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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months ago

Why is Australia the only "core anglosphere" country where voting is mandatory?

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Why is Australia the only "core anglosphere" country where voting is mandatory?

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I think it forces a lot of idiots to just pick a box when they aren’t informed on politics at all. Probably skews the numbers a bit tbh.
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  Or they get fined if they can’t get to a polling booth due to disability and poor disability access, or circumstances.
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