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[pne]

I read that Belgian voters who repeatedly fail to vote in elections may subject to disenfranchising.

I wonder whether they consider this a punishment, though—after all, if they appear not to consider their vote important, why would they worry if they lose it? The act seems a little pointless to me.

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[relax-sven.livejournal.com]

Well it is so that if a voter here in Belgium refuses to vote, he/she gets a fine and a day or so in jail (well I think it is like this... either way something that looks like this :p). I haven't heard of the disenfranchising though...