salparadisewasright:
“ sapphicdalliances:
“ jonpertwee:
“ hamfistedbunvendor:
“ jonpertwee:
“I feel like this would be a slippery slope towards making it illegal for people to choose to not vote.
”
that’s already how it is in australia
”
That’s just...

salparadisewasright:

sapphicdalliances:

jonpertwee:

hamfistedbunvendor:

jonpertwee:

I feel like this would be a slippery slope towards making it illegal for people to choose to not vote.

that’s already how it is in australia

That’s just so fucked up. :(
Do certain medical conditions exempt you?

?????? why is it be fucked up to have compulsory voting? that’s the way it is in most democratic countries? it’s a part of being a citizen, like paying taxes and obeying speed limits? the fine for not voting is only like $50 and because of the compulsory voting law, our country bends over backwards to make it accessible: it’s always on a weekend, lasts most of the day, and is set up at schools and community centers so there’s one within easy reach of almost everybody. you can also mail your ballot or vote early if you’ll be out of the country on the day. like, IT’S EASY TO VOTE, and the penalty isn’t even that ridiculous. i don’t understand why the usa doesn’t have this, except obviously it would make it harder to literally stop minorities from voting.

I think we Americans tend to forget that a lot of other countries don’t actively work to make it harder to vote.

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