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koloquial t1_ireb6cw wrote

Reply to comment by Jimmicky in You are not obliged to vote, and maybe shouldn't. An argument from analogy. by SilasTheSavage

What’s the penalty for not voting chez toi

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Jimmicky t1_irecsob wrote

Officially? It’s a fine. Not a big one - it’s like a hundred n fifty dollaridoos. Really the penalty for not voting is getting a worse society-a less structurally sound hospital in OPs tortured analogy

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koloquial t1_irekss5 wrote

Making voting mandatory may not have the effect you think it does.

If someone is voting to avoid the pénalité, they probably haven’t done much due diligence.

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Jimmicky t1_irfnqm3 wrote

Oh plenty of our voters certainly aren’t living up to their moral obligations.
But the fact remains that mandatory voting has a hugely positive effect on government

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