Qwark said:
Than they should have voted instead of whining about it. About the weather it's UK weather always sucks bring an umbrella, old people with considerably less health did and survived. They could vote and choose to not do so, distances in Europe to a voting station is very short, you can vote nearly 24 hours long and you can let someone else vote for you. In my opnion you lose all right of whining about something political if you don't at least vote for it. Besides there where plenty of polls indicating it could be a very close race. Anyway there are always people who don't want to involve themselves in politics and do not want to vote out of principal (I think those people are stupid). But if you want a mandatory vote you should always include the option vote blance or that people can distance themselves from the right to vote. (Woman who marched in the 1900's for voting rights which are very ashamed of this I am sorry). |
That's the point of a mandatory vote, to make all accountable and minimise the amount of excuses as to why one won/lost. It reduces electoral rigging through legislative means or otherwise.
Even in Australia, people still blank/donkey vote. There is no way that full mandatory voting could be enforced without turning a secret ballot into an open ballot. They don't even stop you from getting your slip and putting it straight into the box without going to the polling booth.
