it just occured to me, we have federal and state governments in which we are required to vote, but local councils too, in which we are not required to vote (there are some exceptions to this around the country)

local councils are rife with corruption, rigging, waste, inefficiency, partisanship and personal feuds. they are the biggest joke among our various governments. sure the higher levels of government are not immune to this, but it is less evident (generally). i wonder if we would see better quality local government if we were required to vote there, and less quality state and federal governments if we were not required to.

(not that the previous government could possibly have been of lesser quality, but i speak in general terms.)