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To: richardb72

Australia has had compulsory voting for the past 100 years or so and there is no requirement to show ID.

Voter fraud isn’t a hot button issue here as with over 90% of the eligible voters voting in every election it makes cheating more difficult. Plus voting is all paper based (no voting machines) and voting day is always on a Saturday (as opposed to a Tuesday in the US). Also there is the allure of the ‘Democracy sausage’ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_sausage).

That said, with elections occasionally coming down to a handful of votes in a handful of seats, the idea of voter ID comes up with similar divides (conservatives for, leftists against) and similar arguments for and against.


15 posted on 06/02/2021 10:42:34 PM PDT by Dundee (They gave up all their tomorrows for our today's.)
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To: Dundee

I think Election Day should be a holiday NO MORE voting for weeks ahead of time!!


16 posted on 06/02/2021 10:46:20 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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