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Should voting be a legal requirement?
bluesdiamond
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Considering people fought for the right to vote.
Should voting in an election be compulsory?
Should voting in an election be compulsory?
Should voting in elections be compulsory 105 votes
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Elections are spread over 2-3 days. Giving voters more time to vote, with also more voting options (maybe online voting if secure?)
And an inclusion of "none of the above" on the paper
I agree with the above all very sensible proposals, however, clearly no UK government would ever introduce such measures because they know that at every election the "none of the above" party would win with a massive landslide majority.
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I think it should be made a legal requirement, although Im not sure how it could be enforced, fines?
why should it be a legal requirement?
But many generations before us did.
Very true but maybe they could look to electronic voting?
Australia has it one day, but on the weekend IIRC. They have compulsory voting with a fairly low tax ($25?) for not doing so
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Because I think it should in my opinion.
You don't have to vote, you can spoil the ballet paper.
I don't get the option.:(
That would be subject to accusations of fruad and it seems to be a no go in the establishment.
I think it's $100 (or was) as we studied it in Politics A level
But if it could be more secure it's a possibility?
It would not matter if it was the securiest system in the world, people will still make claims of fraud against it.
There is a system where you vote online, but you still have to go and register at a polling station on the day before the vote counts, so its a bit pointless.
Oh I didn't know that. Online voting can be ruled out then I guess! :kitty:
That's not the only system.
You can have a system where you just log in and vote and that is it, but I am not sure people will trust it.
Also election night would never be the same.
Or if you think they're all a$$es, not worth voting for.
They went to war to vote? or went to war because people in power made them?
Why would you spoil the ballot paper, why not stay at home. All this wanting people to vote is a joke. Perhaps if they had a system people liked, rather than a system where your vote means jack, then perhaps more people would take the time.
Flipping heck, do they teach history anymore?
Google, UK right to vote
national archives, and you will discover how Yeomanry killed 11 people in Manchester because at that point only 3% of the population had the right to vote.
That's an illogical "argument".
The same types of people vote every time, so the same sort of MP's get elected.
If everyone voted, it would give a better chance to other parties to get in.
11 people isn't a lot. You could say more people have died to remove our vote, what with all the British terrorists.
No idea about Manchester, I never studied political history.