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Obama: Maybe it's time for mandatory voting

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I think we have too many threads on this...
 
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I think we have too many threads on this...

I get the flu for one day and I'm already out of the game!

Thanks for letting me know.
 
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I have been proposing this for years.
 
Mandatory Voting

I think voting should be like it is for the MLB All Star game. You vote online as many times as you want for a month, up to a certain amount of times a day.
 
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Mandatory voting is ****. I have to get up early to go to the polling place just to get my named ticked off a list so I can draw penises on a ballot before I go to work.
 
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How about Obama mandatory GTFO of the White House, the ****ing asshole.

Obama Derangement Syndrome is a serious condition.
 
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Obama: Maybe it's time for mandatory voting - CNN.com

What do you think? On the one hand, many died for our right to vote. Everyone should vote in my mind. However, should you have the right to not vote if you dislike the candidates?

Kind of a tuff one. I looked up the 22 countries that have this, a few in Europe, a few in the Middle East, a few in Asia, a bunch in Latin America, Mexico...............and Australia!!!!

I get the liberty aspect, but it would seem that that may be trumped by survival, and the escape of a fascist state. Of course the GOP will be against it, for two reasons, A. It's Obama's idea and B. They don't like voter turn out and admittedly see their chances of winning elections go up as voter turn out goes down.
 
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Mandatory voting is a pretty dumb idea.

It would be as effective as asking that ballots be printed with invisible ink.
 
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Bad idea.


1. violates principles of liberty, probably would not stand up to court scrutiny.

2. do you really want the disinterested, uninformed and indifferent choosing the government?
 
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Bad idea.

2. do you really want the disinterested, uninformed and indifferent choosing the government?

Obama would as long as they vote democrat. The man is all politics all the time.
 
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I really cant believe how short sighted people are on this issue.
 
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Bad idea.


1. violates principles of liberty, probably would not stand up to court scrutiny.

2. do you really want the disinterested, uninformed and indifferent choosing the government?

Australia seems to be in good shape having adopted the practice. I'd like to hear what the Australian voters think about it.
 
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Obama would as long as they vote democrat. The man is all politics all the time.

All presidents are all politics all the time. Except maybe when they're cutting brush or playing golf.
 
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Australia seems to be in good shape having adopted the practice. I'd like to hear what the Australian voters think about it.


Spud didn't sound too keen on it. :)
 
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Spud didn't sound too keen on it. :)

I went back and looked, he seems to be making a funny. Not voting in protest, indifference, ignorance or any other reason isn't really in ones interests. I have no clue how the Australian system works, but if I supported mandatory voting, I'd have to have an alternative to just the ass and the elephant. I don't wish to be forced to vote for the establishment.
 
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I also have been asking for this for years. This is how we'll get new blood in and keep it fair. In fact, I most states that have this idea, in place, have the Election Day, as a holiday.
 
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Honestly, I would go along with this simply because our current system isn't working very well. To continue being honest, many of the supposedly "informed" voters aren't all that much more informed than the indifferent voter. Misinformation is rampant, as neutral journalism is rare, and misinformed people are just as qualified to vote as ignorant ones in my view.
Might as well give mandatory voting a shot, and make election day a holiday while we're at it.
 
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Not voting is your right. The more people turn to enforcing their view of the right way things should be, that are induced compulsory behavior, the less freedom and liberty we have. I guess for some, that whole tyranny thing has merit too.
 
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Not voting is your right. The more people turn to enforcing their view of the right way things should be, that are induced compulsory behavior, the less freedom and liberty we have. I guess for some, that whole tyranny thing has merit too.

Yeah, we call them Republicans. :roll:
 
Obama: Maybe it's time for mandatory voting - CNN.com

What do you think? On the one hand, many died for our right to vote. Everyone should vote in my mind. However, should you have the right to not vote if you dislike the candidates?

Of course, one big thing is.. well Obama never said that. He said 'Let's make voting easier', and then talked about Australia having mandatory voting as showing how things must be transformed, but say 'Maybe it's time for mandatory voting' is click bait and a distortion.
 
Of course, one big thing is.. well Obama never said that. He said 'Let's make voting easier', and then talked about Australia having mandatory voting as showing how things must be transformed, but say 'Maybe it's time for mandatory voting' is click bait and a distortion.

Oh, we've been having this argument on the other thread about this since four days ago.
 
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