I could only support compulsary voting with these kind of options but I think that it could be a good thing, if all this was included. The other condition I would like to see is that the abstain/RON options should go at the top of the ballot paper to work against lazy voting skewing the results.
The reason I think it could be a potentially good thing is that it would prevent politicians from hiding behind the excuse that the reason voters didn't turn out is that its too difficult and that they're happy with the status quo. I find it really hard to believe that's true, but theres no way to prove it as things stand.
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Date: December 19th, 2003 05:51 am (UTC)From:The reason I think it could be a potentially good thing is that it would prevent politicians from hiding behind the excuse that the reason voters didn't turn out is that its too difficult and that they're happy with the status quo. I find it really hard to believe that's true, but theres no way to prove it as things stand.