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RE: Mandatory voting
March 27, 2015 at 2:17 am (This post was last modified: March 27, 2015 at 2:29 am by AFTT47.)
(March 27, 2015 at 12:14 am)Aractus Wrote: Please explain to me how having more of the public voting in a public election is "polluting the vote"?

Are you being deliberately thick?

Few people who are not voting by choice are going to put any thought into their vote. I explained it at least twice already. They will vote randomly or vote for a fringe candidate out of spite. Those will be junk votes. Bad data.

You seem to be operating under this fantasy that if you force someone to the polls, they will dutifully consider the candidates and cast a responsible vote - even though they have no interest in doing so. Human nature doesn't work that way.

Get real!
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Albert Einstein
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Mandatory voting - by popeyespappy - March 19, 2015 at 11:44 am
RE: Mandatory voting - by c172 - March 19, 2015 at 12:15 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Silver - March 19, 2015 at 2:09 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Dystopia - March 19, 2015 at 12:22 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by popeyespappy - March 19, 2015 at 12:57 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by abaris - March 19, 2015 at 1:29 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by IATIA - March 26, 2015 at 6:53 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Dystopia - March 19, 2015 at 2:36 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by popeyespappy - March 19, 2015 at 4:11 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Ravenshire - March 19, 2015 at 5:45 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Dystopia - March 19, 2015 at 5:59 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by JuliaL - March 19, 2015 at 1:26 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Cato - March 19, 2015 at 1:27 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by SteelCurtain - March 19, 2015 at 1:59 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by vorlon13 - March 19, 2015 at 2:02 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by SteelCurtain - March 19, 2015 at 2:08 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by vorlon13 - March 19, 2015 at 5:35 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Mister Agenda - March 19, 2015 at 2:19 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Minimalist - March 19, 2015 at 2:20 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Silver - March 19, 2015 at 2:22 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Mister Agenda - March 23, 2015 at 10:42 am
RE: Mandatory voting - by popeyespappy - March 23, 2015 at 12:38 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by KevinM1 - March 23, 2015 at 3:46 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by AFTT47 - March 19, 2015 at 5:25 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by c172 - March 19, 2015 at 5:38 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by popeyespappy - March 19, 2015 at 5:47 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Ravenshire - March 19, 2015 at 6:01 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Dystopia - March 19, 2015 at 6:09 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by AFTT47 - March 19, 2015 at 6:07 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by rexbeccarox - March 19, 2015 at 6:27 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 19, 2015 at 6:30 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Mudhammam - March 19, 2015 at 6:45 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by SteelCurtain - March 19, 2015 at 9:00 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Jenny A - March 19, 2015 at 10:02 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Esquilax - March 20, 2015 at 2:25 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Dystopia - March 20, 2015 at 1:58 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Thumpalumpacus - March 20, 2015 at 2:13 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Dystopia - March 20, 2015 at 2:18 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Thumpalumpacus - March 20, 2015 at 2:32 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Ravenshire - March 23, 2015 at 5:55 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Thumpalumpacus - March 23, 2015 at 8:53 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Minimalist - March 20, 2015 at 2:21 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Minimalist - March 23, 2015 at 2:13 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Minimalist - March 23, 2015 at 3:48 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by SteelCurtain - March 23, 2015 at 5:44 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by CapnAwesome - March 23, 2015 at 9:00 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Thumpalumpacus - March 23, 2015 at 9:30 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by CapnAwesome - March 24, 2015 at 10:25 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Thumpalumpacus - March 26, 2015 at 12:12 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Minimalist - March 23, 2015 at 9:23 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Aractus - March 24, 2015 at 6:34 am
RE: Mandatory voting - by Cato - March 25, 2015 at 10:10 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Aractus - March 26, 2015 at 4:12 am
RE: Mandatory voting - by Cato - March 26, 2015 at 6:00 am
RE: Mandatory voting - by Aractus - March 26, 2015 at 7:04 am
RE: Mandatory voting - by Thumpalumpacus - March 26, 2015 at 12:19 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Ravenshire - March 26, 2015 at 1:35 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Cato - March 26, 2015 at 5:39 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Dystopia - March 26, 2015 at 7:24 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Cato - March 28, 2015 at 3:22 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by AFTT47 - March 26, 2015 at 11:02 am
RE: Mandatory voting - by Aractus - March 26, 2015 at 6:45 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Ravenshire - March 26, 2015 at 7:33 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Cato - March 26, 2015 at 8:51 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Dystopia - March 27, 2015 at 9:37 am
RE: Mandatory voting - by jesus_wept - March 26, 2015 at 6:21 am
RE: Mandatory voting - by Dystopia - March 26, 2015 at 12:18 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by IATIA - March 26, 2015 at 6:56 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by jesus_wept - March 28, 2015 at 8:19 am
RE: Mandatory voting - by Dystopia - March 26, 2015 at 12:21 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Thumpalumpacus - March 26, 2015 at 1:30 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Vox Populi - March 26, 2015 at 1:01 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by AFTT47 - March 26, 2015 at 6:56 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Aractus - March 27, 2015 at 12:14 am
RE: Mandatory voting - by AFTT47 - March 27, 2015 at 2:17 am
RE: Mandatory voting - by Cato - March 28, 2015 at 1:04 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by Aractus - March 27, 2015 at 3:02 am
RE: Mandatory voting - by Thumpalumpacus - March 27, 2015 at 12:10 pm
RE: Mandatory voting - by IATIA - March 28, 2015 at 1:13 am
RE: Mandatory voting - by I_am_not_mafia - March 27, 2015 at 3:17 am
RE: Mandatory voting - by Aractus - March 27, 2015 at 3:25 am
RE: Mandatory voting - by popeyespappy - March 27, 2015 at 9:51 am
RE: Mandatory voting - by Dystopia - March 27, 2015 at 9:54 am
RE: Mandatory voting - by AFTT47 - March 27, 2015 at 10:43 am
RE: Mandatory voting - by Aractus - March 28, 2015 at 12:20 am
RE: Mandatory voting - by IATIA - March 28, 2015 at 1:48 pm

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