The July 2024 general election produced one of the most fragmented results in British history: while Labour won a huge ...

But compulsory voting doesn't require citizens to cast a vote for a specific candidate. People would still be free to submit a blank or partial ballot. Enforcement is another challenge.

As many as 30 countries have compulsory voting laws on the books, including Australia, Belgium and Brazil. Levine’s proposal does not include a mechanism used in some countries to also register ...

Britain is facing ‘a vicious cycle of unequal turnout, economic stagnation and political disillusionment’, the Constitution ...

Is compulsory, or mandatory, voting the answer? Brookings Institution Senior Fellow William Galston , the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in Governance Studies, imagines a " future in which Americans must ...

Compulsory voting would take effect in Washington state in 2026 if the bill passes. “Just like paying taxes and signing up for the draft for all males, it’s just another civic duty that we ...

We don’t really know what would happen if compulsory voting was the law. Different candidates might emerge. Parties could alter their messages, strategies and tactics.

Compulsory voting would take effect in Washington state in 2026 if the bill passes. "Just like paying taxes and signing up for the draft for all males, it's just another civic duty that we would ...

President Obama spoke publicly about compulsory voting for the first time in March, supporting it but later saying it wasn’t a specific proposal.

The outcome of the 2023 general elections is a classical definition of what voter apathy is. Out of 93, 469, 008 registered voters, only 25, 286, 616 were accredited for the presidential election ...

Should Voting Be Compulsory? Published Sep 27, 2015 at 4:10 PM EDT Updated Apr 21, 2016 at 11:16 AM EDT A student signs up to vote during National Voter Registration day at a high school in ...