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kleinbl00 · 1607 days ago · link · · parent · post: "It is rotting American democracy from the inside out."
Brazil tried it for a while. https://theglobalamericans.org/2018/08/elections-in-brazil-blank-and-null-votes-are-the-favorite/The Brazilian Constitution of 1988 states that only valid votes count. However, the Electoral Code of 1965 provides for the annulment of elections if there are more than 50 percent of null votes in a majority election (it doesn’t mention abstention). Still, many Brazilian sociologists and political scientists believe the threat of annulling the vote will do little to alter the strategy of the main political parties.