Should voting be mandatory?

[Franzl]

Yes. It's shameful to see people abdicating their power to decide for their country's destiny.

so naturally your answer is to make People do what YOU think they should....wonderful.

[Franzl]

Yes. It's shameful to see people abdicating their power to decide for their country's destiny.

so naturally your answer is to make People do what YOU think they should....wonderful.

Yes, I think voting is a duty when you have the chance to live in a country with universal suffrage.

But why? Do you want voters to make uninformed decisions. Having a right means you should be able to refuse to use it....just as Freedom of religion must also be Freedom FROM religion if desired.

[Franzl]

Why on Earth should you force someone to go to a polling place that has no interest in doing so?

I understand You're upset about the low turnout leading to the Socialists losing last year, but you need  to give voters a REASON to feel motivated to vote for you....and Not just hope they'll do so by forcing them to do something they don't want to do.