Posted by Trogdor at 5:22pm Apr 10 '13I was originally going to reply to this post (No one is talking about the Gay Marriage Stuff?) but this wound up being a bit off topic.
But I think the better way of resolving it is to allow another vote. Today people back gay marriage whereas back in 2008 there were lots of one time voters hispanics and blacks who weren't for gay marriage and only voted to vote for Obama. Those same people wouldn't come out to vote against gay marriage again.
I think there is something seriously wrong with this part. In a state based election I think it should be compulsory that everyone votes if what you are voting on will result in changing law. It is the ONLY way to ensure that the true opinion of the people is represented completely.
The fact that all the parties not only have to get their message out but that they also have to try and convince people to actually go and vote is terrible to me. 90% of the state could be of the opinion that the sky should be red instead of blue but if they don't go and actually vote then the result could be determined from a significantly smaller number of people. How can you possibly get an accurate portrayal of the will of the people if you don't have all the data? It just leads to other people appealing the decision in the hopes that they can summon more people to vote the next time. Get everyone out there, get them all to vote, get 100% of the data, be assured that it is the will of the people, and stick to the decision.
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