franchise

franchise

the right to vote and not to vote

the right not to vote

not true everywhere, in Australia anyone not voting without a good reason will be fined $100

universal suffrage

every citizen has the right to vote in national elections - everyone over 18 since 1969

abstaining

many people choose not to vote and show disapproval of whole system by spoiling voting paper or not going to polling station

electoral register

some people are not on list because:

• they move around country a lot

• they have recently moved to a new area

• they do not want to vote

voter ID problems

16,000 turned away and did not return

older people had more eligible forms of voter ID than younger people

some people did not know, statistically minorities turned away most - elitist