This House Would Make Voting Compulsory

Thanks to whoever accepts this debate, it is going to be on [RESOLVED: THIS HOUSE WOULD MAKE VOTING COMPULSORY]. There are going to be three rounds and they are going to be as follows, failure to follow these rounds (unless amended in the round) will result in a full seven point forfeiture constructive cases (no rebuttals, but you can make points that you expect to hear from the opponent) rebuttals/new points answers to rebuttals/answering new points/telling judge why they win/crystalization of points/no new points -----DEFINITIONS: "this house would" - just a fancy term that means that the house (the judges) would vote in favor of the resolution at hand voting - give or register a vote; used to express a wish to follow a particular course of action compulsory - required by law or a rule; obligatory -----CONSTRUCTIVE CASE:Compulsory voting leads to a better representation of minorities. Oftentimes people that are of the upper class, either by economical, educational, or social gains, vote more than people that are not in these upper classes do. Because they vote more often, this leads to a recurring circle that leads to the disenfranchisement of the lower class, and the disrepresentation of them. The rich will have higher amounts of representation in their local legislatures and public offices, and that means that minority groups that do not vote often do not have someone that is able to listen to their needs. This can all be solved with compulsory voting. How? you might ask, and here's the answer: it forces the lower class (socially lower, economically lower, or educationally lower) to vote, and thus have more representation. Doesn't that lead to the minority holding the majority of public office? you may very well ask again, and the answer is no! Here's an example: there are 5% of people that usually do not vote due to lack of monetary resources, and they align with the ideology of xXx_NoScope_xXx. Under the compulsory voting enactment, they will have to vote for whose ideology they believe in, and lo and behold: xXx_NoScope_xXx is the man for the job! Because compulsory voting leads to a better representation, the party of xXx_NoScope_xXx will hold office 5% of the time, and everyone wins! Compulsory voting leads to less gridlock, as shown in some of my sources down below.Compulsory voting has been implemented successfully before. This is pretty standard knowledge, but I think that this is important to bring up. In Australia, most notably, compulsory voting has been implemented well and has had more fair elections due to it. If this was implemented in the United States or other parts of the western world, it would not be very hard to implement. It has a strong success rate, and thus we can see that it would most likely follow the trend line that has been set by Australia.Compulsory voting will demolish special-interest groups' power. By implementing compulsory voting, it would make it much more difficult for special interest groups to elect themselves into power, since everyone (including the lower class) would have to vote, and thus take away the power that is obviously in the hands of upper-class special interest groups. How? you may ask, and here's the answer: it focuses the power away from the top class and redirects it to the main population of the country. This leads to a more just society, a more fair society, a society that bends to the will of the people. If we had compulsory voting, we often would not have corrupt politicians, since special interest groups often elect these kind of people into office. (Corrupt as how to the politicians do not vote in the ways that their state/community would vote, rather in the way that their special interest groups would vote, thus corrupting and eroding the very representative democracy that we have)Compulsory voting makes more people interested in politics. By making every able-bodied adult vote, we would make them seriously consider who they are voting for, and research more and more about their choices. Citizens will be willing to inform themselves about bad policies, and take them out of the government. Compulsory voting, thus, leads to better legislation that is passed in the community, and because of that, makes a positive impact on society and the world around it. It would also open the door to more foreign trade, since more and more people would research foreign trade and see that the benefits outweigh the harms, which would lead to an evermore expanding economy.[1]: http://www.money.cnn.com...;[2]: http://www.aec.gov.au...[3]: http://www.usnews.com...[4]: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org...[5]: http://www.onlineopinion.com.au...again thanks to whoever that accepts this