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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 194877" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Not that it's applicable to me, but yes, I'm registered to vote - in Australia, it's compulsory to register and compulsory to vote. We're allowed to not vote under some circumstances but if we can't "show cause" we have to pay a hefty fine.</p><p></p><p>There is some discussion about whether compulsory voting is a good thing or a bad thing. personally, I think it's a good thing.</p><p></p><p>There is an interesting story by Isaac Asimov about a US election "in the future". It's actually set in 2008!</p><p></p><p>Here is a Wikipedia link to it, if you are interested:</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franchise_(short_story)" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franchise_(short_story)</a></p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 194877, member: 1991"] Not that it's applicable to me, but yes, I'm registered to vote - in Australia, it's compulsory to register and compulsory to vote. We're allowed to not vote under some circumstances but if we can't "show cause" we have to pay a hefty fine. There is some discussion about whether compulsory voting is a good thing or a bad thing. personally, I think it's a good thing. There is an interesting story by Isaac Asimov about a US election "in the future". It's actually set in 2008! Here is a Wikipedia link to it, if you are interested: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franchise_(short_story)[/url] Marg [/QUOTE]
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