Voting: A Privilege, a Duty, and a Path to a Stronger Democracy

Since the US will prepare the election day within two weeks, the importance of voting can not be ignored. Therefore, throughout the fall, we have mobilized the resources of the American Bar Association election law, encouraging lawyers to participate in the vote.

In order to encourage youth participation in the election process, we are publishing new videos to K - 12 schools nationwide. Also, we made an advertising speech entitled "Can you hear your voice on the election day?" Emphasize the importance of voting and state voting rules. You can personalize your card for yourself or your company and electronically print or distribute it to your customers and communities.

All of these resources, including links to voter registration, requirements for voter ID, and state information in other areas, are on the ABA 's website ambar.org/vote. This site also includes legal information on the voting of voters with disabilities and accessibility options. Please take full advantage of them and share it widely

American Bar Association is still non-faction. We will not support candidates or contribute to candidates or PAC. But ABA believes that lawyers have a basic obligation to support voting. This is the cornerstone of our democracy.

In 2012, the voting rate in the US election was only 58% of the voters. According to the Tufts University citizenship learning and participation research information center, about half of all qualified persons aged 18-29 are voting for the 2012 presidential election. But according to the center their vote will be decisive as a result of the presidential election, especially Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Voting is the responsibility of citizens' citizenship and it is an opportunity to express your opinion. All Americans have the opportunity to shape the type of government they desire. Patriots died fighting to have the right to vote. As a lawyer, we should cultivate this sense of civic responsibility.

It is extremely important for us all to vote for support. Every vote is the cornerstone of our democracy. The more people vote, the stronger our government system will be. As a country, we should do better. I can do better

Voting is a privilege of democracy, but our voice is not so democratic - if you live in a swaying country or a major country, voting is really important, it is even stronger. Florida, Pennsylvania, and the second district of Maine. Combine these elements to influence the president's political process and candidacy. But the impact framework is possible. A lot of people are studying how to design a governance structure to deal with the global challenges that we face together. Loomio.org, a technology community like the democratic Earth, has been using the power of technology to tackle political deliberations and collective action issues. Countries like Estonia have digitized their government far more than they had ever imagined. Technical elite like writer Don Tapscott is trying to rethink the social contract itself.

Liquid democracy is a subset of democracy and a powerful voting model for collective decision making in large communities. Liquid democracy combines the advantages of direct democracy and representative democracy to build a truly democratic voting system that allows voters to vote directly on issues or delegate voting rights to trusted parties I will. By giving authority, people with domain-specific knowledge can better influence the outcome of decision-making and improve national governance. For this reason, liquid democracy naturally evolved into elite politics, whose decisions are made primarily by people with the knowledge and experience necessary to make informed decisions about the problem.

I vote because I believe that people authorized and privileged in this country are responsible for voting to change the system so that everyone has power and voting rights. In this country, we are proud to be representative democrats and people for people. This is very annoying when you see how many people are deprived of their rights. Voting is really exciting for me. I did not vote for elementary school. I am very disappointed with the idea of ​​a national or state-wide community. I focus more on community organizations and I think they are more effective. I am convinced that it is important to transfer these small communities to larger places after many conversations with people this year.