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Hi, my dear navel gazers! Here's our gazillionth installment of impossibly simplistic and hilariously polarized situations, inspired by the [Poll #1879633]
I'm sure you've learned by now why the options are so terribly extreme.
I'm sure you've learned by now why the options are so terribly extreme.
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Date: 18/11/12 23:40 (UTC)On the other, FREEDOOOM!
There was a similar poll some time ago, about the possibility of having "None Of The Above" as an option, and calling new elections with totally new names on the ballot, in case that option won. I like it.
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Date: 18/11/12 23:49 (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 18/11/12 23:42 (UTC)In ancient democratic Greece 3/4 population did not have vote anyway.
Women didn't vote. Slaves didn't.
God only knows the way of democracy would those be allowed to.
Btw, slaves produced 9/10 of wealth. Women made 9/10 of population.
Ask me another.
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Date: 18/11/12 23:48 (UTC)If yes - why yes? If no - why not?
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Date: 19/11/12 00:15 (UTC)That would explain a few things.
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Date: 18/11/12 23:50 (UTC)...honestly, it's not a perfect system. You get a LOT of apathetic voters who just don't give a shit and turn in what are called "donkey votes", ballots that they've deliberately done incorrectly so they can't be counted.
On the other hand, politicians on both sides of the aisle know they have to appeal to a much wider pool of voters, so you get considerably fewer single-issue politicians or voting cycles - rather than being divided on a single hot button issue with a narrow appeal, like abortion or gun control or whatever, you're much likely to see politicians focus on everyday things like the affordability of food or housing. You get much less money spent overall, since no one has to expend vast effort on convincing people to vote in the first place. You get shorter election seasons, and I'm pretty sure the Americans here are sick of those!
It's not perfect, but I rather like it.
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Date: 19/11/12 08:56 (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 19/11/12 00:05 (UTC)Voting should be encouraged as part of wanting an informed citizenry and if it takes a little carrot-stick action to encourage, well then, I guess I lean that way.
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Date: 19/11/12 00:07 (UTC)Civil rights: superb.
Economy: all-consuming.
Political freedoms: widely abused.
Sheesh...
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Date: 19/11/12 00:27 (UTC)I'm starting to wonder if some of politicians are non-violent psychopaths, considering new research showing how much frequent this occurs in the population.
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Date: 19/11/12 09:04 (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 19/11/12 00:28 (UTC)If you don't care enough to make the effort to vote than you don't care enough for your vote to matter.
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Date: 19/11/12 09:04 (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 19/11/12 05:33 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 19/11/12 06:58 (UTC)It works quite well, as people have existing plans for their day, and that helps to regulate and spread the flow of voters at the polls. People who are working on the day come early or late (or vote prior to the election) and there are not so many of them that they have to wait long. People who aren't working are often engaged in regular leisure activities or shopping or going to lunch at gran's house or whatever, and they vote on their way to or from that.
Yes, people grumble about the inconvenience, but they still boggle at the idea of a country having the vote on a working weekday, because that would make it even more inconvenient.
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Date: 19/11/12 07:43 (UTC)cons: massive logistical effort/cost, costing an hour or possibly two of the time of every eligible voter(not such a productivity expense if voting is held on a non-work day), more null ballots (so?), more uninformed votes (likely to neutralise itself?), and, of course, ZOMG steelin mah freedumz!
These lists are doubtless incomplete, and are from the perspective of a person who is satisfied with living in a compulsory voting country.
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Date: 19/11/12 12:04 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 19/11/12 14:55 (UTC)Change a few words around, and what's the difference?
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Date: 19/11/12 17:13 (UTC)The other thing is, with all of the hubbub about voter ID laws, and the current process for registering to vote... there would be the matter of deciding just who is required to vote. I know an earlier comment mentioned the census. And some voter ID laws got thrown out before the election. But hypothetically, it's possible that a person who is required to vote shows up and does not possess the required ID, and then gets fined for that reason.
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Date: 19/11/12 20:04 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 19/11/12 20:25 (UTC)Somehow, the picture ain't working.
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Date: 21/11/12 08:55 (UTC)