Two things often overlooked in discussions about compulsory voting:
1) It makes it very hard to intimidate people out of voting
2) It makes voter suppression tactics we see Republicans use in the US, like restricting early voting, and having few polling booths, ineffective.
1) It makes it very hard to intimidate people out of voting
2) It makes voter suppression tactics we see Republicans use in the US, like restricting early voting, and having few polling booths, ineffective.
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People were REQUIRED to vote in today's election, lest they get a fine by the state.
I talked to an Australian scholar yesterday who explained the genesis of this 'compulsory voting' system. She also explained it creates an 'egalitarian pressure' on how parties campaign.
Check it out:
I talked to an Australian scholar yesterday who explained the genesis of this 'compulsory voting' system. She also explained it creates an 'egalitarian pressure' on how parties campaign.
Check it out:
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All the hype about the ALP is based off of 35% of the primary vote
When you combine compulsory voting with transferrable voting, even mainstream parties can’t please everyone and so you get microparties/indies
…do people not understand the word ‘coalition’?
Bob Kat sounds like an outlier, buts he not really
"What do you mean I already voted?"
- the people who freak out about the nanny state on reflex, this will drive them batshit crazy.
- the more I think about it, eff ‘em!
it sounds like an awesome idea, aimed exactly at some of the worst excesses of the other side.