Tournament: Wake Forest Earlybird | Round: Semis | Opponent: Pinecrest MM | Judge: Johnson, Leavoy, LaBella
Compulsory voting is defined by Jackman 1
Simon Jackman Assistant Professor and Victoria Schuck Faculty Scholar, Department of Political Science,Stanford University “Compulsory Voting.” International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. 2001.

Compulsory voting (CV) ... to some extent.

Ought = Moral Obligation. Adler 82
Mortimer J. Adler American author, educator, and philosopher; former prof of law at UChicago, A Dialogue on the Nature of Goodness, 1982, in St. Thomas Aquinas on Politics and Ethics, edited by Paul E. Sigmund, 1988, p. 199.

It says 'ought' ... of moral obligation.

I value morality.

Morality presupposes freedom; subjugation is inherently immoral. Von Mises 60
Ludwig von Mises (Austrian Economist and Philosopher) 1960: The Economic Foundations of Freedom. http://mises.org/efandi/ch1.asp

All the teachings and precepts ... religious or secular morality.

Negative liberty fails.Schäfer 11
“Republican Liberty and Compulsory Voting.” Armin Schäfer research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne. 2011.

Defining freedom as ... makes one unfree.

Freedom requires preventing the capacity for domination. Malkopoulou 11
Anthoula Malkopoulou postdoctoral researcher at the Finnish Academy Project 'The Politics of Dissensus', University of Jyväskylä, Finland “DEMOCRACY’S DUTY: THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL DEBATES ON COMPULSORY VOTING.” 2011.

However, most theorists ... representative institutions. 

The standard is consistency with freedom as non-domination. Autonomy NCs must win terminal defense on AC fw to access impacts.

Also prefer the standard for 2 more reasons:

1) Democratic equality and the right to vote are based on a conception of freedom as non-domination. Lardy 4
Heather Lardy University of Aberdeen “Is there a Right not to Vote?”  Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Summer, 2004), pp. 303-321.

The right to vote ... freedom as non- interference. 

2) Domination violates human worth and denies people's voices. Pettit 97
Philip Pettit   “Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and Government.” Clarendon. 1997. Pg. 91.

But the primary-good status ... will not command respect.

Contention 1 is the political domination of non-voters.

Lardy 4
Heather Lardy University of Aberdeen “Is there a Right not to Vote?”  Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Summer, 2004), pp. 303-321.

It might be thought... the right to vote.

AND, non-voters in voluntary systems are disproportionately likely to be poor, minorities, or other marginalized groups that already have an increased risk of domination. Chong and Olivera 8
Alberto Chong Inter-American Development Bank and Mauricio Olivera George Mason University. “DOES COMPULSORY VOTING HELP EQUALIZE INCOMES?” 2008.

As explained above ... education levels is typical.

Structural Barriers in VV- Carey 13
John M. Carey Professor in the Social Sciences, Department of Government, Dartmouth College and Yusaku Horiuchi Associate Professor and Mitsui Chair in the Study of Japan, Department of Government, Dartmouth College. “Compulsory Voting and Income Inequality.” 2013.

The potential benefits of voting ... poor than the rich.

CV Solves- Engelen 7
Bart Engelen Research Assistant of the Fund for Scientific Research – Flanders (Belgium), Centre for Economics and Ethics – Institute of Philosophy (K.U.Leuven), Centre for Economics and Ethics. “Why Compulsory Voting Can Enhance Democracy.” Acta Politica, 42, (23–39). 2007.

Proponents of compulsory voting ... higher turnout levels.

Contention 2 is the Snowball Effect.

A. Cycle of economic and political domination

CV reduces income inequality. Chong and Olivera 5
Alberto Chong Inter-American Development Bank  and Mauricio Olivera George Mason University. “On Compulsory Voting and Income Inequality in a Cross-Section of Countries.” May 2005.

This paper explores ... such voting schemes.

Creates a vicious cycle. Schafer 11
Armin Schafer 11, Fellow at the Hanse Institute for Advanced Studies in Delmenhorst, "Republican liberty and compulsory voting, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies discussion paper, No. 11/17, 2011.

What is more ... can be broken.

B. State abuse and domination

Hill 10
Lisa Hill, History Professor-University of Adelaide, 2010, "On the Justifiability of Compulsory Voting: Reply to Lever," British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 40(04), p. 921

Voting not only protects ... this right is concerned.

C. Domination through discrimination. 

Voter IDs- Cohen 12
Adam Cohen former TIME senior writer and former member of the New York Times editorial board, teaches at Yale Law School. "How to Solve the Voter ID Debate." 2012.

The war on voters ... to win Pennsylvania.