Germany: How the SPD wants to fight against an alleged voter fatigue ...

[Tender Branson]

I agree with this:

Also from the point of view of the Greens, the proposals of the SPD general secretary are not the answer to everything." A boring movie will not get better if you air it longer", said the domestic policy spokesman Volker Beck. "Policy must become more distinguishable again. And as to that we all have to look who's talking."

Not only in Germany (but also here) many reliable old voters are dying, while being replaced with unreliable younger voters. That means turnout is going down further and further.

No additional measures can halt this process really.

The Austrian states of Styria and Carinthia introduced an early-voting day in the mid-2000s, because turnout fell in state elections.

Instead of boosting turnout, it still went down. While not nearly as low as in the US, it still decreased from about 80-85% to ca. 75%.

The only scenario in which turnout increases these days is if there's an exciting and close election campaign going on that draws people to the polls, mixed with a good political climate (no political scandals).

[Tender Branson]

The only thing Germany (and other countries who are struggling with falling turnout) can do is to encourage people from Sweden and other Scandinavian countries to immigrate to Germany and reproduce fast.

Scandinavian people have high turnout in their genes ...

[Tender Branson]

I oppose this as unnecessary, costly and problematic to implement. There's no issue whatsoever with being able to vote in Germany. If we want to increase turnout, the voters must be given a reason to vote.

How about the Brazilian solution (vote or face a legal consequences)?

Mandatory voting is not up for discussion here though. This is about how to increase turnout in a non-mandatory system.