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Voting is voluntary. Jury duty places a large burden on many people. I served on a jury and there were people who missed out on work and made $20 per day.
by refurb 3y ago
Voting is voluntary.
Jury duty places a large burden on many people. I served on a jury and there were people who missed out on work and made $20 per day.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> Voting is voluntary. Exercise of all rights is voluntary. Voting requires someone else’s labor (ballot preparation, vote counting, etc.), which is the attribute that you said makes positive rights impractical. > Jury duty places a large burden on many people. And, yet, trial by jury is a right.
- s1artibartfast 3y agoAfter reading your comments last night, I think there's an argument that some of these these things are process operational constraints on how the state can operate. For example, the state doesn't have to charge someone in court, but if they do they must also provide the option for trial by jury. I think the construction of if the state does X, it must also do Y sets it apart from a universal positive right. I'm not a lawyer, but I believe the state can refuse to provide a jury trial for a citizen initiated legal action, like a civil suit by declining to hear the case. I think you could find a similar framing for voting as well.
- refurb 3y agoExercise of all rights is voluntary. Sure, but having a place to live is not voluntary, everyone needs it.