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kilgore_trout someone told me this the other day, about voting being compulsory in australia. what are the penalties for abstaining? what if you claim that no one running is worth voting for?
(bound to get shit for this) but i don't vote at all, and don't plan on it. i would be wicked pissed and probably move if the US made me vote.

It's like $50 for not having a good excuse for not voting and it's not a big deal.

It takes 30min out of your day once every 4 years and if you don't want to vote you just rock up, get your name ticked off, walk into booth, do nothing, put paper in bin, leave.

I'd hardly leave a country for it!!! :S