Is it right in a democratic state to legally require all citizens to vote?

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No, voting is a right.

No, voting is a right, not an obligation. A person may choose to not exercise their rights. However, when a person chooses to not exercise their rights, they also forfeit their right to complain about the results. So a person may forfeit their right to vote, but at the same time they also forfeit the right to complain about how poorly the government is executing its job.

No VoicelessEmil67
No, because one should have the freedom to not vote.

Telling a citizen that they must vote goes against all the freedoms we, as a nation, carry. Encouraging people to vote is one thing. But, telling me I have to vote makes our government communistic.

No MoaningElroy
It is not legally right to make it mandatory for citizens to vote in a democratic state; a democratic state allows its citizens the freedom to vote and this freedom is the foundation of democracy.

Freedom is the foundation of democracy, and if a democratic states makes it mandatory for citizens to vote then this freedom is taken away. Citizens should be allowed to vote, but it should be a choice that they are allowed to make for themselves. A democratic state offers citizens voting privileges to acquire leadership, but if this leadership then requires citizens to vote then there is not really any democracy at all.

No ToyMatt

No, voting is a right.