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Re: Autumn Statement : Brexit Edition
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Originally Posted by Mick
There is nothing hard about the process in being registered to vote.  |
Agreed!
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Originally Posted by Damien
It is less secure. It's very hard to commit any wide scale fraud in the current system. People can vote without an ID but so what? There is no evidence that has led to real fraud. Online voting would be open to interference, hacking and mass fraud.
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Instead of fining people for not voting how about rewarding those that do, everyone's council tax goes up 50 quid and if you vote in all elections you get 75
of your bill. We could do the same for doctors and hospital appointments, put prescriptions up to 15 pounds but you get some back if you attend appointments, it might not be self funding but I doubt it would cost a fortune, might be a good idea to change the voting day as well, it'd mean the schools wouldn't have to shut as well.
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Interesting idea..However what sort of society must we be if we have to pay people to vote? We could go even further and make that to be a British citizen one has to vote or lose citizenship. 
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Last edited by Maggy; 25-11-2016 at 10:06.
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