Mandatory voting bill introduced

[Brad Johnson]

John Larson (CT), who never met a liberal agenda or Social Justice cause he didn't support, has introduced a bill to mandate voting.

https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/national/bill-requiring-eligible-citizens-to-vote-in-elections-introduced-to-congress/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_content=kamc&fbclid=IwAR3dM7BL8RocWIHiNjOF37BCOGrJjjsMtPsXZcZ0Q3XEltWZ2hvnPDK_VT4

Liberals, of course, are thrilled because it means those pesky Conservatives can't suppress voter rights (you know, like mandating an enumerated right and stuff...).

Brad

[AZRedhawk44]

Needs a counter-bill.

Votes are tallied with "nobody" or "no vote" being a legitimate reason to leave the office vacant.

If only 60% of an electorate (say 100k people) vote at all, that means 40k people effectively voted for nobody.  Unless a candidate has a landslide of 67% among the voters and has more than 40k votes, the office is vacant and nobody wins.

[Pb]

People who have low motivation to vote usually vote leftist.  That is what this is about.

[dogmush]

This kind of thing is a hallmark of all the free and open election systems I can think of.  USSR, 1990's Iraq, Libya, Iran.....all the countries we strive to be like.

[Nick1911]

Needs a counter-bill.

Votes are tallied with "nobody" or "no vote" being a legitimate reason to leave the office vacant.

If only 60% of an electorate (say 100k people) vote at all, that means 40k people effectively voted for nobody.  Unless a candidate has a landslide of 67% among the voters and has more than 40k votes, the office is vacant and nobody wins.

The USSR was like this apperently.

This kind of thing is a hallmark of all the free and open election systems I can think of.  USSR, 1990's Iraq, Libya, Iran.....all the countries we strive to be like.

Counterpoint, Australia has mandatory voting.

[Perd Hapley]

The USSR was like this apperently.

Counterpoint, Australia has mandatory voting.

Uh....

[Bogie]

Prediction: Someone tries to amend it so that any non-votes count for the incumbent.

[Angel Eyes]

Needs a counter-bill.

Votes are tallied with "nobody" or "no vote" being a legitimate reason to leave the office vacant.

If only 60% of an electorate (say 100k people) vote at all, that means 40k people effectively voted for nobody.  Unless a candidate has a landslide of 67% among the voters and has more than 40k votes, the office is vacant and nobody wins.

I don't have the source handy, but a number of years ago, a candidate for some local office had his name legally changed to "None of the Above" so it would appear as such on the ballot.

[Northwoods]

Prediction: Someone tries to amend it so that any non-votes count for the incumbent.

That would, of course, be suspended anytime a non-leftist is the incumbent.

[lee n. field]

Needs a counter-bill.

Votes are tallied with "nobody" or "no vote" being a legitimate reason to leave the office vacant.

If only 60% of an electorate (say 100k people) vote at all, that means 40k people effectively voted for nobody.  Unless a candidate has a landslide of 67% among the voters and has more than 40k votes, the office is vacant and nobody wins.

"it's not like anybody's going to die if we don't have a president."  -- poorly recollected quote from some bit of anarchist fiction.

[cordex]

Uh....

Two years ago I'd have agreed with Nick.  Now ... yeah ... not much of a counterpoint.

[Nick1911]

Two years ago I'd have agreed with Nick.  Now ... yeah ... not much of a counterpoint.

Ah, has Australia slid into an authoritarian mess?  This is what I get for not watching the news.

[Northwoods]

Ah, has Australia slid into an authoritarian mess?  This is what I get for not watching the news.

Their Covid response has been pretty jack-boot central.