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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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[darth-spacey.livejournal.com]

Forcing people to vote (Saddam) = wrong.
Encouraging people to vote (Greece, apparently) = kinda okay.
Encouraging people to vote intelligently on the issues = if fricken only.