Mandatory Voting Will Build Resentment, Not Democracy

Posted on AllSides March 2nd, 2020
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American democracy—or, at least, the California simulation of it—requires that even disinterested and actively hostile non-voters mark a ballot so government officials can gin up participation numbers, says Assemblyman Marc Levine (D-San Rafael). Levine has introduced a bill that would make voting compulsory, with civil penalties for the non-compliant. It's a proposal that seems guaranteed to make disaffected non-voters become even less impressed with a sketchy political process.

If passed, the measure would "require a person who qualifies and is registered to vote to cast a ballot, marked or unmarked...

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https://reason.com/2020/03/02/mandatory-voting-will-build-resentment-not-democracy/

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