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Presidential election popular vote tallies lined up against “did not vote” (mbin.grits.dev)

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[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The government should pass a law that it's required to vote, or give a reasonable explanation why you can't. Employers are punished for keeping their employees from voting.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 24 points 2 months ago

Hi, it's me, Australia, you might remember me from such democratic innovations as the secret ballot and mandatory voting, America will never have mandatory voting because it works about as well as gun control, single payer health care, and the metric system.

Also many places have mandatory voting but very few enforce it, I would put money on America being one of those places if it somehow got a foothold.