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my gf is Brazilian...and where she comes from, voting is mandatory. it's not a bad idea. requiring people to participate in the civic process is nothing new here - it's done every day with jury duty. why not require people to participate in voting, which is the most elementary civic duty in a democracy? if everyone was required to vote, there would be little to gain politically by appealing to the ideologues, coz they would no longer be the majority of voters in any given election.
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Is it not possible that many don't bother to vote because they feel disenfranchised or even too acknowledgeable to vote? Forcing those people to vote doesn't sound like an ideal situation. The protest vote could see some real prizes hit office.
Doesn't Australia have mandatory voting? Maybe the big cheeses can add a little input into how that's working.