alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to AskBeehaw@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 months agoit's election season, Beehaw, so — what are your thoughts on compulsory (mandatory) voting?message-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareit's election season, Beehaw, so — what are your thoughts on compulsory (mandatory) voting?alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to AskBeehaw@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
good idea/bad idea, necessary democratic reform or authoritarian imposition? are there better or worse ways to do it?
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoHow would you feel about compulsory voting with an explicit option to decline both candidates? It would certainly make the choice extremely deliberate.
minus-squareButterbee (She/Her)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoIn Canada we vote with a pencil on a piece of paper so I have spoiled my ballot in the past by not selecting a candidate and writing “NO” on the ballot
How would you feel about compulsory voting with an explicit option to decline both candidates?
It would certainly make the choice extremely deliberate.
In Canada we vote with a pencil on a piece of paper so I have spoiled my ballot in the past by not selecting a candidate and writing “NO” on the ballot
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