Question about voting issue

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Well yeah i have an question about voting just learned that its a sin if we dont vote but its also a sin if we vote for people whu dont support church teaching what s moral what s a bit hard

But there s nother side where person can say i go to vote and dont vote for enyone that s like you stay home and your vote is not legit its like you go to a store and not buying enything
does that make eny sense?

And another thing what s the problem i dont really even understand politic that well or i am interested in it actually i have no interest or understand how everything worse plus what s worse for me whould be not shure whu i whould even vote because i dont understand a thing

and the last thing i want to say is reason to not go voting for me is fear of being on camera because i cant stand journalist repoter whu record you on camera and whole world see what you say just its hard but i understand that people will not understand that well i explained but i hope someone can help me understand this

Is it still a sin for these reasons i said to not go voting?

so for our church teaching no one cares if you fear something
to not going because you dont understand enything in politic or arent interested for having disablity social anxiety or disablity?

i mean seriusly for not knowing a thing i could even vote from wrong person and this again goes everything wrong
 
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It is not a sin to not vote. For many centuries, no one voted on public political offices. If you do not know the politicians and what they stand for, it may actually do more harm than good by voting. Just as we should have a rightly formed conscience to the extent that we are able, if you are going to vote, you need to know who/what you are voting for and why.

It may be a civic duty to vote, but part of that process is actually knowing what you are voting for. It is better to make informed votes, than uninformed votes. It is also better to abstain, than to vote for someone (or something) that if you knew what they stood for, you would not vote for them.
 
I think it’s a sin to choose the lesser of the evils. I won’t support evil. I haven’t voted since the 2008 Primary election and don’t see anything changing soon. If I do vote, I will vote for someone who has absolutely NO chance in hell of winning anything. So what is the difference between not voting and voting for someone who will never win?
 
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just learned that its a sin if we dont vote
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Who told you this?

If you are in the US, sit down and read our Bishops’ wise guidance:

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the last thing i want to say is reason to not go voting for me is fear of being on camera because i cant stand journalist repoter whu record you on camera and whole world see what you say
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In the US, we have secret voting. No one can put you on camera while you vote. If a journalist asks to interview you, simply say “no”.

I’ve been voting for 4 decades, have not run into one journalist.

You also have the option of a mail-in “absentee” ballot in many instances.
 
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Unfortunately, I believe that voting in this country has devolved from being a process of select to a process of elimination.
A voter has to look at all the issues and decide who is closest on the majority of issues as to how that voter stands on these issues.
For example, it is tough for me as a Catholic to vote for those who advocate for Pro-Choice.
But it is tougher for me to vote for those who would like to do away with affordable health care and social security.
 
I don’t know what country you are in but speak to your priest because as far as I know that is not true. It would not work in UK as there are no parties that support church teaching completely, all of them fail to uphold basic Catholic principles so you have to vote to the best of your ability according to what is available. We are encouraged to vote but it’s still our choice. The church provides guidelines for this. Ask your priest to help you and show you where to find the guidelines for your country. God bless.
 
Seems to me if there are no significant moral issues in a particular election, not voting is a moral option. Decades ago, when there was almost no difference between the parties and their candidates, that would have been the case. Was there really much of a difference between Kennedy and Nixon when it came to policies? Not really.

Right now, when it comes to policies, there still isn’t much difference between the parties when it comes to moral issues, except for elctive abortion. One party wants it to be an unalienable right under all circumstances. The other wants it eliminated in whole or in part.

That, to me, changes everything, as failure to oppose an intrinsic evil is seriously immoral.
 
The OP is probably thinking of this from the Catechism:
CCC 2240 Submission to authority and co-responsibility for the common good make it morally obligatory to pay taxes, to exercise the right to vote, and to defend one’s country:
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It’s an interesting choice of words. It doesn’t say “morally obligatory to vote” but “morally obligatory to exercise the right to vote.” I suppose you could exercise that right by intentionally refusing to cast a vote in a particular election.
 
I am confused comepltly because i learned from catholic magazine that not going to vote is sinfull
 
well i learned this by here reading and from catholic magazine glas koncila its catholic news paper like main ones which inform you of everything catholic and etc also readed same where article explains from bioshop in video i watched also i am from Croatia i suffer from social anxiety that s why its hard
 
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I understand that s good idea plus i am from Croatia and i am afraid to go there enyways as explained if you readed why?
another is social anxiety etc and i dont have interest in politic
 
This would be a good question for your pastor. Are you bound by the civil law to vote?
 
well i guess that s good idea thanks plus i am sorry i am not english and i dont understand enyrthing about this world yeah i know i feel like i live in a dream not in this world where i dont get a thing hope now you understand i have disablity etc that s why
 
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Lemuel,
Choosing the less of two evils is a sound moral practice when you have to choose. When you don’t have to choose it is okay
To abstain.
 
I don’t what the laws of Croatia are, but if you are required to vote by law, then it would be sinful because it would be disobedience to civil authority.

It is possible that not voting could be a sin of omission. For example: not long ago in Ireland it was voted to legalize abortion. Not voting against that was sinful as an act of omission. But most times it is not.
 
i am not really shure about i need to ask my dad about this
plus thanks for explaining and yeah this was you just said is what i explained good job just asked and in my country its not obligation its based on your own will
 
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