Question

Should voting be mandatory ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Voting is a necessary part of the duties of citizenship, just like jury duty or paying taxes.Compulsory voting increases the political education of the people. They will tend to pay more attention to politics if they know they have to vote.Compulsory voting does not force a choice. People can always lodge a blank or spoiled ballot paper.Compulsory voting keeps the Australian political system responsive to the people. New parties and candidates (like Katter’s Australian Party) who lack wealthy backing can contest elections without spending large sums of money just to get the voters to polling booths.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Compulsory voting is an effect of laws which require eligible citizens to register and vote in elections, and may impose penalties on those who fail to do so. As of August 2013, 22 countries provide for compulsory voting, and 11 of them — about 5% of all United Nations members — enforce it.