Votingage

[enismirdal]

I voted.

Go me.

If you can vote, you should vote too. Or, if you don't vote, completely stop all moaning about how the country is run for the next 3 years, because you clearly don't care enough to try and do something about it.

Vote for who you like most. Or who you hate least. Or, alternatively, the one you think is least likely to d00m this country once they've finished lying to us.

I honestly think political parties would be able to win a HUGE student vote just by bribing them with chocolate and freebies. Really. Is this legal?

Comments

[naath.livejournal.com]

Could you bribe people to *vote* though - give out things at the polling station to all voters?

Frex in America the parties give lifts to people who need them but are prohibited from electioneering whilst doing so.

[edith-the-hutt.livejournal.com]

Same goes for in Britain. Offering lifts is a staple of the British polling day.

The giving stuff to voters was basically what I was advocating. Carrot rather than stick. In Austrailia they hold fetes and barbeques and stuff to get people to show up. Sounds good to me. :)

[ilanin.livejournal.com]

In Australia it's also a legal requirement to vote.

[naath.livejournal.com]

They also fine you for not voting in Australia.