Mandatory Voting

SifuPhil said:
As a rule I dislike mandatory anything ...
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That's why it won't work in the US. You'd be better off organising some uniformity in the method of registration and voting. Having each state decide how it will organise the presidential and federal elections is just weird IMO. Or have I got that wrong?

By the way, we call it compulsory voting. Mandatory is too wishy washy.
 

Dame Warrigal said:
That's why it won't work in the US. You'd be better off organising some uniformity in the method of registration and voting. Having each state decide how it will organise the presidential and federal elections is just weird IMO. Or have I got that wrong?

By the way, we call it compulsory voting. Mandatory is too wishy washy.
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I agree.. Voting.. particularly in Federal elections should be uniform throughout all 50 states. States can do what they want in local elections.
 
We shouldn't use a furrin way of doing our voting thingy...
 

Lon said:
Filing a tax return isn't about money, it's about showing who is paying taxes, if any. If some one is working at any thing and earning money, they are required to file a tax return.
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If you make under a certain amount though you don't even have to file. So that leaves out lots of poor people.
 
Lon said:
Voters should be citizens of course (in any country). I am afraid that their are some politicos in the Obama Administration that would just require RESIDENCY as a requirement.
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No, residency will never be a requirement because I am not a resident but as a US citizen I am entitled to vote, as are the 7+ million American expats who live abroad.
 
Dame Warrigal said:
That doesn't happen over here. Permanent residents do not get to vote. Naturalised immigrants can/must vote. It is one of the duties that come with naturalisation.
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MY BIL has lived in Australia since the 70's and he's not a citizen. But he says he's required to vote.
 
Furriners need to learn from us, and we don't need no suggestions from them on how we do things cause we always do things right...
 
Ralphy1 said:
Furriners need to learn from us, and we don't need no suggestions from them on how we do things cause we always do things right...
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Unfortunately, there are far too many Americans who think and say that which has earned them the reputation as arrogant people. Fuel for anti-Americanism.
 
SifuPhil said:
But if you ARE always right and say so, it isn't arrogance - it's just stating a fact.

I have that problem all the time. :rolleyes:
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Oh, please, I get enough of that from my brother. His latest one is since Americans say Scotch-Irish, it's correct. Doesn't matter that the term was totally invented by Americans. The Scots have not been called Scotch for a couple of hundred years. Scotch is a drink and only a drink.
 
QuickSilver said:
Yeah..... and that's why we are so loved and revered throughout the world..
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Sometimes I wish I could do a Scottish accent! Although I haven't really experienced anti-Americanism here. Almost always people will ask if I'm Canadian first as they say some Canadian's get mad if you ask them if they are American.
 
Ralphy1 said:
Maybe we'll put Scotland on our short list for invasion and show them who is boss...
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Aye, you do that. :playful: Very near my house there are lots of Trident missiles. Oh, and in town there are quite a lot of former American navy guys who were stationed here in the 1960's to early 1990's. You going to bomb your own?
 
oakapple said:
I don't agree that voting should be mandatory, I think there are enough things forced on us by government.We have the right to vote, and that's enough. it is not mandatory here, and neither do we carry ID cards, although I am sure the powers that be would like us to.The mere thought of some over zealous official demanding 'papers!' Is Orwellian and nightmarish.If some sorts of people are too idle to go and vote then they don't have a say in who gets in at the next election. maybe they don't wish to vote for other reasons too, and that is up to them.
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Agreed.
Voting should be extremely accessible to anyone who is eligible to vote. However, I don't think forcing voting down anyone's throat with another government mandate is a good idea-if someone isn't interested in voting chances are they won't make an informed decision anyway. I'd prefer that people who actually care enough to vote are the ones that do the voting.
 
Just telling it like it is and should be told...:cool:
 

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