[EM] compulsory voting

[Anthony Duff]

--- Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <abd at lomaxdesign.com> wrote:

> Absentee voting is a right in
> many 
> states in the U.S. Is it permitted in Australia? If not, why not?

It is.  You need to have a reason, and sign your name to it.

I'd worry about the routine use of absentee ballots, because it then
becomes very easy for people to buy or coerce the voting of others.

Anthony


		
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