You get a show-cause notice on failure to vote in Australia
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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Time to pay your $50 fine or give them a good excuse.
“Excuse me, sirs, I was designing a fantastical roller coaster in Roller Coaster Tycoon and you know you can’t just stop in the middle of a eureka moment.”
Ah, this is why they have 95% turnouts.
For Singapore elections if you fail to vote without valid reasons i think they’ll remove you for next election as voting candidate
I’m assuming you can just submit an empty ballot and not actually vote for any specific person with no fine. Is that right?
Similar situation in Belgium
Voting is also mandatory here in Brazil, but the fine for not voting is less than a dollar and you can justify your absence through an app.
HILLS SHIRE MENTION 🗣️🗣️ CASTLE TOWERS IS A SHITHOLE RAHHHH
So you are compelled to vote, with threat of fines?
I vote None of the Above
How do you even end up with one of these? Its literally so easy to vote in this country, its more of an effort NOT to vote. Just burning money for no reason
Now I am curious as to how many other countries have this.
How much was the fine? My bf failed to vote in the Voice referendum and got a $20 or $25 fine and just curious if the local elections have the same charges. He ended up being happy to pay that for the convenience of not having to vote 😕 but I did compel him to vote in the locals thankfully.
In my Australian view, if you don’t vote, you don’t have a right to complain.
I did not vote for The Hill Shire election because I am not a hobbit.
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You get fined if you don’t vote?!?! What if you’re sick or traveling or something
Jealous. They make it as hard as physically possible to vote in the US
I got a $20 fine for not voting in the federal election. But other people I know around my age didn’t get any fines.
Submit an empty ballot
We don’t even have the postal service right now. They are on strike in Canada. Showoff lol
Yes. In Australia voting is not just your right, it is compulsory.
You don’t have to actually vote for anyone, but you do have to cast a ballot. Even if you leave the whole thing blank or write “Neil the Seal” for every office.
Is “I thought both parties are full of wankers, and didn’t want to vote for either” a valid excuse?
Serious question: does compulsory voting lead to a lot of people picking a candidate at random because they haven’t done any research? Would this dilute the ability of an educated electorate to make a rational decision?