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A compulsory vote could include the right to choose 'none of the above' with that option being included in the results. As @Burnside mentions on another thread, what would happen if majority of people chose this option? Good question. But at least that would mean that the political system is not seen as fit for purpose and would reflect the majority's view. The onus would then be on real ...
And just to add to that you dont have to fine folk or have the Police banging on their door just withdraw peoples' driving licence if there is no legitimate reason for not voting.
It's certainly not a dictatorship in Australia or Belgium they both have legislation making it compulsory to vote.
Someone asked a little while ago if anybody had seen me. They knew that I used to fight parking tickets and I still do but not on the same scale as I once did. With the May local elections coming up shortly and the gravey train riders once again asking for your vote. Let me remind you all that most of these riders are their for their own interests and not yours. I recently brought to ...
If there is compulsory voting then there has to be a "none of the above" option, but what if that receives the most votes?
@DSC24601 I feel your sentiment on this subject and I have also felt like not voting, but if you want a better system you have to use your vote. As has been seen over the last few years to present day, the electorate are sick of the usual rhetoric of the main parties who believe they have a God given right to be in power. They say what they have to to get in and then back pedal on their ...
Turnout at elections is always abismal i believe it's pure laziness and thats why we need legislation to make it compulsory to vote, at the last election i had a conversation that went like this. I see the bloody tories are back in, i ask did you vote yesterday, his reply well by the time i got in from work had tea watched Emmerdale and Corrie i couldnt be bothered.
Is this a vote for 'Brenda from Bristol', DC24601?
@DC24601 I bet you're the first to moan when the elected government do things that you don't like. I agree with leatash that voting should be compulsory.
Makes the row on battle bus expenditure seem like peanuts, Lynne. The cost of building databases, money poured into third-party campaigns, offshore spending – these were either largely or totally unregulated. There is no longer any way, with current legislation, of guaranteeing a free and fair election. “Whatevs,” says Banks when I bring up the Electoral Commission. “I don’t give ...