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In response to "Diva, Dawson...yeah." by Will Hunting

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Posted by Candidate Vermin (aka Dr.Vermin) Nov 3 '08, 11:14

In Australia, I learned that voting there is mandatory. Doesn't seem like a good idea.

If you are too dumb or gullible to figure out where and when or IF you should vote, best leave the decisions to the grownups.

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Nevertheless, compulsory voting has worked in Australia for almost 100 years. - Roger More Nov 3, 11:32
so you have half the electorate conspiring to keep the other half as dumb and misinformed as possible. makes perfect sense to me. -- nm - znufrii Nov 3, 11:17
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- No, I don't see how. - Candidate Vermin Nov 3, 11:21 8
  - you can easily test for a competent drive...not sure you can devise a test for a voter. - Mel Profit Nov 3, 11:26 4
    - "What date is the election?" "Sorry, not wednesday." - Will Hunting Nov 3, 11:28 1
      - the process is intimidating for some. It may not be a lack of intelligence. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 3, 11:41
    - at least not without violating the Constitution... -- nm - znufrii Nov 3, 11:26 1
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    - You think? Those were all *republican* voters that got confused by the 2000 ballots in Florida, right? - Candidate Vermin Nov 3, 11:30
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