[NJ_gent]

If an individual is too apathetic to even come to the polls, do you honestly believe they'll do the research necessary to make informed decisions about who'll best lead our nation if they're forced to vote? That's all we need - apathetic idiots pulling random levers to decide who's going to lead you and me; the ones who actually do give a damn.

If someone doesn't want to vote, more power to them. If that's their attitude, I'd much rather they sit down, shut up, and stay out of the electoral process.

"Compulsory voting - putting the intelligent, informed, and motivated under the control of the apathetic, the ill-informed, and the lazy."

[freeparella]

If an individual is too apathetic to even come to the polls, do you honestly believe they'll do the research necessary to make informed decisions about who'll best lead our nation if they're forced to vote? That's all we need - apathetic idiots pulling random levers to decide who's going to lead you and me; the ones who actually do give a damn.

Well, I can't speak for everyone, but as a younger person I know a lot of my peers are apathetic because they feel their votes don't matter. It seems under the compulsory system candidates pay more attention to everyone, and I feel if more people felt their needs were being addressed they would become more involved in the political process. I'm obviously in the minority on this issue, so I'll just agree to disagree with you all.