03-10-2003, 04:48 PM
The Achilles Heel of every representative system of suffrage:
Registered voters voting and voters registering. The discussion of whether or not the votes mean anything I won't get into. If all choices are equally bad, is there really anything to vote for? That debate will never end, and least not in my countryl.
I found it interesting to see that the New Zealand law apparently requires you to register, or rather enrol, once 18. Or maybe I understood that incorrectly. That requirement raises an interesting question: is it a punishable offense to NOT register, or enrol to vote, once 18 or older?
Warblade, did I read this incorrectly?
That tells me that you are violating a law if you don't enrol. But perhaps I am missing a nuance.
Registered voters voting and voters registering. The discussion of whether or not the votes mean anything I won't get into. If all choices are equally bad, is there really anything to vote for? That debate will never end, and least not in my countryl.
I found it interesting to see that the New Zealand law apparently requires you to register, or rather enrol, once 18. Or maybe I understood that incorrectly. That requirement raises an interesting question: is it a punishable offense to NOT register, or enrol to vote, once 18 or older?
Warblade, did I read this incorrectly?
Quote:Each electorate has a roll, or list of everyone who is enrolled to vote. By law, if you are 18 or older and eligible to enrol, you must be on the electoral roll. Click here to find out how to enrol.
That tells me that you are violating a law if you don't enrol. But perhaps I am missing a nuance.
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete