alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to AskBeehaw@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 months agoit's election season, Beehaw, so — what are your thoughts on compulsory (mandatory) voting?message-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up134arrow-down1message-squareit's election season, Beehaw, so — what are your thoughts on compulsory (mandatory) voting?alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to AskBeehaw@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
good idea/bad idea, necessary democratic reform or authoritarian imposition? are there better or worse ways to do it?
minus-square2001aCentenaryofFederation@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoWe also have first past the post voting, so using said voice is never a waste.
minus-squareZagorathlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·3 months agoFPTP is the shitty undemocratic system America and the UK use. We use Instant Runoff Voting, which is a type of preferential (also called “ranked choice”) system. Which, as you say, means you aren’t wasting your vote by voting third party.
minus-square2001aCentenaryofFederation@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoMy mistake, thanks for the correction!
minus-squareJohn_McMurray@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoHe’s bragging about a system that can easily lead to a candidate nobody actually wanted winning.
We also have first past the post voting, so using said voice is never a waste.
FPTP is the shitty undemocratic system America and the UK use.
We use Instant Runoff Voting, which is a type of preferential (also called “ranked choice”) system. Which, as you say, means you aren’t wasting your vote by voting third party.
My mistake, thanks for the correction!
He’s bragging about a system that can easily lead to a candidate nobody actually wanted winning.