ANyone have any realistic ideas on how to increase voter turnout

[Sava]

Originally posted by yavoon


u lefties are hilarious. no inane, silly or superfluous invasion of freedom is ever out of bounds.

Since when is Lefty Scaevola a "lefty"?

[:) Smiley]

Bring back machine politics, even if the living don't vote, the dead will for them!

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Get political parties who are differentiable from each other.

Close...get away from the winner take-all-elections and go to a parlimentary style government. Right now, the two main parties have sold-out to their special interest groups and the minor parties can't win diddly. Why vote?

[Tripledoc]

Make foreign policy a matter for the people.

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by Azazel
voting is mandatory in Australia?

Yes indeed, you face a rather hefty fine should you fail to vote. Despite this, we never have 100% of people voting.

[Ted Striker]

people are lazy

figure out a way to make it super easy for them and they will turn out

[Imran Siddiqui]

Maybe make it a prerequisite to miss work that day. If you vote, you get the rest of the day off .

[Ned]

There is nothing wrong with low voter turnout as that shows that people believe that what the have to do besides voting is more important.

That shows that government is, on the average, working well for the people.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Or that people have given up on the process .

Jeez, Ned, you sugercoat America's faults so much, it almost make ME look anti-American .

[Ned]

Imran, faults? What you call faults are actually virtues.

[Lefty Scaevola]

I just love leaving the smilie out of posts.

For a real suggestion, have all elections on saterdays, and close the bars and other popular entertainments on election days.

[Verto]

Just make the presidential elections into a reality show, with people voting via their remote control.

[Harry Tuttle]

Originally posted by Verto
Just make the presidential elections into a reality show, with people voting via their remote control.

I think that was a Twilight Zone episode...

[Guynemer]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Get political parties who are differentiable from each other.

Jesus, KH, pay attention. This is supposed to be for realistic ideas. This is America, fer chrissakes.

[Imran Siddiqui]

What you call faults are actually virtues.

Low voter turnout is a VIRTUE? You been smoking that ganja?