it's election season, Beehaw, so — what are your thoughts on compulsory (mandatory) voting? - eviltoast

good idea/bad idea, necessary democratic reform or authoritarian imposition? are there better or worse ways to do it?

  • Zagorath@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    As someone who’s worked at elections a few times before, please please don’t do this. We’re barely above minimum wage and receive an hour of online training. We don’t know how to handle that situation. One voter, one cross off, one issued ballot, it’s supposed to be. It’ll make things very awkward at the end of the night when it comes to reconciling the ballots if the numbers don’t add up.

    Just take the ballot and put it in the box. What happens between then, I don’t care.