2006-11-08 01:46:45 · 9 answers · asked by Reba K 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I studied in OZ for a while, and I was VERY surprised to find that almost every single aussie i talked to knew MORE about American politics... i dont know if it's because voting is compulsory... it could have been the people i talked to (the school was very good)...
I think compulsory voting in the U.S. sounds good at first, but uninformed people will end up voting on sound clips, and I shudder to say this... but conservatives often say, "If they can't be motivated to vote, why should they have a say?" which as wrong as it sounds at first... not voting, is itself quite democratic... it is more or less a vote for your opposition... but hey...
2006-11-08 01:57:10 · answer #1 · answered by Jonny Propaganda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so they can force democratic areas to wait in 2-13 hours lines and lose their jobs and kids every year? No, the right should be voluntary but more importantly it should actually be a democracy by counting all the votes and making every vote count and getting rid of all electionic voting machines and tabulators and replacing them with paper ballots hand counted at the precinct, and public funding of elections, no ads just a equal block of time to each candidate on TV that is free and say what they want. If they fix the elections to be safe then maybe they could make it mandatory if voters vote on the issue. But we must have equality enforced by having all with standard federal rules and the same number of working voting machines until they go to paper. We need equality in ease of voting and we need real voting that counts. First things first.
2006-11-08 10:00:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, voting should be mandatory but any clergy should be banned from the polls.
When religion and politics mix you have a theocracy.
2006-11-08 09:54:30 · answer #3 · answered by sprcpt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes and no.. yes because we are a nation of the people.. and if the people don't voice their opinion in a vote then we don't have proper representation.. and no because people have the right to abstain from voting. what would worry me the most is if voter turn out was ever so low we HAD to force people to vote....
2006-11-08 09:58:33 · answer #4 · answered by pip 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! We see how a vote can be swayed when just a few more people show up! If we want a truly representative gov't we should vote.
2006-11-08 09:50:00 · answer #5 · answered by hichefheidi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
One, how are we going to enforce it? Do we really want to funnel more money, court time and jail space into prosecuting individuals who don't vote?
Two, doesn't that restrict the freedom of citizens to choose not to vote?
2006-11-08 10:01:07 · answer #6 · answered by sparky52881 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it should not.
In America, voting is a freedom. And in a free nation, we shouldn't tell adults how to live their lives.
I certainly wish more people would vote! But they shouldn't be forced.
2006-11-08 09:52:20 · answer #7 · answered by Villain 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't want people to vote if they were voting because they had to and they didn't care or weren't informed about the issues.
2006-11-08 09:50:12 · answer #8 · answered by Niecy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I feel it would cut down on the people who complain when they didn't even vote.
2006-11-08 09:49:46 · answer #9 · answered by MЯ BAIT™ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋