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If Clinton, Trump, and Did Not Vote were presidential candidates in 2016 (brilliantmaps.com)

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[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The problem I have with mandatory voting is, besides the fact that it would require a national holiday and changes to timing that would already drive up voter participation... given current political behavior in the US it's going to drive a lot of apathy voting to just avoid the consequences that could be more harmful than not.

I absolutely think every citizen should be voting, but it's also not really right to just force them to do it- Give them the resources (time off) and the reason to actually do it, and we'll have turnout of 70%+.