gral
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Even if you accept the premises of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights(which I don't), there are examples that show that not even signers of the Declaration consider voting a right.Yeah, that thing from the UN would carry a lot more water if the entire organization wasn’t populated by the most transparent of hypocrites. And yet we’ve got whole committees that sit and listen politely to the member from Venezuela, which hasn’t had a free and fair election in decades, for instance.
In Brazil, voting is mandatory; should you not vote and not present a formal justification for not voting(which has a fee to it, even if it's less than a bus ride), you will be penalized for it(for example, you wouldn't be able to renew your passport). This means that in Brazil, voting is effectively a civic duty, not a right.