In Country C, some but not all eligible voters are required to vote.

Question

In Country C, some but not all eligible voters are required to vote. The particulars of the country's laws governing voting are as follows.

Every citizen who is eligible must vote on election day. 
 A person is eligible if (and only if) he or she meets the age requirement and either is a citizen or meets the residency requirement for noncitizens. 
 The age requirement is that every voter must be at least 19 years old on election day. 
 The residency requirement for noncitizens is that the voter must have been a resident of Country C for at least 5 years on election day.

Consider the following individuals:

Abigail: a citizen who is currently 19 years old

Barbara: a 7-year resident noncitizen who is currently 19 years old

Charles: a 7-year resident noncitizen who is currently 18 years old

For an election held today, select the individual or individuals who must vote, based on the information provided, and select the individual or individuals who must not vote, based on the information provided. Make only two selections, one in each column.

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DhruvBadaya · Accepted Answer

MUST VOTE:

The answer should be Abigail only.

Although Abigail and Barbara both fulfill the minimum eligibility to vote since both are above 19 and are either citizens or a nonresident for more than 5 years. However, the first point says "Every citizen who is eligible must vote on election day." This does not imply that NON RESIDENTS must also vote.

Talking about Charles, he does not meet the age criteria.

Hence, the answer is  ABIGAIL ONLY

MUST NOT VOTE: 
Charles is the only one who does not fulfill the minimum criteria. Hence, Charles is the only one who cannot vote.

KarishmaB · Answer

Two Eligibility Criteria - 
1. Age must be 19
2. Either "Citizen" OR "Non citizen who has lived there for 5 yrs"

Necessary - Eligible citizen MUST vote

Abigail: a citizen who is currently 19 years old  
Abigail is a citizen and age 19 so she is an eligible citizen. So be MUST vote.

Barbara: a 7-year resident noncitizen who is currently 19 years old 
Barbara is eligible because she is 19 and non citizen who has lived there for 5 yrs. So ELIGIBLE but not necessray to vote.

Charles: a 7-year resident noncitizen who is currently 18 years old. 
Charles is 18 yrs old so he is not eligible. Hence, he MUST NOT vote.

ANSWER: Must Vote - Abigail only, Must Not Vote - Charles only

kirallight · Answer

My analysis is as follows
 some but not all eligible voters are required to vote  - this means that few eligible voters may not be required to cast a vote.

Considering the conditions from point 1-4 we can conclude that All citizens who are >= 19 years of age can vote.

Among given people  Abigail  is the citizen and hence, should vote.

Voting age is 19 so  Charles  must not vote.

Now coming to 7-year resident noncitizen  Barbara  - she can either choose to vote or not choose as she is not a citizen.

So the choices are A - Must Vote and C - Must Not vote

Gemmie · Answer

Must vote
(1) Citizen
(2) Eligible
......(2.1) Age requirement: 19 yo and
......(2.2) Residiency
..............(a) Citizen; or
..............(b) Non-citizen but at least 5 year resident

A: (1) + (2.1) + (2.2.a) => Must vote
B: .........(2.1) + (2.2.b) => Not required (because not a citizen)
C: (1) ........... + (2.2a) => Must not vote (do not meet requirement 2.1)

Dbrunik · Answer

Draw it out on your scratch one column at a time

MV----- Eligible and cit
 ^
 ^ ElIGIBLE is 19 and citizen
 OR
 
19 and res (if res you are not citizen, therefore not required to vote)

only citizens who are eligible are required. Abigail only

MNV---- ASK WHAT WOULD STOP YOU FROM VOTING: AGE OR NOT 5 YEARS RESIDENT. 
CHARLES ONLY

PeachSnapple1 · Answer

Took me 30 seconds and got it wrong, because I missed the word  citizen  in the first criterion

ashKing12 · Answer

Some Eligible Voters------> MUST VOTE.

Every ELIGIBLE CITIZEN ----------> MUST VOTE

If Age is Atleast 19 + Citizen -------> Eligible ----------->VOTE

If Age is Atleast 19 + Non-citizen of atleast 5 years-----------> Eligible

Abigail= Citizen + 19 ----> Eligible --------> MUST VOTE

Barbara = 7 year non-citizen + 19 years ------> Eligible BUT is Not required to VOTE

All Citizen MUST VOTE but this is not MUST be condition for NON-Citizens

MUST VOTE = Abigail only
Must not vote = Charles only

In Country C, some but not all eligible voters are required to vote.

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Must vote	Must not vote
		Abigail only
		Barbara only
		Charles only
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		Barbara and Charles only

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