• Wirlocke
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    4 months ago

    I really feel voting should be mandatory, with an opt out option on the ballot. Letting people obstruct or dissuade others from the voting booths just causes too many complications for democracy.

    So many unheard opinions all because they are too stressed/apathetic/pessimistic to vote, that’s not democracy.

    • Pringles@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      Belgium has mandatory voting and politics there are difficult as hell because all those people who ordinarily wouldn’t vote, tend to vote for the more extreme parties as a FU to the establishment.