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6 Apr 2015

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Force young people to vote – even for “none of the above”

But why just 18 year olds (the article says to get them into the habit of voting) and what if ” none of the above” is the majority choice!

http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Young-people-forced-vote/story-26287132-detail/story.html

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  1. How can we possibly think of forcing young people to vote once if we want to engage them with the process. Far better to require everyone to vote, as I believe they do in Australia. How about a tax coding penalty for those who don’t, then it wouldn’t clog up the judicial system. Also a more effective way of enthusing the young would be to give them the opportunity to vote at 16. An interested young population would provide a much more intellectually demanding electorate. The person suggesting one off compulsion at 18 is a numpty.

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