Thing is, what if out of all the party’s there is not one that has a manifesto that you agree a reasonable amount with, what do you do, vote for a party you don’t believe in, spoil the ballot paper, or give them all the finger, (If a great number of people gave them the finger then they would be forced to change their policy’s to suit what the people want, not what they want) now if they were to give the option on the ballot paper for none, then unless exceptional circumstances there would be no excuse not to vote.

As to postal voting, than this should only be allowed in exceptional circumstances, (Illness disability etc.) as quite frankly if you are not prepared to get off your arse to go down to the voting station you don’t deserve a vote.

It’s not quite so bad in the UK as it has a first past the post voting system which allows multiple party’s to stand, (Unlike the USA it costs very little to stand and the amount any party can spend is capped) so there will usually be someone to vote for, although it is not a legal requirement that you have to vote.

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