Voting right as legal and ethical category

Autor: Orlović Slobodan P., Rajić Nataša N.
Jazyk: English<br />Serbian
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Zbornik Radova: Pravni Fakultet u Novom Sadu, Vol 56, Iss 2, Pp 369-384 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0550-2179
2406-1255
DOI: 10.5937/zrpfns56-38816
Popis: Voting right is a subjective public right and belongs to the group of a basic political rights. It could be considered as a legal as well as an ethical category. These two aspects are not completely separable and they are closely connected to a constitutional culture level of a concrete society. Thereof, a high percentage of electoral turnout could not be exclusively a consequence of compulsory voting as well as sanction which follow the violation of this obligation. A lower percentage of electoral turnout could also have a positive impact on dynamic of relationship between citizen - government, if it represents a constructive expression toward a political elite and its crucial decisions.
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