Posted on 07/13/2010 7:44:53 AM PDT by SmartInsight
In Australia, it's against the law for citizens age 18 or older not to vote.
Brookings Institution Senior Fellow William Galston has proposed that America adopt the same system to increase voter participation. In the 2008 presidential election, 61.7 percent of eligible Americans voted, according to George Mason University.
I object.
For one thing, Washington should not coerce citizens by making them vote. In a free country, those who do not wish to vote should be free to abstain.
And while there is no proving that higher turnout means more left-leaning votes, political scientists of both stripes tend to believe that mandatory voting delivers more votes to the left than to the right. Again, quantity does not mean quality.
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But naturally, this is another Dem attempt to get their base of ininformed voters to the poll.
No. On the contrary we should attempt to bribe people not to vote. Here’s a pack of smokes of you don’t vote. Here’s a sammich if you don’t vote.
Not only NO, but HELL NO!..................
If anything, the US needs to restrict the privilege of voting so that only net taxpayers, current or retired miliary service members and NO welfare recipients of any sort are permitted to vote.
Voting should be restricted to US citizens ONLY!..............
Not everyone should vote just as not everyone should pilot an airplane.
How about efforts to stop people from voting multiple times, stopping the dead people from voting, stopping felons from voting, illegal aliens from voting, and other voter fraud. Every election we read stories about some counties having more votes than residents of that county (blue counties of course). But then again... if I recall, proposed measures to stop voter fraud is considered racism.
No.
Should the U.S. Adopt Compulsory Voting?
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Nope. But we should return to the Constitution when it allowed only land-owners to vote.
If this nation wants REAL change,move election Day to April 15th.....
We already do. It’s called the electorial college. You don’t have to show up and your votes are hijacked.
“We already have far too many clueless people voting”
Sad but true — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm1KOBMg1Y8
Ever notice how the Left tries to ban anything they don’t like, and make mandatory anything they do like?
It’s a personality disorder.
“this is another Dem attempt to get their base of ininformed voters to the poll”
Exactly.
Actually, it’s more like they like to ban anything that hurts their cause and make mandatory anything that helps their cause.
They don’t believe in choice or market forces, which is ironic for people who have chosen to call their party the “democrat” party.
We should adopt Robert Heinlein’s system!!
There are people who have a duty NOT to vote. Any democratic form of government requires a competent, INFORMED citizenry. Any citizen who is not competent and informed has a moral responsibility to NOT vote.
If I don’t know anything about something on the ballot (like judges or something where you can’t find information) I leave that blank, don’t vote on that. My ignorant 50/50 chance of being a decent vote should not negate the vote of somebody who knows what they’re doing.
Hell no!
Did they say how many voted more than once?
ML/NJ
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