Right, right. Not as outright sinister as I expected then.
I like our elections. They're usually quite simple. Polling hours got extended and everyone agreed it was a good thing as it gave people more time to vote. There's a sign on the wall warning people that violating the secrecy of the ballot is a crime and a Garda at the door. Ballots are paper and marked in pencil, then stuck in a box and counted by hand. Record is kept of who voted by requiring one of multiple common forms of ID, then crossing your name off the register of electors. And that's it.
Mandatory voting would just do what the majority of US law does.... put more people in prison and disenfranchise more of your 'opponents'. (Which is funny, because over here prisoners are entitled to postal votes)
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I like our elections. They're usually quite simple. Polling hours got extended and everyone agreed it was a good thing as it gave people more time to vote. There's a sign on the wall warning people that violating the secrecy of the ballot is a crime and a Garda at the door. Ballots are paper and marked in pencil, then stuck in a box and counted by hand. Record is kept of who voted by requiring one of multiple common forms of ID, then crossing your name off the register of electors. And that's it.
Mandatory voting would just do what the majority of US law does.... put more people in prison and disenfranchise more of your 'opponents'. (Which is funny, because over here prisoners are entitled to postal votes)
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?