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From: The Deb Decker <RJR96326@****.UTULSA.EDU>
Subject: Re: Conservative revenge aka Soapbox
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 17:29:54 GMT
>Of course, you could go the route we did, and I think Canada also: compulsory
>voting. This doesn't mean we get a better quality of government, it just means
>the politicians spend time convincing us to vote for them, rather than
>convincing their own supporters to bother turning up.

Do you mean a hypothetical government that would check the records to see if
you voted or not? Neat idea. . .yet another datum to play with when ruining
someone's life.


J Roberson

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