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Originally Posted by baggygreen
We get people interested for 6 weeks every 3 years.
Mandatory voting system.
interviews with young kids 18, 19, 20 - why did you vote Labor? "cos Kevin07 (his slogan) sounds cool" or "cos he's younger than howard"
I'd much rather a system of voluntary voting, then you won't get all the dolts and ignorants voting on the basis of a cool, rhyming slogan rather than policies.
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I'd keep it mandatory, It means that everyone keeps an interest(?) in politics, so that when the election comes around, people care about who they vote for.
People do take it seriously, I OIC of a polling place at the last election, people may grumble, some may write isnults on the ballot paper that will never be seen by the person they dislike, but they do think about the people they want to vote for and who they don't.
I woul hate it to be a case of who can get the most supporters to a polling place, and how many times they can vote!