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Originally Posted by pip08456
Why do you keep harping on about compulsory voting? We do not live in a dictatorship.
Voting is a right each and everyone has the option to excersise or not.
No-one will tell me I have to vote. That is my choice.
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No, we do not live in a dictatorship, but even in a democracy like ours there are rules and laws which people do have to obey.
The whole point about getting everyone to vote is so that politicians cannot accuse the public of voter apathy.
Because 28% of people did not vote in the referendum we now have the close result that some people are unhappy about.
No-one knows how that 28% would have voted but more importantly no-one is trying to find out.
If everybody votes, say, in a general election and a high percentage mark the box indicating that that they do not want to vote for the options presented the politicians cannot blame voter apathy and are forced to ask themselves why that is, as are the media.This may cause them to revise their policies.
Let's not forget that if you really do not want a vote you are free to remove yourself from the voting list. This won't affect the percentages as by not registering you will not be eligible to vote.