First of all, I support the sentiments of the song posted by Joe.

OK. I have to say I'm not a US citizen and I don't have the option of voting in the US even if I wanted to and I don't claim to have detailed knowledge of the US Constitution.

We're all friends here on Mudcat so I thought I might as well invest my AUD $0.02 in this thread because when the US sneezes, Australia eventually catches pneumonia.

Please, please, please, my US (and UK) friends, consider the positive aspects of compulsory voting and also consider the benefits of moving your voting day from Tuesday (or Thursday for UK?) to Saturday.

That's the system here in Australia and I think it's sensible (although my current Federal and State governments don't happen to be my personal choices). I accept it might be a PITA to have to vote when you don't like any of the candidates or if it happens to be a cold/rainy/inconvenient day but, for us, it helps that we have pre-poll and postal voting, which is a good thing.



Bruce