Should voting be mandatory?

Yes. For Federal elections the fine is AUD$20 (approx USD$13.30), although some states elections go 2-4x more than that.

When an election is called people can get a postal vote, or vote at early voting centers open every day for 12 days leading up to election day.

I'd say in the case of None of the Above being the winner, the candidate with the most votes is the winner, but a new special election is immediately called, and they only hold the position until a definitive winner is decided.

I agree that Election Day should be a holiday. but, I can’t agree that voting should be mandatory.

Fascist- "I want to chop all women's clits off "

Non-fascist- "No clit chopping, plus lower medication costs "

Non-voter- "I just can't tell them apart!! ".

Yeah, I don't want the dummies coerced into the system.
Stay the fuck home.

So doing some research here, of all the free countries with compulsory voting, all of them alphabetically through Liechtenstein (I got lazy after that) have secret ballots. Notably, however, the US does not have secret ballots by law, and SCOTUS has ruled there is no constitutional right to one, although all 50 states have it for general elections, some by statute, some by constitution. Primaries are another matter. All caucus states, for instance, have open ballots for their primaries. So until that’s resolved, and preferably fixed in constitutions, we should probably not make voting compulsory in any of those states.

I swear it's like you guys got the beta version of Democracy 3.0 and never updated.

GA reverted to 1.5

It's OK if Uncle Albert wants to sit out elections. We don't need his kind voting.

pretty sure he's above participating in such a thing. too close to being a societal obligation as it stands

No, if nobody wins you disqualify the candidates and start over with a fresh crop. The will of the people must be considered equally valid, even if they all say "NO."

You are incapable of honestly portraying ANYTHING, aren't you?

Says the guy who's taken the "war on woke" fishhook all the way down his gullet.

So you want to spend millions of taxpayer dollars re-running elections because you're too lazy and prideful to make tough, pragmatic choices?

Pride is irrelevant. I set my terms snd pick my battles, like everyone else. You're just buttsore because you mistake your opinions for objective truth and cannot fathom why they aren't everyone else's priority.

Why am I imagining you talking to yourself?

I don't question what arouses other people.

Comedy is sexy.

I can get behind mandatory voting if:

1: Everything goes by popular vote. None of this elector/delegate crap.

2: Every race includes a "none of the above" option.

3: If "none of the above" wins a race, all candidates fight to the death to determine the winner. No conceding either. You decide to run for an office, it's victory or death.