[jambutty]

Once again the “everyone should be forced to vote” brigade has raised its ugly head.

Do I detect an attempt to deflect public interest from the current government incompetence and sleaze? Could be!

As much as I think that everyone should exercise their right to vote when elections come around I accept that it is a free choice of the individual whether to vote or not and no account whatsoever should anyone be forced to exercise that right.

Forcing people to vote is a Police State in the making.

I would make a plea to those people who don’t vote. You may not know what it is all about or may not care or have no faith in the main two or three political parties or you think that your vote won’t make a difference but you can still make your point by voting for someone else. It doesn’t matter whom. A sudden increase of votes for the ‘others’ will make the main three sit up and take notice.

Are you not prepared to give up just half an hour of your time twice every five years or so?