(September 22, 2014 at 1:44 am)Stimbo Wrote: Voting is indeed a civic duty and a small price to pay for the people who died to give us that right. However, if it were made compulsory, I think I would much rather spoil the ballot paper than be forced into voting.
Voting is only a civic duty if you are really convinced you have something to say on the issue.
Having lots of flaky votes cast based solely on the dictates of digestion and the quality of the omelette that morning is probably not a recipe for effective self government.