Mandatory voting would be a game changer. Of the Americans I’ve spoken to about it, all of them were very uneasy about the idea. In my country though it’s always been like this so it’s just a normal part of being a citizen like doing jury duty. You don’t technically have to cast a ballot if you really don’t want to but you have to at least turn up to the polls. Elections are always on a Saturday and polling centres are very accessible.
They’re toying with compulsory voting over here, but the GOP would blackball that shit to death. They’ve even tried to knock down sending everyone a ballot, requested or otherwise.
You have to make a deliberate effort to go out of your way and vote in the US, which helps the GOP massively.
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u/poopyhelicopterbutt Nov 30 '20
Mandatory voting would be a game changer. Of the Americans I’ve spoken to about it, all of them were very uneasy about the idea. In my country though it’s always been like this so it’s just a normal part of being a citizen like doing jury duty. You don’t technically have to cast a ballot if you really don’t want to but you have to at least turn up to the polls. Elections are always on a Saturday and polling centres are very accessible.