Comment on Record enrolment [98.2%] ahead of 2025 federal election | AEC
pupbiru@aussie.zone 4 days agocompulsory voting removes some of the apathy: “they’re both the same” isn’t as powerful to stop people getting out to vote if they’re already at the polling place… it virtually eliminates voter suppression
Whirlybird@aussie.zone 4 days ago
I’m sorry but “voter suppression” isn’t a thing, especially when something as logical and simple as “have ID to prove you have the right to vote” is constantly called “voter suppression”.
pupbiru@aussie.zone 4 days ago
that absolutely is voter suppression… voter fraud is not a real problem. if it were, sure! let’s do ID… but the fact is, it just doesn’t happen: the only way to actually move the needle is large scale voter fraud, and the systems in place absolutely catch that… a single vote (as much as we say your vote counts: it does, but more figuratively) doesn’t matter 1 bit
Whirlybird@aussie.zone 2 days ago
If voter fraud isn’t a real problem then you should have no issue making sure it can’t happen.
pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 day ago
i have no issue making sure it “can’t happen” - a non-issue regardless - to give people warm and fuzzy feelings
i do take issue with making it harder to vote for some of societies most vulnerable