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As I turned 18 years old, people told me I was being given the most important Fundamental Right, the ‘Right to vote'. But I simply thought that in a country with a population of more than a billion will one vote really make a difference? The immediate answer would be ‘No, of course'. In a billion how much weight can one vote hold? The answer: as much as one ant affects the environment it lives in. The chances were that minuscule. But voting is a special right.
Even now People of many countries do not have the right to vote, to choose their leader. In the United States of America, women did not have the right to vote till 1920. People who vote, indirectly help make decision which will not only affect them but others around them. Thus voting helps shape the world around us. The right to vote is a duty as well as a privilege. It is important for all citizens to vote in every election to make sure that the democratic, representative system of government is maintained. Persons who do......

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