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> 1. Mandatory voting. I'm talking a small fine if you don't show up to a polling place and get your name checked off; Do you really want all Americans voting?
by 2trill2spill 9y ago
> 1. Mandatory voting. I'm talking a small fine if you don't show up to a polling place and get your name checked off;
Do you really want all Americans voting? Most Americans I talk to don't know much about the different candidates let alone the one they're voting for. We need a better education system then we can have better politicians.
- geofft 9y agoI'm sort of skeptical of the rationale behind this - without implying that any of this is your personal worldview, it's very close to the worldviews that got us "Only landowners should vote" or "Only men should vote" or "Only the dominant race should vote" or "Only people who can afford this fee should vote" or "Only people who have never committed crimes should vote."
- 2trill2spill 9y agoI totally get your point. That's why I don't think we should restrict adult Americans right to vote. But I don't think we should force everyone to vote, especially when most Americans are not very informed about politics.