@Lafari to Ask Lemmy • 1 year agoWhy is Australia the only "core anglosphere" country where voting is mandatory?message-square71arrow-up1121arrow-down17
arrow-up1114arrow-down1message-squareWhy is Australia the only "core anglosphere" country where voting is mandatory?@Lafari to Ask Lemmy • 1 year agomessage-square71
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•edit-21 year agoThe idea gets raised periodically here, especially since the huge drop in turnout starting in 1997. There’s a Research Briefing on it in the Commons Library. I haven’t read it but it’s a terrible idea. Just another way for the parties to avoid having to offer anything worth voting for.
minus-square@LafariOPlink1•1 year agoI think it forces a lot of idiots to just pick a box when they aren’t informed on politics at all. Probably skews the numbers a bit tbh.
minus-square@LafariOPlink1•1 year agoOr they get fined if they can’t get to a polling booth due to disability and poor disability access, or circumstances.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-2•1 year ago I haven’t read it but it’s a terrible idea. “Yeah sure I don’t know what I’m talking about, but here’s my strong opinion anyways”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoI haven’t read this specific report, that doesn’t mean I’m making shit up on the spot. No one has yet explained why Australia has a far-right party called Liberal and a centre-right party called Labor. Compulsory voting is why, IMO.
The idea gets raised periodically here, especially since the huge drop in turnout starting in 1997.
There’s a Research Briefing on it in the Commons Library.
I haven’t read it but it’s a terrible idea. Just another way for the parties to avoid having to offer anything worth voting for.
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I think it forces a lot of idiots to just pick a box when they aren’t informed on politics at all. Probably skews the numbers a bit tbh.
Or they get fined if they can’t get to a polling booth due to disability and poor disability access, or circumstances.
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“Yeah sure I don’t know what I’m talking about, but here’s my strong opinion anyways”
I haven’t read this specific report, that doesn’t mean I’m making shit up on the spot.
No one has yet explained why Australia has a far-right party called Liberal and a centre-right party called Labor. Compulsory voting is why, IMO.