• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Just wondering, how is mandatory voting enforced? I assume vote cops don’t show up at your door… What if you turn in a ballot with no choice marked?

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      4 months ago

      You receive a penalty notice in the mail and have to pay a fine. Similar to a traffic infringement or parking fine.

      All elections are held on a weekend and voting booths are everywhere, to make it a little easier for everyone to vote.

      You can choose to not mark the ballot, no one would know. As long as you turn up to a booth and get your name marked off, then you are considered to have voted.

      As a result, voter turnout is generally over 90%.

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      4 months ago

      Not sure how it is there, but in a few areas you basically lose your right to vote of you don’t. Which is fair motivation.

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        4 months ago

        Looks like they mostly pay fines. So let’s figure out approximately how much money it will make and sell it to the Republicans as a money making venture!

      • synae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.org
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        4 months ago

        Teacher: If you don’t go to school, you’ll be punished!

        Student: Oh yea, what’s the punishment?

        T: Suspension from school

        S: Great, glad we’re on the same page, see ya never