Quote:No it's not a democracy killing idea, it's a democracy take over and democracies never last. We're a constitutional republic, the day we shift over completely to a democracy the countdown begins. In a democracy the mob rules, if we had compulsory voting you'd never have had the civil rights movements or women voting or heck even a declaration of independence.

 

History is full of examples where a mob rules democracy would've drastically hindered our ability to not only sustain but thrive. The reality is our founding fathers set up a system where the public is represented but not expected to participate in the day to day functions of government, nor was government meant to interact with our day to day functions. What compulsory voting does is take the responsibly uninformed voter and by force of government, making them choose from one of the above. Not voting is just as powerful of a voice as voting, sometimes non-compliance IS the solution, Obama is proposing to eliminate that option.

 

I don't think mandatory voting would change the fact that we're a republic (representative democracy) though.  I don't see why you do.  It's not as if suddenly people are going to be voting to approve for example Obamacare.


Not Voting isn't as powerful as money.  Our republic is becoming a plutocracy.  And that is a big problem.  


Also would you be more okay with mandatory voting if "None of the Above" was an option?


<obamaism>Let me be clear</obamsim> I don't support the idea of mandatory voting.  I do however feel that voter apathy needs to be cured.  And we need to put an end to voter intimidation.  

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