Compulsory is such a good system. It doesn't take long. It's on a weekend so it's not inconvenient. You get a sausage at the sausage sizzle and you do your vote. There's a real holiday atmosphere. And it produces much more representative results. Brexit wouldn't have happened if they had compulsory voting so there's no denying it's valuable.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

To be clear, I am asking why the "push" is for compulsory and not optional, given there is likely to be stronger opposition to the former. Either will give a voice to those who want one, but on paper optional would seem to be a more realistic goal and therefore makes more sense to advocate for. Advocating for compulsory kind of feels like letting perfect be the enemy of good, so to speak.

[–] zik@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why not start them off in the way you mean to continue? It's not like there are any significant downsides.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago

Increased opposition is a significant downside.

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