PoliGAF 2016 |OT| Ask us about our performance with Latinos in Nevada

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Crab said:
Bicameral, federal, with compulsory voting and single member districts all drag it down. New Zealand's constitution is much better, one of the best outside the Scandinavian countries.
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New Zealand's does strike me as better but I have to admit I'm a little fond of compulsory voting.
 
danm999 said:
New Zealand's does strike me as better but I have to admit I'm a little fond of compulsory voting.
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I think choosing not to participate is a legitimate form of expression. I could be persuaded in favour of compulsory vote, but I would want there to be clear options to allow voters to differentiate between whether they are not voting for a candidate because they don't have a strong preference between any of the remaining candidates, because they feel insufficiently informed, or because they do not approve of the system - I.e., an option each for "No Preference", "Don't Know" and "Conscious Objection". Otherwise, you're forcing people to express a choice they may not actually prefer or to spoil a ballot which may not be an accurate representation of their choice.
 
Crab said:
I think choosing not to participate is a legitimate form of expression. I could be persuaded in favour of compulsory vote, but I would want there to be clear options to allow voters to differentiate between whether they are not voting for a candidate because they don't have a strong preference between any of the remaining candidates, because they feel insufficiently informed, or because they do not approve of the system - I.e., an option each for "No Preference", "Don't Know" and "Conscious Objection". Otherwise, you're forcing people to express a choice they may not actually prefer or to spoil a ballot which may not be an accurate representation of their choice.
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You don't actually have to take a ballot, you can simply have your name checked off the roll and leave immediately.
 
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danm999 said:
You don't actually have to take a ballot, you can simply have your name checked off the roll and leave immediately.
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I know, I'm Australian by birthplace - I was more noting how there are multiple reasons why people would not vote for a candidate and there is less way to separate those reasons when voting is compulsory.
 
danm999 said:
Didn't know that! We never see you in AusPoli by that's probably because it's been boring AF for ages.
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I haven't been back to Australia for a very long time and don't follow it so closely politically. Because of my parentage and where I've mostly lived for the last decade, I consider myself mostly European - with some exceptions. Still shed a tear when Rusty retired.
 
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