Other penalties: -Can’t be a civil servant -If you already are, won’t receive your salary anymore -Can’t receive any government grants or financing -Can’t be a contractor for any government (federal, state or city) -Can’t renew your ID -Can’t enroll in any teaching faculty funded by the government (universities or trade schools) -Can’t get loans from federally funded banks or banks that have federal government contracts
I wanted to talk about voting for a while. I'm Brazilian and I'd like to share what we do and how we deal with voting. (And why even the thought of mail-in voting is completely mind-boggling for me).
First of all, voting in Brazil is not considered a right, it's considered a duty. This means that voting is mandatory from 18 to 70, and not voting carries sanctions.
Secondly, to be able to vote you have to get a voter id. This voter id does not have a picture, but to vote on your precinct you have to present at least one picture id.
Besides, for the past few years every single voter was registered again with biometrics. This means that the ballot only allows for new votes to be cast after you unlock it (on a separate station) with your fingerprint.
I can elaborate much more. Like explaining the sanctions for not voting (you can't get a passport), or explaining that after 3 election cycles not voting your record is purged. But just to think that a 330 million people 1st world country with optional voting can't handle voting IDs (an even allows for absentee voting and mail-in ballots) when a 220 million third-world mandatory one can is baffling.
Means you are accepted on a honor system, because you're new.