Tournament: Grapevine | Round: 1 | Opponent: All | Judge: All
First, grant the aff the RVI

Second, weigh arguments neg drops over aff drops

Finally, prefer reasonability over competing interp for T and theory

Value is democracy

First, information needed for governing means deliberation is important. Furstein
Michael Fuerstein (St. Olaf College Department of Philosophy) http://www.euppublishing.com/toc/epi/5/1
"Given the colossal…scale cognitive organization."

Second, constitutive function of a democracy
Third, the only way for laws to have authority over all people is if the majority is guaranteed to consent to them
Fourth, votes themselves must be looked at through a communal lens
Fifth, the Only way to have a democratic political community is through political equality
Sixth, democracy functions to create a communal norm of governing.

So the standard is upholding the equal political community.
Contention one
First, abstention is bad for deliberation because at best it is ambiguous. Hill
Hill, L. (2002), ‘On the Reasonableness of Compelling Citizens to “Vote”: The Australian Case’, Political Studies 50(1), pp. 80–101.

"Silence is at…any particular person"

Second, CV validates the democratic legitimacy of a government because it is indisputably representative. Matsler.
Matsler, Sean. "Compulsory Voting in America" USC Law Review
The second success…sort of legitimacy

Third, CV is necessary to include measures that make voting accessible to more people. Hill 2.
Hill, L. (2002), ‘On the Reasonableness of Compelling Citizens to “Vote”: The Australian Case’, Political Studies 50(1), pp. 80–101.

"Compulsion in Australia…people to meet."

Fourth, compulsory voting best upholds a community because it treats voting as a social norm and not as a legal obligation. Hill 3
Hill, L. (2002), ‘On the Reasonableness of Compelling Citizens to “Vote”: The Australian Case’, Political Studies 50(1), pp. 80–101.
In addition, an… also legally enforced"

Fifth, CV solves for the prisoners dilemma that occurs n a voluntary voting system. Hill 4
Hill, L. (2002), ‘On the Reasonableness of Compelling Citizens to “Vote”: The Australian Case’, Political Studies 50(1), pp. 80–101.
When a poor… and achieving representativeness."

Sixth, compulsory voting creates an equal political community based upon deliberation because political favors are not granted to interest groups. Chong and Olivera.
Alberto Chong and Mauricio Olivera. "Does Compulsory Voting Help Equalize Incomes?" ECONOMICS and POLITICS DOI: Volume 20 November 2008

"Another view is…lower government expenditures."