Compulsory Voting
November 7, 2022 at 4:13 pm
(This post was last modified: November 7, 2022 at 4:16 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
A handful of countries require eligible citizens to vote. The chief arguments for doing so is that it will (ostensibly) produce a higher class of candidate and lessen demagoguery. The chief point against is that it conflicts with freedom of speech (which necessarily includes the freedom to not speak. It boils down to whether voting is a civil right or a civic responsibility. What say you?
Boru
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
