Should the U.S adopt compulsory voting?

[Alt Owl]

 

[Uncle Phil]

Australia-style fines for failing to vote would be a definite loser in the USA.

We need better options to vote for, not more voters for the shitty options we have.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Forcing people to vote means the establishment will always win, since people are more knowledgeable on establishment candidates than non establishment. And it gives massive power to the person with the most advertisement behind him.

Not that's it's not too late.

 

[I'm Retarded?]

compulsory voting for landed white males, everyone else can go fuck themselves. repeal the 14th and 19th amendments and bring back the Three-fifths Compromise for good measure (for anyone with slave ancestry). it's time to clean this shit up lads

Spoiler: alternate answer

more like cumpulsory voting *sensual voting noises*

 

[Molly White's Breast Milk]

Only White land owning men over the age of 25 or have served 10 years in the military should be allowed to vote.

 

[ScatmansWorld]

damn if you are gonna take away our rights to choose neither.

Not voting is an alternative to supporting either side of the political spectrum with its own implications.

Again, compulsory voting usually has a "blank ballot" option that essentially acts as not voting. The main goal is to get as much people as possible in front of a ballot. I'm not entirely sure myself if it's a good idea, but if someone truly doesn't care they'll usually vote blank. For example, one Australian election had around 377K informal/ineligible votes, whether blank or in error.

https://www.aec.gov.au/about_aec/research/analysis-informal-voting-2016-election.htm

 

[SwanSwanson]

People refusing to vote is not even an issue and both parties are corrupt anyways. Its not like the public is gonna vote for some new candidate which will change everything.

 

[Lobster Cult High Priest]

I think secret ballots should be abolished. The local community should be made aware of who the town retards are who keep for parties like the Liberal party of Canada. With those Village idiots being tarred and feathered.

Also it would bring back the tradition of politicians actually buying votes from their constituents instead of only listening to their corporate donors. At the least I would get a keg of beer or a bottle of whiskey from politicians instead of absolute dog shit like I receive now.

 

[Kankichi Ryotsu]

Yes. Can't let the cattle stay at home and refuse to legitimize the puppet of the elites that are raping them in the ass, it makes the turnout graphs look bad!

 

[Linako 2.0]

That will just lead to people doing spite votes that accomplish nothing.

 

[Sargon's wife's son]

Absolutely Brazil did this and it led to some of the most hilarious political elections in human history.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

Not under the current circumstances. We'd need to better restrict who can vote first and secure the election process, then we could consider compulsory voting.

 

[EpicGamerMoment]

Nahhh.

The only rules should be that you need id and have to vote in person. None of this mail in shit, if you want a say in the country you have to physically show up and vote.

The fact that mail in voting is a thing in America is mind boggling to me

Turkey

Idk how it works in those other countries but if you don't like any of the candidates you can submit an empty/invalid ballot anyway. But you shouldn't have to show up anyways if niggas don't want to vote let them stay home.

 

[HorridHenry]

You'd get niggers from south america who are non-citizens roped into this shit.

Moreover, fundementally, choosing whether or not to vote is a sign of trust and legitimacy for the elected party. You can't claim to represent the people if only 5% of the population votes in your shitty rigged elegation. It adds a sliver of doubt in the minds of the establishment and creates bad optics

 

[Nottafed]

Sure, if you make passing a civics test a requirement of getting a driver's license and a drivers license a requirement to vote, I'm down. Would be better than the 'vote blue no matter who' retardation we have now.

 

[FamicomGorby]

If someone can't get off their ass to vote then I don't care what they think.

 

[gang weeder]

Again, compulsory voting usually has a "blank ballot" option that essentially acts as not voting. The main goal is to get as much people as possible in front of a ballot. I'm not entirely sure myself if it's a good idea, but if someone truly doesn't care they'll usually vote blank. For example, one Australian election had around 377K informal/ineligible votes, whether blank or in error.

https://www.aec.gov.au/about_aec/research/analysis-informal-voting-2016-election.htm

We need many fewer people voting, not more. Why would you expect better governance outcomes by forcing "votes" out of people who are clueless and don't give a shit? Much the opposite, an ideal voting system would find a way to limit the franchise to people of halfway decent character, rather than letting any random clown vote.

 

[Duke Nukem]

Yeah, sure, force me to choose between one pack of scumbag criminals or another. Brilliant.

 

[Audit]

Better solution. Give people UBI if they forfeit their vote. We'll have almost 0% black voting in a single election cycle.

 

[Lobster Cult High Priest]

Secret ballots should be revoked. I want to know who the town retards are who vote for leftist parties and they should be shamed by their local community.

Plus politicians giving out hooch for votes would at least give me something for voting. Right now politicians give us nothing.