AskBeehaw

2003 readers

1 users here now

An open-ended community for asking and answering various questions! Permissive of asks, AMAs, and OOTLs (out-of-the-loop) alike.

In the absence of flairs, questions requesting more thought-out answers can be marked by putting [SERIOUS] in the title.

Subcommunity of Chat

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

it's election season, Beehaw, so — what are your thoughts on compulsory (mandatory) voting? (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

55 comments fedilink hide all child comments

good idea/bad idea, necessary democratic reform or authoritarian imposition? are there better or worse ways to do it?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Australia has compulsory voting with penalties for not voting. It ensures that people who don't think they have a voice or that their vote doesn't change anything actually are required to make their voice heard, even if they think that it doesn't matter.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We also have first past the post voting, so using said voice is never a waste.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

FPTP is the shitty undemocratic system America and the UK use.

We use Instant Runoff Voting, which is a type of preferential (also called "ranked choice") system. Which, as you say, means you aren't wasting your vote by voting third party.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

My mistake, thanks for the correction!

load more comments (6 replies)