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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
I'm very much of the philosophy to spoil your ballot if there isn't a candidate that deserves your vote. You're still voting but not for any particular candidate.
I also am annoyed when people say they have the right not to vote. There is no right not to vote. You have the right to vote but that does not equate the opposite is also true. You have the right to life but you do not have the right to suicide. I understand the point you're making, and I'm nitpicking on rhetoric but you're trying to say you don't have a requirement to vote.
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I have to agree with Hemi.
There are a lot of rights that we have as members of a democratic society. We have the right to peacefully assemble and protest our government, the right to form political parties, and the right to contact our MPs and MPPs directly to advise them, but people hardly ever exercise those rights. Then there is voting.
We can choose our level of involvement as free people. I have actually participated in 2 or the things mentioned within the last election besides voting and would consider myself to have a higher level of democratic involvement than just someone who drops a ballot every 4 years. Not that it matters though, because like I said, it's up to us how involved we want to be.