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Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: Brad Johnson on April 20, 2022, 10:37:28 AM
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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
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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.
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People who have low motivation to vote usually vote leftist. That is what this is about.
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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.
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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.
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The USSR was like this apperently.
Counterpoint, Australia has mandatory voting.
Uh....
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Prediction: Someone tries to amend it so that any non-votes count for the incumbent.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Uh....
Two years ago I'd have agreed with Nick. Now ... yeah ... not much of a counterpoint.
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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.
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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.