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Being that the main driver behind this seems to be voter turnout, I have some suggestions: 1) Stop making all these penny ante jobs elected positions. These pe
by cookie_monsta 7y ago
Being that the main driver behind this seems to be voter turnout, I have some suggestions:
1) Stop making all these penny ante jobs elected positions. These people are bureaucrats. Let them apply for their jobs like every other bureaucrat. If 99% of voters are saying they de facto don't care, maybe you should take the message.
2) For jobs that do matter, make voting compulsory.
Bonus point: have elections on the weekends when people actually have time to vote. Very few people need two days to drive their buggy in from the farm anymore ffs.
- catalogia 7y agoCompulsory voting only makes sense if you allow "I don't know" as an answer. There's no value in demanding an answer for me when I know I don't have an informed answer to give.
- cookie_monsta 7y agoCompulsory voting tends to mean that you're required to put a ballot into a box. You can fill it out properly, draw a smiley face on it or leave it blank. Nobody's checking your work.