How is forcing people to vote democratic ?
You can't force people to vote.
How is forcing people to vote democratic ?
Is it not going to become a legal requirement for full time education till 18 soon?Yes,bearing in mind so many youngsters do work,no taxation without representation.
Harsh, but fair if he insists on trying to vote via the interweb - his PC clearly won't be able to cope with the complexity.No offence, but I would ban Bensgrandad from voting as he is clearly a liability as he has proven over the years.
You can't force people to vote.
OK, strictly speaking you can't but you know what I mean. Vote or you get a fine is anything but democratic.
OK, strictly speaking you can't but you know what I mean. Vote or you get a fine is anything but democratic.
If you discounted narrow voters, most of the population would be discounted.
Perhaps we need to move towards politics that caters for 16 year olds. Statistically, they will have more years than the general voter, so it would be positive to give them a chance to have a say in what they do.
They are also better placed to vote according to educational issues than the regular parent.
About 300 hundred years ago, 15000 people, all toffs, had the right to vote and justified it on the basis that every one else was too stupid to understand the real issues.
The tens of thousands of brave men that were slaughtered in the trenches of the first world war, had never experienced the ability to vote and were considered too stupid to to understand the real issues. Clever enough to die for the establishment, but not clever enough to have a say in the establishment.
Only after hundreds of years of struggle were working class men able to influence the tory toffs and start pressing for votes for women, sadly, women were considered too stupid to understand the real issues.
When it was proposed that 18 year olds should get the vote, guess what, they were considered too inexperienced to understand the real issues.
It is always the establishment that are against the expansion of suffrage because they deem it as a loss of their ancient inherited power to rule.
Long post, found to be a waste of time in the last paraphrase. (You would not know a paragraph obviously).
No offence, but I would ban Bensgrandad from voting as he is clearly a liability as he has proven over the years.
People can vote or they can abstain if they don't wish to you a vote. There's no reason why people shouldn't be compelled to register a vote of some sort. It's compulsory in Australia.How is forcing people to vote democratic ?
Good job nobody takes any notice of you then isnt it.
Shame this doesn't apply to you!With age hopefully comes maturity and a more logical mind.
Just like a lot of adults..?No too immature and easily lead in the majority of cases. They will believe what suits them even if it is not practical.
You're old enough to get your leg over and fight for your country at 16 so I don't see why you should be denied the vote.
Given how they spectactularly managed to cock-up the Scottish result - No!