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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
There is no right not to vote.
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There may be no "right not to vote" but individuals certainly have the right to not vote....
I've voted in every election at every level since I was old enough to vote but certainly have no beefs against others if they chose not to vote. There are a lot of reasons to not vote, some better than others, but at the end of the day some people just don't care and there is nothing we can do about that.
I had a buddy that when asked about why he didn't vote last federal election said "I'm not too concerned and I'd probably just vote for Harper anyway". Is that the kind of hands off voting you'd like to encourage?
People claim Harper wouldn't have a majority if voter turn out was 100% or that Nenshi wouldn't have won in a land slide but in reality mandated voting would likely result in similar results or perhaps strengthened support of incumbents. Like it not some people are content with the status quo.
Besides, with less people voting it just means our votes have more sway!
