c1e85c95fb84
4.Article considering the issue cross-nationally
https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/voter-turnout/compulsory-voting