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Should Voting Be Mandatory
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| Yes |     | 6 | 28.57% |
| No |    | 15 | 71.43% |
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Since voting is such an important part of a Democracy, should it be mandatory to vote for all eligible voters to solve the alarmingly low voter turnouts?
No one died when Clinton lied.
Voting in most cultures is a democratic act. Therefore forcing people to vote makes no sense in that light.
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There should be a mandatory option on the ballot which reads something like this:
"I assert my right to vote, but I cannot at this time support any of the candidates listed".
Too often, the choices on the ballot are like being asked "choose how you want to die". At the moment, the only choice is for people to stay away. If there were a real option of telling all the politico's "YOU ALL SUCK", then a lot more people might show up to vote.
A significant problem is how safe the seat is. The safer the seat, the less effort the politico's spend on trying to win the votes and the less attention everyone gets. Advances in demographic predictions basically mean the real battleground can be isolated to a few key constituencies. If the vote in your area appears to be a foregone conclusion, people are going to be less likely to vote.
What should be banned is carping about the result if you didn't bother to vote in the first place.
Perhaps a "carrot" approach would work. If you vote, you pay 1% less tax.
"I assert my right to vote, but I cannot at this time support any of the candidates listed".
Too often, the choices on the ballot are like being asked "choose how you want to die". At the moment, the only choice is for people to stay away. If there were a real option of telling all the politico's "YOU ALL SUCK", then a lot more people might show up to vote.
A significant problem is how safe the seat is. The safer the seat, the less effort the politico's spend on trying to win the votes and the less attention everyone gets. Advances in demographic predictions basically mean the real battleground can be isolated to a few key constituencies. If the vote in your area appears to be a foregone conclusion, people are going to be less likely to vote.
What should be banned is carping about the result if you didn't bother to vote in the first place.
Perhaps a "carrot" approach would work. If you vote, you pay 1% less tax.
No matter who you choose, they all come under the same category of 'politician'. And according to me, a politician is one who cheats people and eat their money !
Ignorance is definitely not bliss!
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ballets should have the option "None of the above". And if that gets the majority of votes then a new election must be called within a year and all candidates on the previous ballet are ineligible for the new election.
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Originally Posted by Ancient Dragon 
ballets should have the option "None of the above". And if that gets the majority of votes then a new election must be called within a year and all candidates on the previous ballet are ineligible for the new election.
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anyone who is capable of voting has the right to vote and forcing someone to vote is abuse of his/her fundamental right.
I'm all for forcing people to vote, but only if you also force politicians to actually live up to their election promises...
As politicians by definitions don't do the latter, the former should not be a requirement either.
Blank voting is always possible here. When using paper ballots just turn in the blank ballot form. When using electronic voting, there's always an option to vote blank here.
Yet it's hardly ever used. Everyone realises that a blank vote is effectively a vote for the largest liar, aka the one who wins the elections.
As politicians by definitions don't do the latter, the former should not be a requirement either.
Blank voting is always possible here. When using paper ballots just turn in the blank ballot form. When using electronic voting, there's always an option to vote blank here.
Yet it's hardly ever used. Everyone realises that a blank vote is effectively a vote for the largest liar, aka the one who wins the elections.
As people are clearly allowed to attack me but I'm not allowed to defend myself, I no longer post to this site.
I'm with jwenting, I always hear people in like restaurants and things go on about "gah i hate this government" , then the person they are having the conversation asked who they voted for, and are replied with "I don't vote". It just makes that person seem pointless, they are arguing about something they could have tried to avert if they would have voted. If they would have voted for a party then they can moan about the current government. It seems daft for someone who doesn't use their right to vote, and then complain about what they could have joined into.
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In most parts of the US voting day is a workday, giving the normal worker only a short time to stand in line and vote. Some states have made it easier to vote by mail and have extended computerized voting time. So yeah, making it easier to vote might help the working public.
Wonder if voting via the internet will ever be possible?
Giving everyone that votes a check for $100 could be an easy solution too, and would help the economy.
Wonder if voting via the internet will ever be possible?
Giving everyone that votes a check for $100 could be an easy solution too, and would help the economy.
No one died when Clinton lied.
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