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?
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Jump to PostVoting in most cultures is a democratic act. Therefore forcing people to vote makes no sense in that light.
Jump to PostThere 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". …
Jump to Postballets 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.
Jump to PostAre you saying that most male voters are confused about their sexual orientation :)
nah, just giving a friendly nod to our transsexual countrycreatures.
Jump to PostThere's also issues of anonymity and secure transmission of the votes. Almost anything on the internet can be messed up with a man-in-the-middle attack, and a good many users don't know enough about how to avoid these.
I'd say that's a massive bonus for the government. They'd know who cast …
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"choose how you want to die". Old age, thank you very much.
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I like the "ineligible" part :)
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