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Compulsory voting has boosted turnout in Australia – is it time NZ tried it? (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 1 week ago by Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

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I'd love to know what others think about this. My view is it's already very easy to cast a vote, as easy as we can realistically make it, and we should be asking ourselves why fifteen percent of the population don't bother to vote, rather than forcing them to do so.

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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

we should be asking ourselves why fifteen percent of the population don’t bother to vote

85% is good, though finding out why the 15% don't vote is valuable. Especially so if there are systemic problems that are essentially preventing them voting.

[–] Band@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 week ago

I know so many stoners that were pissed that the referendum failed... Did they vote? Nah. Too stoned.

Lmao.