Tournament: Brandeis | Round: 2 | Opponent: Jackie Mellin | Judge: Unknown
Value:
Democracy
Standard:
Maximizing political legitimacy

1. Legitimacy key to democracy
   2. Legitimacy most important
   3. No legitimacy if a government is coercive
   Contention one: Compulsory voting undermines governmental legitimacy.

Subpoint a:
People shouldn’t be forced to vote because voting is critically important to the decisions that affect our lives- the forced inclusion of the apathetic opens us up to the dangers of bad and misrepresentative policies.
Brennan 11 (Jason Brennan is assistant professor of ethics at Georgetown University: The Ethics of Voting- Most People Shouldn’t Vote, http://blog.press.princeton.edu/2012/08/15/shame-on-you-voter-a-case-for-not-voting-from-jason-brennan/) accessed 9-6-13
"this line of reasoning... coercive power of government"

b. The forced participation of uninvolved persons will result in higher arbitrariness and coercion.
Redlingshafer 11 (JoEllen Redlingshafer: How Mandatory Voting Hurts Democracy, http://www.policymic.com/articles/2376/how-mandatory-voting-hurts-democracy) accessed 9-6-13
"Galston argues that a democracy... corrupt form of polling"

Gustavsson 12 (JOHN GUSTAVSSON: Why A High Turnout Is Bad For Democracy, FEBRUARY 24, 2012, http://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2012/02/why-a-high-turnout-is-bad-for-democracy/) accessed 9-6-13
"You see, low information voters... cool slogans and good looks."

C. Compulsory voting’s so called “increased representation” does not change or depolarize politics. Compulsory voting makes it more likely that the least favored candidate will get elected

Jakee and Sun, no date (Keith Jakee and Guang-Zhen Sun,  Associate Professor of Economics @ George Mason University and  Associate Professor of Economics @  University of Macau, Is Compulsory Voting More Democratic?, Public Choice, http://home.fau.edu/kjakee/web/Intermediate-Micro/writing/Jakee-Sun-Compuls-Voting-Dec-05.pdf)
"The probability of electing... preferences will be distorted..."