I actually don't blame them for not voting. What a dreadful choice of candidates. We need to do a better job of encouraging good people to run. It starts on the local level. So much corruption on the local level it's hard to get through that if you have any ethics.

It's a sorry situation, but it's the one we're stuck with.

As for compulsory voting... no way. I don't want people to vote who don't have even a minimal interest in civic affairs. Heaven knows, the situation is bad enough without forcing disinterested individuals to blindly fill out an election form.