Compulsory voting in Australia and Belgium

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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But then how would the One Nation Party get any votes? :confused:

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Even though it is a year old, I will not pass up an opportunity to link to this thread:

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=46599

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Sorry, I should have said I was responding to this:

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Huh?

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CrafterMan, let’s just that Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party is not the…ah, how do I put this…

Fuck it, I’ll say it straight (and bear in mind that this is purely my opinion): you need to be one of the biggest idiots this world has ever generated to vote for that bunch of losers. Their power base is comprised (again, IMHO) of the uninformed, the apathetic and the downright bloody stupid.

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yeah tavalla, and where are all of Ms. Hanson’s supporters now?
hmmmm, guess she’ll have to go back to the fish and chips shop.
But I have no problem with a compulsary “showing up on voting day” exercise.
Like TLD said, just pass in a blank ballot.