Voters Have Responsibility To Choose Candidate(s) Who Uphold Representative Republic Ideals For All

When people vote for candidates of public office, each voter is required to vote for those who will best uphold the representative republic ideals of not just their constituency, but of all the other affected constituencies(local, state, nation). People are not supposed to vote for candidates who will best serve them on an individual, racial/ethnic, and/or special interest basis. When that happens, democracy replaces the representative republic as the form of government!

That is why people must be motivated to choose their officeholders collectively so that they will be served collectively. That is why anonymous/secret balloting must be banned because voting on governance is not a private and individual issue. It is a public issue and voters' choices must be shared publicly with total transparency.