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it's election season, Beehaw, so — what are your thoughts on compulsory (mandatory) voting? (beehaw.org)
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good idea/bad idea, necessary democratic reform or authoritarian imposition? are there better or worse ways to do it?

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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 14 points 2 weeks ago

Even better, it makes your rejection explicit. Someone who doesn't nake the effort to turn up to the polls isnt worth chasing their vote. Someone who turns up and says "Y'all shit" is a swing voter who can be swayed with the right policies. (Of course this all requires a healthy democracy without geremandering fuckery).