alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to AskBeehaw@beehaw.orgEnglish · 4 months agoit's election season, Beehaw, so — what are your thoughts on compulsory (mandatory) voting?message-squaremessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up124arrow-down1message-squareit's election season, Beehaw, so — what are your thoughts on compulsory (mandatory) voting?alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to AskBeehaw@beehaw.orgEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square61fedilinkfile-text
good idea/bad idea, necessary democratic reform or authoritarian imposition? are there better or worse ways to do it?
minus-squareButterbee (She/Her)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoFeels authoritarian to me. I think everyone should vote! But I wouldn’t force people to. If you did, I suspect that a lot of votes that ordinarily wouldn’t have been cast would be spoiled anyway
Feels authoritarian to me. I think everyone should vote! But I wouldn’t force people to. If you did, I suspect that a lot of votes that ordinarily wouldn’t have been cast would be spoiled anyway