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Originally Posted by GiRTh

Or they say if a judge abstains then they cant vote for the rest of the series.

Or they make it so their other act is automatically in the bottom two the next week

There are many way to do it but I think they should make it so there is a severe penalty for not voting.

The first one would make every vote a majority one which is tediously dull, also giving one judge the sole power each week (assuming the bottom two are two acts from different categories, if they aren't then that judge would abstain again and you'd end up in a situation where only two judges could vote meaning it would be deadlock on a predictable 1-1 vote every week, how bizarre), and the second option would be ridiculously unfair and the amount of complaints from viewers would be unbelievable

The judge also wouldn't care if they don't get to vote, it's not life or death. They don't want to vote in the first place when abstaining so telling them they never have to vote again is akin to telling a student that's truanting that they're being suspended...you're giving them what they want

The only way out of this is to have the judge vote last. Anything else and they can absolutely abstain and get away with it