alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to AskBeehaw@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 months agoit's election season, Beehaw, so — what are your thoughts on compulsory (mandatory) voting?message-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up134arrow-down1message-squareit's election season, Beehaw, so — what are your thoughts on compulsory (mandatory) voting?alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to AskBeehaw@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
good idea/bad idea, necessary democratic reform or authoritarian imposition? are there better or worse ways to do it?
minus-squaret3rmit3@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoAnother law criminalizing something around voting? No thanks. If the US wouldn’t just turn it into another way to oppress minorities, I might be on board, but I guarantee that Texas would find some way to do it. “You must have registered to vote 4 weeks prior to election day.” “We purged rolls 2 weeks before election day, and you can no longer vote without re-registering, but the date is now passed.” “It’s also illegal not to vote, though, so you’re now a criminal.”
minus-squareChe Banana@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 months ago…which is a felony and convicted felons cannot vote
Another law criminalizing something around voting? No thanks.
If the US wouldn’t just turn it into another way to oppress minorities, I might be on board, but I guarantee that Texas would find some way to do it.
“You must have registered to vote 4 weeks prior to election day.”
“We purged rolls 2 weeks before election day, and you can no longer vote without re-registering, but the date is now passed.”
“It’s also illegal not to vote, though, so you’re now a criminal.”
…which is a felony and convicted felons cannot vote
… but can become president.