For decades I thought cumpolsory voting was a good idea, the nit pick bad faith argument about only having to have your name ticked off is a distraction.
I heard a single counter argument that they don't want people who are angry with cumpolsory voting system to vote.
And that changed my mind, I don't want angry people who do not want to be there voting, I want people who want to be there
I am pro euthenasia as I am against cumpolsory voting for much the the same reason, that should be something beyond the states control.
Aside from the freedom to choose your own death if you wish, the freedom to vote should be inalienable right granted every citizen in a democracy.
I heard from many folk that they'd rather have the Jacinta Arden led Labour government then ScoMo and yet NZ voting isn't cumpolsory.
There's something else afoot, self absorbed, greedy people electing appalling politcans is de rigeur, a cumpolsory voting system doesn't stop it, nor does ranked choice (preferential) voting. We have incredibly toxic politcans amongst us, I could name a dozen or more.
I don't think one is better then the other. I dont think what we have is the best way, it's incredibly corrupt and the older I get the more disillusioned I become with voters (not with politcans, they're like flies to shit, so I blame the shit, not the flies) We are constantly offered different paths and refuse to take them, what we have is nothing to celebrate IMO.
Comparing it to the US is ridiculous, we're a palimentery democracy. Does anyone think its "Democratic" for Tasmania to have the same number of senators as NSW ? (As a Tasmanian myself, with a state population less then the Gold Coast)
As for gerrymandering, Joh Bjekle-Petersen was notorious for it.
That many people are stupid should come as no surprise?