Comments on: Election called. http://www.brucellama.com/2010/07/18/election-called/ That's one crazy Llama Sat, 04 Oct 2014 22:50:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.4 By: Bruce http://www.brucellama.com/2010/07/18/election-called/comment-page-1/#comment-1869 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:26:58 +0000 http://www.brucellama.com/?p=1512#comment-1869 Oh yes, I agree, compulsory voting is a good thing, I didn’t mean it to sound like I was against the concept. In fact, I am puzzled that other nations don’t enforce voting by its citizens, it forces you to make a decision (even if it’s a donkey vote) and therefore the responsibility of government is upon all the citizens, not just those that vote.

Thanks for the comment. Willy wave for you.

]]> By: Warwick http://www.brucellama.com/2010/07/18/election-called/comment-page-1/#comment-1868 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:55:22 +0000 http://www.brucellama.com/?p=1512#comment-1868 Compulsory voting is far better than the alternative where the majority don’t both to, while the priests and imams give their flock of sheep specific voting instructions.

The Australian Electoral Commission is tasked with educating and encouraging across-the-board registration. It’s an essential element of a democracy.

Sure, it would be ideal if we didn’t need compulsory voting. Maybe one day when everyone is well-educated and no-one believes the stories of 2000 year-old desert tribes (or more recent stories from pedo-repressed priests and sado-warrior prophets) we’ll be able to have that little extra freedom. Until then, the AEC is an essential vanguard against special interest control of voting.

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