THE ELECTIVE ABSENTION. THE LEGAL JUSTIFICATION FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE COMPULSORY VOTE IN THE STATES WORLD WIDE
THE ELECTIVE ABSENTION. THE LEGAL JUSTIFICATION FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE COMPULSORY VOTE IN THE STATES WORLD WIDE

Summary/Abstract: This work presents a quantitive analysis of a recent social phenomenon in the elections field, namely the lack of the electorate’s interest in the campaigns and elective process in many of the world states. The citizens do no longer exercise their elective suffrage as they should. According to the statistical information of certain institutions, they prefer to stay out of the elective, political problems. We tried to identify the causes of the elective absenteism, starting from the real facts in those states where the elective absenteism rate has been increasing these years, in Romania as well. The main objective is to emphasize the value of electorate’s legitimacy in the states’ leading board where the universal vote is exercised by at least an important part of electors, but not all of them. The legitimacy of holding the political power in a state must be approved by the most of the people with the right of vote, yet this no longer happens.

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