alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to AskBeehaw@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1年前it's election season, Beehaw, so — what are your thoughts on compulsory (mandatory) voting?message-squaremessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up133arrow-down1message-squareit's election season, Beehaw, so — what are your thoughts on compulsory (mandatory) voting?alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to AskBeehaw@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1年前message-square55fedilinkfile-text
good idea/bad idea, necessary democratic reform or authoritarian imposition? are there better or worse ways to do it?
minus-square2001aCentenaryofFederation@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1年前We also have first past the post voting, so using said voice is never a waste.
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1年前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.
minus-square2001aCentenaryofFederation@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1年前My mistake, thanks for the correction!
minus-squareJohn_McMurray@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1年前He’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.