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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
Over here one can vote at 16 (if he wants to, at 18 he has to), and drink and drive at 18. I'm not exactly sure but I think one can sign contracts, open "normal" bank accounts and get regular jobs at 14.

Compulsary voting? How democratic!

Seriously... What do they do if you don't vote? Drag you to the voting booth and force you to pull the lever? What if you hate all the cantidates?

Fortunally I was able to come to the discussion before it got ugly.

You don't have to vote if you younger than 18, older than 60 or 65 don't remember, with phisical disabilities, or if you can justify why you are not voting, which envolves simply filling up a form at the post office with any excuse you might have, even "I was on vacation" is OK. The vast majotiry of people DO vote and support this system, and so do I, and yes I think voting should be obligatory.

We use a electronic voting system, if you don't like the candidates you can vote for a non-existent number or press the "blank vote" button, so yes you can vote for no one, but you have to show up. If you fail to vote for 2 or 3 ellections you are not able to get passports, to get credit, to buy a house, but I'm pretty sure one can solve this problem by paying a fine or whatever, Im not sure. The fact is, even though it's relatively easy NOT to vote, a huge majority of people do, want to, and think this election system should remain as it is.