Voting in Elections. Should it be Mandatory, Optional, Restricted, or none at all?

[TexRex]

I voted for optional, but if you think about it, it should be mandatory.

Didn't work. Thinking about it makes the notion of a mandate more absurd. How is compliance enforced? What is the penalty for failure or refusal to comply?

 

[FPV MIC]

Didn't work. Thinking about it makes the notion of a mandate more absurd. How is compliance enforced? What is the penalty for failure or refusal to comply?

In Australia you're automatically enrolled to vote at the age of 18 and then threatened with fines for not voting. Don't pay the fines and it escalates from there, up to jailtime for failure to pay the fines... or you have to lie and say you were sick or some other excuse, unless you have a legitimate reason. It's a stupid system.

There's a full run down of how it works here.

 

[TexRex]

In Australia you're automatically enrolled to vote at the age of 18 and then threatened with fines for not voting. Don't pay the fines and it escalates from there, up to jailtime for failure to pay the fines... or you have to lie and say you were sick or some other excuse, unless you have a legitimate reason. It's a stupid system.

There's a full run down of how it works here.

That's asinine. A bitch that tries to punish me for not participating in an election is getting shot.

 

[FPV MIC]

That's asinine.

I agree.

A bitch that tries to punish me for not participating in an election is getting shot.

With talk like that you'd lose your gun licence and you're guns as well having to pay the fine for not voting.

Like I said, it's a stupid system.

 

[TexRex]

With talk like that you'd lose your gun licence and you're guns as well having to pay the fine for not voting.

It still hinges on enforcement. There's a simple solution...don't start none, won't be none.

 

[FPV MIC]

It still hinges on enforcement. There's a simple solution...don't start none, won't be none.

They will enforce the payment of the fine though... or you just lie and use an excuse.

 

[TexRex]

They will enforce the payment of the fine though... or you just lie and use an excuse.

One shouldn't have to lie to avoid the state taking their property because they didn't comply with a bad law. Enforcement of the law violates individual rights. Use of force to defend against property rights violations is just, even when it's unlawful. Laws should preserve rights or provide remedy for rights violations in a manner that doesn't violate rights. Laws that preserve no rights and provide no remedy at the same time that they violate rights are bad laws. Good people break bad laws.

 

[FPV MIC]

One shouldn't have to lie to avoid the state taking their property because they didn't comply with a bad law. Enforcement of the law violates individual rights. Use of force to defend against property rights violations is just, even when it's unlawful. Laws should preserve rights or provide remedy for rights violations in a manner that doesn't violate rights. Laws that preserve no rights and provide no remedy at the same time that they violate rights are bad laws. Good people break bad laws.

I'm just giving you an example of how it works here as you asked @CTznOfTime how it would work. I'm certainly not agreeing with how it works here. I think it sucks.

 

[TexRex]

I'm just giving you an example of how it works here as you asked @CTznOfTime how it would work. I'm certainly not agreeing with how it works here. I think it sucks.

Then that user can offer a suggestion for how it would work and defend that suggestion.