Shouldn't the US Government charge people a fee for the right  NOT TO VOTE ?
101501
The absence of a privilege is not a right...sorry, no...(unless you want me to say 'yes').
947674
If someone wants to sign up to serve our great nation then let them! They are more brave than I am! Why should you have to have a clean record to fight for the safety and security of your country? It's a better option than letting them sit in a jail cell at the taxpayers expense or, more often than not, go back home and get on wellfare (also at the taxpayers...MY...expense). Freedom isn't free and neither is paying for the "less fortunate". I say let them make something of themselves!
495422
Maybe you are happy with the way things are run, so you see no reason to vote.  But maybe you don't know yet how the government affects you.  Once you do, you may want to vote, or maybe you will think that your vote is powerless to change the system.  It is good that you are at least asking the question.
31681
Because it would be thoroughly unfair to force people to pay for things they can't afford.\n\nGet real.  "Allow" connotes freedom, which is all a government should give you.  And that same "allow" is what permits anyone to make whatever they want out of themselves, purchase whatever they want.  You'd have a gripe if you could phrase the question "How can the US FORBID people from buying food or health insurance," but you can't.
1051273
It should not be. Nor do I think voting should be a requirement to voice your opinion.\n\nA vote is saying that you affirmatively approve one candidate over another. If none of the people on the ballot are ones that I actually support, I wouldn't vote for them.\n\nHowever, because I am still stuck with whatever laws the majority-elected government chooses to enact,  I absolutely have the right to voice my opinion about those. Especially since I don't actually have the opportunity to vote for most of those laws directly.
1112652
Entitled to say angry things in a forum such as this?  yes... and you know why? b/c this is the United States... and that's why so many people want to come here.. for that freedom... to voice your opinion in anyway.\n\nEntitled to deny citizenship to those who deserve it while american born citizens sponge off welfare?  Apparently so, b/c that's what I see day in and day out.  I want to know exactly WHERE people that quote monetary figures are getting these figures from... b/c I know that some of those figures are NOT true, \n\nEntitled to fight for our country and defend us?  Well... Apparently only the poor and the ones who want citizenships... b/c that is the current stipulation...\n\nEntitled to allow the ones who wash our dishs, cook our food, do our laundry, clean our houses, mow our lawns, and pick our produce to live in constant fear?  Yes, b/c although we all have utilized their services, yet we turn a blind eye to their true peril to have the chance to come to the US... \n\nEntitled in those ways... I suppose yes... Entitled to close their minds to new ideas? yes... unfortunately...\nEntitled to vote? yes.. but do we no...\n\nIt's sooo sad... b/c we as American Citizens are sooo entitled to so many things, yet we do NOT vote, and we do NOT examine the real issues and look at things from the other side before we form opinions... And b/c we're Americans we are also given that freedom to do so....
446122
No, it's not mandatory. No consequencies if you don't vote.
960466
Hahahahahahaha\n\nSeriously, I'm not sure - the right to vote maybe?
1141576
Because they charge a fee.
828690
absolutyl, if you can vote its your civic duty to vote, if you dont vote then you have NO RIGHT  to complain
4782
People everywhere cannot be discriminated against when going to vote (for federal positions).  It also provides for equal right to accommodations in restaurants and hotels, as well as provides for equal opportunity for rights to housing.
1063672
Well, that's part of America's government. Because we are actually a republic (and NOT a democracy) like the idiots on television like to say, we vote for people to represent us. So in a sense, the people do decide by electing representatives on their own behalf who represent their own beliefs to go to Washington to do crap.\n\nAs where in a democracy, the people vote on absolutely everything, which is expensive.
692019
glad the forefathers didnt see it that way...so you could be a citizen subject to taxes but no voteing rights? think thats why we had a revolution with england. taxation without representation.
928466
prolly for the same reason Americans have to deal with a bad government.  Because the citizens don't have the balls to stand up for their  rights and change it.
86638
Sure they could. It's called voting. People need to direct more thought into voting. The American people vote their representatives into office, who in turn get to make the laws and vote for the President. Too many people sit idly by and don't make sure their voices are heard. Whenever there is an issue that I strongly have an opinion about, I make sure to call my Representative's office-be it a local, state, or Federal issue. This is the only way to make sure your opinion gets recorded! They are your elected reps. and are there for you, to vote according to the people of their districts. Signatures on a petition are just an amplification of this. Also, if more people who disagree with the system and would take action to run for office can you imagine the changes that would ocurr? I'm not saying any nutjob can get elected, but if you make sense and others agree with you then why not give it a try? People need to realize they are vested in the actions of this country whether they agree with them or not. We need to eliminate the people from office who do not represent our views as a whole. Our society needs to take action! Stop saying "It doesn't matter when I vote, so I'm not going to vote". That kind of attitude is what's gotten our system into the sorry mess it's in now. If you don't vote or take action, others who do vote will get control of things & quite possibly do things you don't agree with.
699290
if that is true, there is no free society. in a free society, people have a right to choose, but the government should inform the people of what is expected of them, not imposed on them.
460655
In addition to the fact that such a law is unconstitutional and could only have a chance if it came about through a ratified Constitutional Amendment (which would never pass).  It would likely demonstrate that un-a-lined voters out numbered members of the two major parties.\n\nIf ever enacted it could have an unexpected result, that is, the same number of people who don’t vote today say, “I still won’t vote, come and get me.”  \n\nIt might be a better idea to give people some reason to want to vote.  Say, by adding something interesting to the ballot.  As. . . . . the final line for each elective office have it say, “None of the above.” And have that line able to win.  That would mean that some elective office could end up with no office holder until a new election were held.  That could mean that the candidates would have to actual, and honestly, serve the electorate.