pros: no "get out the vote" nonsense. No denying people the right to vote by "challenging" the legitimacy of their vote, no failing to provide the opportunity to vote because of insufficient planning and resources to permit everyone to vote without undue hardship (minimal 'eternal queues in bad weather' etc), no chance that work considerations will deter people from trying to vote (ie: losing wages due to long waiting times to vote or bosses intimidating workers who take time out to vote etc), encourages people to consider whether they will pay enough attention to politics to form an opinion on who to vote for or expend the effort of voting just to submit a null ballot, removes the social pressure not to vote/ridicule or harassment for voting.
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 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.