CEVAP:

In general, individuals become part of the political process that affects the lives of citizens in a political community with the right to vote. In specific, the ability to vote allows citizens to:

• participate in the process of instituting a stable and political framework that will regulate social and economic life

• define how the political institutions such as bureaucracy, the legal system, the courts, the police force, and the army are formulated

• be active participants in deciding the regulations guiding both policy issues and government institutions