Full text of the paper:
Collected Papers of the Faculty of Law in Novi Sad, University in Novi Sad
2022, vol. LVI, No. 2, pp. 369–384
language of the paper: Serbian
Original scientific paper
udk: 342.8:17
doi:10.5937/zrpfns56-38816
Authors:
Slobodan Orlović
University of Novi Sad
Faculty of Law Novi Sad
s.orlovic@pf.uns.ac.rs
Nataša Rajić
University of Novi Sad
Faculty of Law Novi Sad
n.rajic@pf.uns.ac.rs
Abstract:
Voting right is a subjective public right and belongs to the group of a basic political rights. It could be considered as a legal as well as an ethical category. These two aspects are not completely separable and they are closely connected to a constitutional culture level of a concrete society. Thereof, a high percentage of electoral turnout could not be exclusively a consequence of compulsory voting as well as sanction which follow the violation of this obligation. A lower percentage of electoral turnout could also have a positive impact on dynamic of relationship between citizen – government, if it represents a constructive expression toward a political elite and its crucial decisions.
Keywords:
voting right, compulsory voting, constitutional culture, political participation, electoral turnout