But in the end I go with Ken Livingstone "If voting ever changed anything they'd ban it".
I think this is one reason why compulsary voting has never been bought in - politicians don't like to think about what they might learn if all those stay at homes came out and made their voices heard, whether for a particular party or against all of them.
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Date: December 19th, 2003 05:55 am (UTC)From:I think this is one reason why compulsary voting has never been bought in - politicians don't like to think about what they might learn if all those stay at homes came out and made their voices heard, whether for a particular party or against all of them.