• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    We could actually improve our democracy by making voting mandatory.

    Brazil has mandatory voting, and its just as rife with corruption and fascism as anywhere else. I like the idea of compulsory enfranchisment simply because it operates as a counterweight to disenfranchisement. A state with a legal duty to vote is one with a legal obligation to fully implement elections infrastructure (at least, in theory).

    But when it comes to the quality of candidates? Well… Bolsonaro was not a paragon of civic virtue.