Re:Former U.S. congressman, operative pleads guilty to elect...
by freefrog334433 on Thursday June 09, 2022 @03:35AM
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Similar to Australia. We have mandatory voting, with paid staff, most being hired just before elections, and from my experience working there, it is well organised, with plenty of redundancy, in case of challenges and recounts.
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Re:Former U.S. congressman, operative pleads guilty to elect...
by hef19898 on Thursday June 09, 2022 @03:38AM
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I love the mandatory voting. Back the day I barely ever voted, that did change. Mainly because I saw political parties rise that I fundamentaly disagree with, meaning that the outcome all of a sudden actually did make a difference for me.
Having mandatory voting would mean that non votes don't screw up the results when one side manages to mobilize morw voters than others. And intentionally voting blank actually sends a pretty strong signal.