Vicki_w wrote:I'm not sure I would want compulsory voting; in my opinion it goes against the point of democracy as people are as entitled to not vote as they are entitled to do so.
I am interested in the reasons why people don't vote though and what I think is important is that as a result of this recent election people have been made aware of the pitfalls of not doing so. Hopefully this alone will make those people more interested in who is representing them at parliamentary and local levels.
I agree with this. I did vote this time but in the past I have perhaps not been as involved and not always voted. I voted because you could see what was going to happen and how the BNP were trying to take advantage when the country was losing patience with the current government.
Hopefully this will be a real eye opener for the majority and will remind them that actually every vote does count.
