Voting Obligation Quotes

I'm baffled by the people who say, 'I'm just not going to vote.'

In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.

People should show up and vote at the polls, unless there's an extraordinary reason not to do so.

We have two responsibilities when it comes to an election as citizens. We have the responsibility to vote and then to honor that vote, even if we disagree with it. That doesn't mean that we blindly follow. It just means we can't afford the president to fail.

If you're an independent voter, I'm willing to bet that you were not too happy at the prospect of hitting the polls on November 8, 2016. But let me guess - you did it anyway because after all, it's your civic duty, right?

The very right to vote imposes on me the duty to instruct myself in public affairs however little influence my voice may have in them.

I was reading a lot of Thomas Jefferson at the time, and Jefferson said that every 20 years, if one party has stayed in power, it's your obligation as an American to vote the other party in.

One of the things I really want is for people to feel the civic responsibility, and not just refuse to vote out of protest.

Abstention is a dereliction of citizenship: always cast a vote, if only to cast stones at the most hated.

Voting is great, but it's not an accomplishment. It's a responsibility.

You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done.

You don't have a right to vote, you've got a duty of vote.

I never have attended a Democratic convention …. Now I’ll tell you why I don’t attend them. Because I’ll not be bound. If I attend a convention and I vote, I’m bound. I think I am bound.

If you don't vote, you're a moron.

To vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible.

People don’t have to run to the polls. They just have to get there and vote for me.

Voting is a civic sacrament - the highest responsibility we have as Americans.

I always vote. If I have the right, I'm going to vote.

I want to make an extremely strong appeal to those who abstained. Vote. It takes five minutes and then it's for five years.

If you don't vote, you're going to get a spanking.

Hell to those who don’t vote Shas!