TheRealMafoo said:
I am not against the idea that voting be mandatory. It's like taxes. You pay taxes because it's your obligation. Voting as an obligation sounds good to me, provided you can write in anyone you want if you really don't want to vote for anyone on the ballot.
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If you can write in anyone, then that'll be akin to having a shit load of voters, and split parties every single election (people voting for Clinton in the last election for example).
If you make it mandatory, then the Republicans may always lose, and people who aren't really interested and informed about the issues, candidates, etc will vote, probably based purely on the letter the candidates have next to their names.