tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120607605276079906.post5619879850367696248..comments2023-06-20T11:45:11.879+01:00Comments on Kebab time: Compulsory voting.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120607605276079906.post-70412773750166568102012-04-27T14:23:02.106+01:002012-04-27T14:23:02.106+01:00(from Austria - en route)
In North Korea, they ha...(from Austria - en route)<br /><br />In North Korea, they had 100% turnout in the recent elections and 100% of the voters voted for the only candidates available.<br /><br />So maybe that is not quite the answer that it first appeared.<br /><br />*BTW It is so nice to be able to type the word <i>appear</i>*Schrodingers_cathttp://schrodingers8cat.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120607605276079906.post-67958601848634319052012-04-26T19:22:50.506+01:002012-04-26T19:22:50.506+01:00I'll go you one better, Billy: If "None.....I'll go you one better, Billy: If "None..." wins, the seat stays vacant. A party must form a Government with a majority of all seats, not just filled ones, and if one party can't get 50% + 1, then hold by-elections (no Coalitions); put in a caretaker government in there in the meantime. If by some chance "None..." is the majority, the Queen will prorogue Parliament altogether till new elections can be held.<br /><br />Mark Twain said: "No-one's life, liberty or property is safe if the Legislature is in session."Some Geezer wot will vote for your idea, Billynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120607605276079906.post-61836186619023012172012-04-26T19:18:09.396+01:002012-04-26T19:18:09.396+01:00I actully want *None of the above * to win (if it ...I actully want *None of the above * to win (if it happened) ;)Billy Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10497028484443600739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120607605276079906.post-91626675296951450402012-04-26T17:09:24.586+01:002012-04-26T17:09:24.586+01:00I'me surprised at your attitude, Billy. Nothin...I'me surprised at your attitude, Billy. Nothing has ever been gained by making <i>anything</i> compulsory, though a great deal of liberty has been lost. If people don't care who rules them, that's their affair. Leave them alone.Tachybaptusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120607605276079906.post-5340360164867362632012-04-26T15:44:59.796+01:002012-04-26T15:44:59.796+01:00I agree with compulsory voting but it's not go...I agree with compulsory voting but it's not going to happen while compulsory individual voter registration even with optional voting is opposed for whatever obscure reasons the mainly leftist opponents have. I can see a theoretical civil liberties issue but it is really theoretical here. Australia hasn't become a police state by having compulsory voting.<br /><br />Were voting to be compulsory parties would have to work for every vote. The 30-40% who don't even bother to vote at general elections could not just be taken for granted. If the current main parties don't excite them enough to vote, new parties would have them to appeal to.Botzarellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03867490302250805755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120607605276079906.post-63029343916738036842012-04-26T14:47:10.364+01:002012-04-26T14:47:10.364+01:00I wonder what will happen in Tower Hamlets with th...I wonder what will happen in Tower Hamlets with their postal votes if you made voting compulsory :)<br /><br />I do wonder if it would be worth looking towards the Nordic countries, as Iceland had a 85% turnout, Denmark 87%, Sweden 84%. Norway 76% and Finland 70%. The reason could of course be small poppulations, but I would like to think the reason is partly to due with the election method being proportional representation, based on 1 vote only, not 2 preferences like in LondonSirius7dkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08688465574306782024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120607605276079906.post-32119504998112297682012-04-26T13:39:03.608+01:002012-04-26T13:39:03.608+01:00I'm not going to vote next time, just to piss ...I'm not going to vote next time, just to piss you off.Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15503851867496619484noreply@blogger.com