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RE: Thinking about the Australian Electoral system....
In our country it is a right to vote but not mandatory. I think I like the mandatory thing in voting. Shows the true voice of the people but sad to say. In a lot of previous elections voting, is tampered in favor of those who has the money. Hoping future elections will truly speak the truth as changes has begun already.
Mandatory voting is really quite a good thing... there are downsides... but at least it engages the population as a whole.... however, even in this system... money still helps a lot... most people don't really pay attention until a month or week before the election... and they don't bother to research the party platforms... instead relying on advertisements...