Because RANDOM OUTRAGE

Poll question: How do you feel about mandatory voting?

Poll result (10 votes) Only way this democracy thang gonna work out in the long term (2 votes) Vote Democracy is about choice, and if I choose not to vote, you should respect that. And if I'm too lazy or don't give a shit, that should be acceptable in a free society. That's kind of the whole point. (6 votes) Vote WHEN THEY PRY IT FROM MY COLD DEAD FINGE -- wait, what are we talking about again? (2 votes) Vote

how would it be enforced?

would campaign contributions still exist as such?

does the electoral college remain intact?

general elections only, or are we including primaries/caucuses/recalls?

what are the penalties?

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/19/politics/obama-mandatory-voting/

let's focus reform efforts on the people we voting for.

let's talk campaign finance reform.

let's set term limits.

stuff like that.

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I can bank online, I should be able to vote online.

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He was just making the point that if 100% of people voted, that he
thinks there would be a massive paradigm shift in governance, which
I don't necessarily agree with.


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so yeah, I'm not for it. Make it relevant to everyone and everyone will participate. Or at least in much higher numbers.

first see to it that there's a mandatory voter education course

Does no good to enforce voting if the citizenry is uninformed abt the candidates and the issues they're running on which I would say represents more than half the electorate