Mastodawn

Kelvin n0mql EN35ld Jul 22, 2024

@Nigel_Purchase
I so wish we had this in the US.

If everyone voted, #IQ45 would never have happened. Not even close. #VoterApathy is among our greatest problems, though I honestly can't blame them, because when it comes to US political candidates, they are indeed all shits. But if everyone had to vote anyway, we'd surely exclude the shittiest of them.

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LittleBlowFly

@kelvin0mql @Nigel_Purchase You wouldn't necessarily get rid of the worst candidates by having compulsory voting. We have compulsory voting in Aus & we've ended up with some really crap Prime Ministers, because of bad compulsory voting. And if you don't fill the ballot out properly it ends up counting as a donkey vote to a party you may not have chosen. Which can rig the votes.