Approximately 90M registered voters did not vote in the 2024 election...Australia is one country

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Approximately 90M registered voters did not vote in the 2024 election...Australia is one country

Author: TyroneIrish (18399 Posts - Joined: Oct 8, 2020)

Posted at 1:15 am on Dec 8, 2024

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that has 'Compulsory Voting'...and in 2015, President Obama encouraged it here...

The attached Harvard Law Review article addresses this issue, both Pro and Con. IMO, given that citizenship is a highly regarded benefit, it should incur a responsibility to participate in the process that drives our Representative Democracy?

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Link: https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-137/compulsory-votings-american-history/

Replies to: "Approximately 90M registered voters did not vote in the 2024 election...Australia is one country"

Approximately 90M registered voters did not vote in the 2024 election...Australia is one country [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 1:15am 12/8/24 (26) [View All]
- Those 90M are wise people, refused to waste their valuable time on dirty politics/clown shows which - Eli - 2:06pm 12/8/24
  - Much better to have dictators tell them what to do, right Chicom killer? You are a boil on the arse - Frank L - 2:27pm 12/8/24
    - Look in the mirror, hypocrite. D undemocratically arranged an unelected puppy and asked you to vote - Eli - 3:14pm 12/8/24
      - Oh for God’s sake you moron, I was free not to vote for their nominee and wouldn’t have if the other - Frank L - 3:32pm 12/8/24
        You're free not to vote for? LOL. Keep fooling yourself. Keep this delusional thinking to yourself. - Eli - 4:21pm 12/8/24
        As usual, your word salad makes as little sense as you lord and master’s does. Run along. [NT] - Frank L - 4:27pm 12/8/24
- Again, that number speaks to who and what we are as a society and why we get the leaders we deserve. [NT] - Frank L - 10:35am 12/8/24
  - Sounds like a call to Action... [NT] - TyroneIrish - 12:08pm 12/8/24
    - It’s really just what it is. Orange is only a demagogue accelerator. He reflects what and who we are - Frank L - 12:15pm 12/8/24
- Authoritarianism. - NedoftheHill - 1:57am 12/8/24
  - CoVid exposed what type of 1930s German a lot of people would be. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 11:15am 12/8/24
    - Your moronity knows no limits. [NT] - Frank L - 11:31am 12/8/24
  - Some agree with that...some don't...here are the Pro's and Con's, per the HLR article... - TyroneIrish - 2:23am 12/8/24
    - There are no pros in forcing people to vote - MarkHarman - 8:44am 12/8/24
      - Under the heading "Freedom is Not Free" there is the belief that to have true Freedom, we must have - TyroneIrish - 11:51am 12/8/24
      - Tyrone knows the laziest voters support more handouts, so forcing them to vote... - NedoftheHill - 10:31am 12/8/24
        Don't throw stones when you live in a glass house, Ned...re: "Laziness"...the MAGA community - TyroneIrish - 12:06pm 12/8/24
        You wouldn't be posting on this issue if you thought it would help the GOP. - NedoftheHill - 8:48pm 12/8/24
    - I gave my thoughts. Aggression & coercion are wrong. Forced voting makes for an unhealthy democracy. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 2:29am 12/8/24
- I believe only those that pay income taxes or property tax should be allowed to vote. - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 1:38am 12/8/24
  - You would not let an unemployed veteran living in VA hospital vote? - conorlarkin - 8:26am 12/8/24
  - Conceptually then, you agree?...as the Harvard Law Review mentions, there are many 'fine points' to - TyroneIrish - 2:02am 12/8/24
    - In your view, "allowed to vote" equals "forced to vote"? WTF??? [NT] - NedoftheHill - 2:02am 12/8/24
      - Some say you are an attorney...so, I assume you can read. Check out what the Harvard Law Review - TyroneIrish - 2:27am 12/8/24
        No one says you can respond on your own. You essentially said 1 = 2. Why did you say that? - NedoftheHill - 2:31am 12/8/24
  - Agreed. - NedoftheHill - 2:01am 12/8/24