# Do We Have a Duty to Vote? **URL:** **By** Julia Maskivker, Trevor Burrus, Aaron Ross Powell **Published:** March 13, 2020 --- Julia Maskivker joins the show today to discuss how she believes we have a duty to vote because it is a morally unique action. Julia Maskivker believes not only that we should vote, but that we must vote. Even when confronted with two unappealing candidates, or with ballot propositions whose effects we will barely feel, or with the fact that our single vote might never tip an election, we must vote. Do we have a duty to vote or do we have a duty instead to vote well? What is the purpose of voting? What is voter fatigue? ## Further Reading: [The Duty to Vote](https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-duty-to-vote-9780190066062?cc=us&lang=en), written by Julia Maskivker [An Economic Case for Democracy](https://www.amazon.com/Economic-Theory-Democracy-Anthony-Downs/dp/0060417501), written by Anthony Downs [The Ethics of Voting](https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691154442/the-ethics-of-voting), written by Jason Brennan ## Related Content: [Ranked Choice Voting, A Better Way to Vote?](https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/building-tomorrow/ranked-choice-voting-a-better-way-to-vote), Building Tomorrow Podcast [Voting as a Moral Wrong](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/voting-moral-wrong), written by Aaron Ross Powell [Bonus Election Day Episode: Should Libertarians Vote?](https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/free-thoughts/bonus-election-day-episode-should-libertarians-vote), Free Thoughts Podcast