• null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 hours ago

    It’s true that mandatory voting nets a lot of low information voters. It also encourages a lot of people to check the major party’s policies who otherwise wouldn’t bother.

    I’m not aware of low information voters swaying the vote one way or another.

    By making voting mandatory, it becomes mandatory for everyone to have an opportunity to vote.

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      7 hours ago

      In what country do people not have the opportunity to vote? Even if that is the case, why not just make the voting accessible without forcing people to vote?

      I just don’t see the point.

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          6 hours ago

          It seems to me that there is a difference between telling someone to take and interest and forcing them to vote even though they do not care to do that on their own.