Actually, the Australian system sounds excellent. The Canadian system, where I have done all my voting to date, falls somewhere in between - no compulsory voting, but the voting system nationwide is totally uniform. No machines! All paper ballots! All voting sites must be accessible!
The one place where Canada really fails is absentee ballots. I'm living proof of the fact that you get officially disenfranchised by nasty letter if you live outside the country for more than five years and aren't a diplomat or in the military.
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Actually, the Australian system sounds excellent. The Canadian system, where I have done all my voting to date, falls somewhere in between - no compulsory voting, but the voting system nationwide is totally uniform. No machines! All paper ballots! All voting sites must be accessible!
The one place where Canada really fails is absentee ballots. I'm living proof of the fact that you get officially disenfranchised by nasty letter if you live outside the country for more than five years and aren't a diplomat or in the military.