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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive
Take a lesson from Mexico.
Mexico's federal elections were a swamp. Totally untrustworthy. Then they implemented their current system. Every Mexican citizen legally eligible to vote MUST vote, or have a good reason why not. In federal elections when they go to the polls, they have a government-issued voter registration card that they must present, along with positive ID. The voter card is uniquely coded to the bearer and only the bearer. When he or she votes in a federal election the information on the card goes into the national system in real time, guaranteeing that the person to whom that card is registered has voted--once, and cannot vote again. It has turned Mexico's federal elections, once so riddled with corruption that no one trusted the results, into one of the most trusted around.
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That IS a thought provoking post. A BIG problem with most Americans is that they believe that the US is the BEST at everything. That was, maybe true right after WW2, but other countries in the world have made big leaps forward - leading to statistics like in neo-natal deaths we are terrible- like around 30th. Most Americans are patriotic, which is good - but, better to be patriotic AND REALISTIC as to where your nation stands today. and the picture is NOT good ! We are overly dependent on China and that is just for the greed of our 1 % and to the detriment of the other 99 %.
For those that believe that the US is # 1 at everything, they have no need to look to Australia or Mexico to see the BEAUTY of compulsory voting. They really don't want to KNOW when ANYTHING is better in another country. They prefer the blindness of ignorance to the light of knowledge.