The Queensland Government has opened up a discussion paper regarding electoral reform. It covers a lot of things, but one issue that has been making people take notice is the proposal to remove compulsory voting in state elections, meaning the responsibility of turning up at the ballot booth would become entirely optional.
Many writers have already thrown down their two cents, but I have a few idle thoughts regarding this development.
Whatever your political views, I think that introducing voluntary voting this is fundamentally a bad idea.
Many think that being forced to vote is fundamentally undemocratic, but … Read the rest