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it's election season, Beehaw, so — what are your thoughts on compulsory (mandatory) voting? (beehaw.org)

submitted 10 months ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/askbeehaw@beehaw.org

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good idea/bad idea, necessary democratic reform or authoritarian imposition? are there better or worse ways to do it?

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[–] Odys@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago

Bad idea as people would simply fill in something random, usually the first one on the list.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

Not compulsory -- you just get a nice tax credit. Pick a number, but that's my best idea.

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 1 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Do you really want to force cousin cleatus to be involved in the leadership decisions for the country? There are entirely too many people out there with zero clue what the issues of the day even are much less to have an informed opinion on them outside what the nice person in the interwebs/TV told them is the answer.

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[–] John_McMurray@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Absolutely not. You don't think anyone deserves your vote, that's your business.

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