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Extreme candidates, low turnout spark concerns for WA council elections (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

How expensive would it be for compulsory voting in local elections? I find that the candidates for local elections can be lacklustre so maybe more people would be interested if there was a more rigorous process?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago

    I think thats definitely the State Governments line of thinking, if i'm reading the quotes at the end of the article right.

    I fully support that, because i've never understood why local democracy is treated as less of citizens responsibility than the State and Federal, but i don't know if it'll help drive better candidate selection. I suppose its one of yhose things you don't know until you try, so why not try.

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