Editing Compulsory voting (section)

=== Civil responsibility ===
Supporters argue the democratic election of governing representatives is a citizen's responsibility as opposed to a right.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aec.gov.au/About_AEC/Publications/voting/files/compulsory-voting.pdf |title=Compulsory Voting in Australia |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission |last=Evans |first=Tim |date=16 January 2006 |access-date=22 July 2022}}</ref> Equating in kind to similar civil responsibilities such as [[tax]]ation, [[jury duty]], [[compulsory education]] or [[military service]], voting in these democracies is regarded as one of the "duties to community" mentioned in the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights|United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aec.gov.au/About_AEC/Publications/voting/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217024646/http://www.aec.gov.au/About_AEC/Publications/voting/index.htm|title=Compulsory voting in Australia|archive-date=February 17, 2011|website=Australian Electoral Commission}}</ref> This view asserts that, by introducing an obligation to vote, all citizens governed by a democracy partake in the responsibility for the government appointed by democratic election.