BillyNoMates Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 i thoguht the topic was about ashford and his cheap electioneering shots recently. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Well the last one doesn't seem to have made much of a difference. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarley Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 I'm 100% behind compulsory voting - on a Saturday and/or Sunday - with easily accessible postal voting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Surely the turn out is completely influenced by the quality of the candidates. Thats why younger people don't vote in my view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 5 minutes ago, Zarley said: I'm 100% behind compulsory voting - on a Saturday and/or Sunday - with easily accessible postal voting. i vote for no voting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinderella Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 27 minutes ago, Zarley said: I'm 100% behind compulsory voting - on a Saturday and/or Sunday - with easily accessible postal voting. And some pre polling opportunities too. All currently the way elections are run in Australia (and NZ I think) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarley Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 4 minutes ago, Cinderella said: And some pre polling opportunities too. All currently the way elections are run in Australia (and NZ I think) The first I'd ever heard of compulsory voting was from a friend in Australia (RIP). He was pretty scathing about countries that didn't have it... or more to the point, scathing about people who constantly moaned about their politicians but refused to vote. He reckoned CV at least got rid of those who moaned but refused vote. Moaning non-voters piss me off too. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A fool and his money..... Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 4 hours ago, Gladys said: Because we are being reminded via MR to update our registration on the electoral roll or we can't vote. No general or local elections coming are there? The very fact that this made the news and was not drowned out by MHK's coming out of hibernation filling the airwaves with meaningless sound bites should be enough to tell there's not a election coming. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 32 minutes ago, Apple said: Surely the turn out is completely influenced by the quality of the candidates. Thats why younger people don't vote in my view. Plenty of potential older voters don't make the effort because they believe it'll make little difference to the way things are done and see voting as little more than tokenism... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holte End Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 5 hours ago, Gladys said: Because we are being reminded via MR to update our registration on the electoral roll or we can't vote. No general or local elections coming are there? Do you think they know the out come of the investigation by the Tynwald standards and members Interest Committee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Democracy is about much more than putting an X in a box every five years. If voting doesn't change anything, does it really matter ? Making it compulsory wouldn't make any difference. It's just more people voting. What would a high turnout really achieve ? I'll give you the answer - fuck all. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 1 hour ago, Zarley said: I'm 100% behind compulsory voting Only if there is a box that says "None of the above" 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 (edited) Moorhouse made an interesting point today that Comin (and as a result Tynwald) are pushing an island plan that none of the candidates at the election were pushing... population growth being the main bit. So they could end up being booted out in 4 years when they realise nobody voted for this crap. So maybe an early election would be advantageous... Chris Thomas would be worried though. Edited January 23 by 0bserver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 24 minutes ago, Shake me up Judy said: Democracy is about much more than putting an X in a box every five years. If voting doesn't change anything, does it really matter ? Making it compulsory wouldn't make any difference. It's just more people voting. What would a high turnout really achieve ? I'll give you the answer - fuck all. I do think manifestos are largely a waste of time because if you're not in a department you probably can't have much influence on what happens. One of my MHKs wants a 'streamlined, efficient and transparent government'. How can they achieve that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinderella Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 40 minutes ago, Zarley said: The first I'd ever heard of compulsory voting was from a friend in Australia (RIP). He was pretty scathing about countries that didn't have it... or more to the point, scathing about people who constantly moaned about their politicians but refused to vote. He reckoned CV at least got rid of those who moaned but refused vote. Moaning non-voters piss me off too. I was very skeptical when I first went there. Now a total convert. Lazy buggers get fined. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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