@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 1 year agoWhy is Australia the only "core anglosphere" country where voting is mandatory?message-square59fedilinkarrow-up1114
arrow-up1114message-squareWhy is Australia the only "core anglosphere" country where voting is mandatory?@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•edit-21 year agoThe idea gets raised periodically here, especially since the huge drop in turnout starting in 1997. There’s a Research Briefing on it in the Commons Library. I haven’t read it but it’s a terrible idea. Just another way for the parties to avoid having to offer anything worth voting for.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•1 year ago I haven’t read it but it’s a terrible idea. “Yeah sure I don’t know what I’m talking about, but here’s my strong opinion anyways”
The idea gets raised periodically here, especially since the huge drop in turnout starting in 1997.
There’s a Research Briefing on it in the Commons Library.
I haven’t read it but it’s a terrible idea. Just another way for the parties to avoid having to offer anything worth voting for.
“Yeah sure I don’t know what I’m talking about, but here’s my strong opinion anyways”