Plenty of countries have laws that fine or otherwise punish people that do not vote, afaik this doesn’t tend to lead to better functioning democracies. I think this is a thing where the carrot works better than the stick.
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mtpender@piefed.social 1 day agoReforms that are needed:
- Compulsory voting for all citizens
- Ranked choice voting system
- Age limits for politicians
I’m sure there are more, but this is just off the top of my head.
huppakee@lemmy.world 1 day ago
DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 1 day ago
- I’d be less oppose if it’s accompanied with NOTA options.
- What if A gets 26% of the vote, B gets 25%, C gets 24%, D gets 15%, and E gets 10%?
- What should be the age limit for US Presidents? and should the 35 be lowered to 18? Ditto for US VPs?
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
What if A gets 26% of the vote, B gets 25%, C gets 24%, D gets 15%, and E gets 10%?
The standard method of ranked choice voting: E gets eliminated as they have the last, everyone who voted for them goes to their next ranked choice. Repeat until one person has over 50%.
DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Please forgive any ignorance on my part, but would it be required that we’d know what the 2nd (and 3rd and 4th and so on) preferences of those who voted for E in the first choice?
If so, and if such could be done, what if of those who voted for E on their first choice, in their second preference, half of them (i.e. half of 10% being 5%) voted for C, a third of them voted for B, and a sixth of them voted for A;
meanwhile two-thirds of those who voted in their first preference for A, half of those who voted in their first preference for B, and a third of those who voted in their first preference for C, voted for D in their 2nd preference? —i.e. (⅔ x 26%) + (½ x 25%) + (⅓ x 24%) = 16⅔% + 12½% + 8% = 36⅚%.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Please forgive any ignorance on my part, but would it be required that we’d know what the 2nd (and 3rd and 4th and so on) preferences of those who voted for E in the first choice?
Yes. Please look up “How ranked choice voting works” instead of asking randos on social media to explain it to you. The information is readily available.
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I’d go with term limits as well. Too many people in what are essentially life terms