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Compulsory voting - Wikipedia Compulsory voting Jump to : navigation , search Compulsory voting , enforced . Compulsory voting , not enforced . Compulsory voting , enforced ( only men ) . Compulsory voting , not enforced ( only men ) . Historical : the country had compulsory voting in the past . Part of the Politics series Voting Absentee ballot Abstention Ballot Ballot box Ballot stuffing Caging Coattail effect Compulsory voting Donkey vote Early voting Election boycott Election ink Electorate Electoral fraud Electronic voting Instant - runoff voting Issue voting Likely voter None of the above Open ballot system Open list Paradox of voting Passive electioneering Polling place Popular vote Postal voting Precinct Protest vote Provisional ballot Refused ballot Secret ballot Spoilt vote Slate Split - ticket voting Straight - ticket voting Tactical voting Tally Ticket Vote center Vote counting Vote pairing Voter apathy Voter fatigue Voter registration Voter suppression Voter turnout Voting booth Voting system Voting machine Write - in candidate Politics portal Compulsory voting refers to laws which require eligible citizens to register for and participate in democratic election of representatives to form governance of their homeland , province or local government . Effective compulsory voting imposes penalties on citizens or constituents who fail to cast a vote in an official election and actively pursues eligible citizens who fail to register as voters as required by law . As of August 2013 , 11 democracies -- about 5 % of all United Nations members -- enforce compulsory voting out of 22 countries listed worldwide as having a compulsory voting system . Contents ( hide ) 1 History 2 Arguments for 3 Arguments against 4 Research 5 Current use by countries 5.1 Enforced 5.2 Not enforced 6 Past use by countries 7 Measures to encourage voting 8 See also 9 References 10 External links History ( edit ) Athenian democracy held that it was every citizen 's duty to participate in decision making , but attendance at the assembly was voluntary . Sometimes there was some form of social opprobrium to those not participating . For example , Aristophanes 's comedy Acharnians 17 -- 22 , in the 5th century BC , shows public slaves herding citizens from the agora into the assembly meeting place ( pnyx ) with a red - stained rope . Those with red on their clothes were fined . This usually happened if fewer than 6,000 people were in attendance , and more were needed for the assembly to continue . Belgium has the oldest existing compulsory voting system , introduced in 1892 for men and 1949 for women . Belgians aged 18 and over and registered non-Belgian voters are obliged to present themselves in their polling station , while they do n't have to cast a vote , those who fail to present themselves ( without proper justification , or appoint a proxy ) on election day ( always a Sunday ) at their polling station , could face prosecution and a moderate fine . If they fail to vote in at least four elections , they can lose the right to vote for 10 years . Non-voters also might face difficulties getting a job in the public sector . Australia introduced compulsory enrolment for voting at federal elections in 1912 , 11 years after independence from its colonial parent Great Britain ; the State of Queensland imposed compulsory voting at state elections some three years later , the first of Australia 's six states to do so . At that time both men and women were afforded the right to vote , a liberty which ( in South Australia and Western Australia ) preceded official independence from Great Britain . However , voting rights were confined to British subjects 21 years of age and over who were qualified to vote in state elections specifically . Compulsory voting for national elections was introduced in Australia in 1924 , following a pronounced fall in turnout at the 1922 federal election . Moreover , in the states of Queensland and Western Australia , indigenous Australians were specifically disqualified , even though they were officially recognised as British subjects . Voting for Aboriginal Australians was introduced in 1949 , but enrolment and voting was not compulsory for indigenous Australians until 1984 . Arguments for ( edit ) Compulsory voting is a generalised view that democratic election of governing representatives is the responsibility of citizens , rather than a right afforded citizens constitutionally to nominate representatives . Equating in kind to similar civil responsibilities such as taxation , jury duty , compulsory education or military service , voting in these democracies is regarded as one of the `` duties to community '' mentioned in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights . This view asserts that , by introducing an obligation to vote , all citizens governed by a democracy partake in the responsibility for the government appointed by democratic election . In practice , this appears to produce governments with more stability , legitimacy and a genuine mandate to govern , which in turn benefits all individuals even if an individual voter 's preferred candidate or party is not elected to power . This notion is especially reinforced when both men and women are required to vote , and further sustained by diligent enforcement of laws requiring registration of all eligible voters ( deemed adult , and without exclusion of any significant community within the population ) . The idea that compulsory voting results in a higher degree of political legitimacy is based on higher voter turnout . Referring back to the Australian experience , voluntary voting prior to 1924 accounted between 47 % and 78 % turnout of eligible voters . Following the introduction of compulsory federal voting in 1924 , this figure jumped to between 91 % and 96 % . with only 5 % of eligible voters accounted as not enrolled . Venezuela and the Netherlands are countries that have moved from compulsory voting to voluntary participation . The last Dutch compulsory election was in 1967 . Turnout in the subsequent national poll decreased by around 20 % . Venezuela saw a drop in attendance of 30 % in 1993 once compulsion was removed . In the UK , voter turnout peaked at 72 % for the European Union membership referendum . In the US , voter turnout for the Presidential election was a mere 58 % . Supporters of compulsory voting also argue that voting addresses the paradox of voting , which is that for a rational , self - interested voter , the costs of voting will normally exceed the expected benefits . The paradox disproportionately affects the socially disadvantaged , for whom the costs of voting tend to be greater . Australian academic and supporter of compulsory voting , Lisa Hill , has argued that a prisoner 's dilemma situation arises under voluntary systems for marginalised citizens : it seems rational for them to abstain from voting , under the assumption that others in their situation are also doing so , in order to conserve their limited resources . However , since these are people who have a pronounced need for representation , this decision is irrational . Hill argues that the introduction of compulsory voting removes this dilemma . However , the advent of contemporary technology could preserve the integrity of secret balloting , whilst at the same time ensure a compelled voter casts a valid vote , which could further legitimise the absolute accuracy of ballots . In cases when the distribution of votes is very close , the elimination of the invalid vote of the resentful voter may be crucial in determining the outcome . For example , if a voter is presented with a stand - alone touch - screen device , the integrity of the secret ballot is preserved yet the participant is unable to bypass their compulsory obligation : the device computer software must register a valid option before it progresses to its function of printing a paper copy of the voter 's choice , while the electoral law is adjusted so that the voter can not be registered as legitimate until they produce a paper copy of their vote and insert it into an official ballot box . Supporters of compulsory voting also argue that the secret ballot is designed to prevent interference with the votes actually cast , compelling voters to the polls for an election removes interference with accessing a polling place , reducing the impact that external factors such as the weather , transport , or restrictive employers might have . If everybody must vote , restrictions on voting are identified and steps are taken to remove them . The impact of technology and recent social trends are indicating a growing voter preference towards pre-polling : where the voter fulfils their obligation more at their own convenience prior to polling day rather than trying to arrange release from their responsibilities on the nominated date of polling . Other perceived advantages to compulsory voting are the stimulation of broader interest politics , as a sort of civil education and political stimulation , which creates a better informed population , although no studies have been undertaken to demonstrate that the populations of Belgium or Australia for instance , where compulsory voting has long existed , are better informed and more politically aware than the populations of New Zealand , France , Canada or the Scandinavian countries , where voting has never been compulsory . It is also argued that since campaign funds are not needed to goad voters to the polls , the role of money in politics decreases . With non-compulsory voting , the ability of a political machine to get out the vote of its supporters may influence the outcome . High levels of participation decreases the risk of political instability created by crises or charismatic but sectionally focused demagogues . A 2005 Inter-American Development Bank working paper purported to show that there was a correlation between compulsory voting , when enforced strictly , and improved income distribution , as measured by the Gini coefficient and the bottom income quintiles of the population . However , a more recent Conference Board of Canada study on World income inequality -- also relying on the Gini index -- shows that income inequality is lowest in the Scandinavian countries , where compulsory voting has never existed , while Australia , and to a lesser extent Belgium , which strictly enforces their compulsory voting legislation , have a higher income inequality level than a number of other Western countries , such as Canada , France , Germany , Switzerland and the Netherlands , were compulsory voting does not exist . Monash University political scientist Waleed Aly argues that whether compulsory voting favors the right or the left is beside the point , because the most beneficial aspect of compulsory voting is that it will improve the caliber of individuals who run for office and the quality of the decisions that they make : `` In a compulsory election , it does not pay to energize your base to the exclusion of all other voters . Since elections can not be determined by turnout , they are decided by swing voters and won in the center ... That is one reason Australia 's version of the far right lacks anything like the power of its European or American counterparts . Australia has had some bad governments , but it has n't had any truly extreme ones and it is n't nearly as vulnerable to demagogues . '' Arguments against ( edit ) Voting may be seen as a civic right rather than a civic duty . While citizens may exercise their civil rights ( free speech , right to an attorney , etc . ) they are not compelled to . Furthermore , compulsory voting may infringe other rights . For example , most Christadelphians believe that they should not participate in political events . Forcing them to vote ostensibly denies them their freedom of religious practice . Jehovah 's Witnesses view voting as a personal decision to be made based on each one 's conscience and understanding of their responsibility to God and to the State . Witnesses do not vote , while taking care to preserve neutrality and not compromise their faith . The law can also allow people to give a valid reason for why they did not vote . Another argument against compulsory voting , prevalent among legal scholars in the United States , is that it is essentially a compelled speech act , which violates freedom of speech because the freedom to speak necessarily includes the freedom not to speak . Allowing voters to turn in a blank ballot overcomes this objection . Some do not support the idea of voters being compelled to vote for candidates they have no interest in or knowledge of . Others may be well - informed , but have no preference for any particular candidate , or may have no wish to give support to the incumbent political system . In compulsory voting areas , such people often vote at random simply to fulfill legal requirements : the so - called donkey vote may account for sufficient percentage which has the potential to change the result in close races . ( Robson rotation can be used to distribute the donkey vote equally among all candidates , however . ) Similarly , citizens may vote with a complete absence of knowledge of any of the candidates or deliberately skew their ballot to slow the polling process and disrupt the election , or vote for frivolous or jokey candidates . Such arguments are frequently aired in Brazil , where opposition to compulsory voting has increased from 43 % in 2008 to 61 % in 2014 and where two out of ten voters have abstained from voting in recent elections . Former Australian opposition leader Mark Latham urged Australians to lodge blank votes for the 2010 election . He stated the government should not force citizens to vote or threaten them with a fine . At the 2013 federal election , despite the threat of a non-voting fine of up to $170 , there was a turnout of only 92 % , of whom 6 % lodged either informal or blank ballot papers . Compulsory voting is increasingly resented by citizens in some countries such as Brazil , the largest country where compulsory voting is enforced : at the last presidential election in 2014 , some 30 million voters , about 21 % of registered voters , did not vote , despite the fact that Brazil has some of the most severe penalties enforced against non voters . Research ( edit ) A study of a Swiss canton where compulsory voting was enforced found that compulsory voting significantly increased electoral support for leftist policy positions in referenda by up to 20 percentage points . Another study found that the effects of universal turnout in the United States would likely be small in national elections , but that universal turnout could matter in close elections , such as the presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 . In the United States , Democrats would most likely fare better under universal voting ( as nonvoters are generally more Democratic ) but due to the dearth of close races in the United States , universal voting would change `` very few election outcomes . '' Research on compulsory voting in Australia found that it increased the vote shares and seat shares of the Australian Labor Party by 7 to 10 percentage points and led to greater pension spending at the national level . While ( weakly enforced ) compulsory voting in Austria increased overall turnout by roughly 10 percentage points , there is `` no evidence that this change in turnout affected government spending patterns ( in levels or composition ) or electoral outcomes . '' A 2016 study finds that compulsory voting reduces the gender gap in electoral engagement in several ways . A 2016 study of the Netherlands found that the abolition of compulsory voting increased the vote share of Dutch social democratic parties while reducing the vote share of `` minor and extreme parties '' . Research suggests that higher rates of voter turnout lead to higher top tax rates . Current Use by countries ( edit ) As of August 2013 , 22 countries were recorded as having compulsory voting . Of these , only 10 countries ( additionally one Swiss canton and one Indian state ) enforce it . Of the 30 member states of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , 10 had forms of compulsory voting . Enforced ( edit ) These are the countries and sub-national entities that enforce compulsory voting : Argentina -- Introduced in 1912 . Compulsory for citizens between 18 and 70 years old , non-compulsory for those older than 70 and between 16 and 18 . ( However , in a primary election , citizens under 70 may refuse to vote if they formally express their decision to the electoral authorities at least 48 hours before the election . This must be repeated for each election in which the voter refuses to vote . ) Australia -- Introduced for state elections in Queensland in 1915 , excluding Aboriginal ( indigenous ) Australians . Victoria introduced compulsory voting in 1926 , New South Wales and Tasmania in 1928 , Western Australia in 1936 ( excluding indigenous Australians ) and South Australia in 1942 . Introduced for national elections in 1924 for citizens aged 18 and over , but not compulsory for indigenous Australians until 1984 The requirement is for the person to enrol , attend a polling station and have their name marked off the electoral roll as attending , receive a ballot paper and take it to an individual voting booth , mark it , fold the ballot paper and place it in the ballot box . The act does not explicitly state that a choice must be made , it only states that the ballot paper be ' marked ' . According to the act , how a person marks the paper is completely up to the individual . In some states , local council elections are also compulsory . At the 2010 Tasmanian state election , with a turnout of 335,353 voters , about 6,000 people were fined $26 for not voting , and about 2,000 paid the fine . A postal vote is available for those for whom it is difficult to attend a polling station . Early , or pre-poll , voting at an early voting centre is also available for those who might find it difficult to get to a polling station on election day . Belgium -- Introduced in 1894 . Every citizen and registered non-Belgian voter , from the age of 18 has to present themselves in their designated polling station on election day ( always a Sunday ) , however casting a legal vote is not compulsory , legal sanctions still exist for those failing to present themselves , or appoint a proxy , without proper ( legal ) justification , but only the sanctions for absent appointed polling station staff have been enforced by prosecutors since 2003 . Brazil -- Compulsory for literate citizens between 18 and 70 years old . Non-compulsory for Brazilians aged 16 -- 17 or over 70 or illiterate citizens of any age . A justification form for not voting can be filled at election centers and post offices . Ecuador -- Introduced in 1936 . Compulsory for citizens between 18 and 65 years old ; non-compulsory for citizens aged 16 -- 18 , illiterate people , and those older than 65 . Liechtenstein Luxembourg -- Compulsory for national citizens between the age of 18 and 75 , non-compulsory for national citizens older than 75 and for residents with foreign nationality ( for the latter in local elections only and only for foreigners who have made the optional decision to enrol on the electoral register ) . North Korea -- Everyone over age 17 is required to vote . However , only one candidate appears on the ballot . Voting is designed to track who is and is n't in the country . Dissenting votes are possible but lead to repercussions for voters . Nauru -- Introduced in 1965 . Peru -- Introduced in 1933 . Compulsory for citizens between 18 and 70 years old , non-compulsory for those older than 70 . Singapore -- Compulsory for citizens above 21 years old as of the date of the last electoral roll revision . For example , the 2015 election has the cut - off date on 1 July 2015 . Uruguay -- Introduced in 1934 , but not put into practice until 1970 . Schaffhausen canton in Switzerland . Compulsory voting has never existed at the national level in Switzerland . It has been introduced in several cantons starting in the late 19th century but by 1974 , it has been abolished everywhere except in Schaffhausen . Not enforced ( edit ) Countries that have compulsory voting by law but do not enforce it : Bolivia -- Introduced in 1952 . Bulgaria -- Introduced in 2016 . Costa Rica Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominican Republic -- Compulsory from the age of 18 . Egypt Gabon Greece Guatemala Honduras Lebanon -- Men only Libya Mexico Panama Paraguay -- Compulsory for citizens between 18 and 75 years old , non-compulsory for those older than 75 . Thailand Turkey -- The ₺ 22 fine in law is generally not enforced . Past Use by countries ( edit ) Austria - Introduced in 1924 and exercised during the 1925 presidential elections . Chile - Removed from the Constitution and replaced with voluntary voting in 2009 ; voluntary voting was regulated and put into practice in 2012 ; all eligible citizens aged 17 and over are automatically enrolled , but only those over 18 on election day may vote . Citizens selected by a commission to be polling officers are obliged to comply . Cyprus -- Introduced in 1960 . Abolished in 2017 , after having been inactive for many years . Fiji - Abolished in 2014 . Italy - 1945 - 1993 . Only symbolic sanctions ( publication of lists of non-voters and mention in police certificates that the person had failed to vote , respectively for one month and five years after the election ) . Netherlands - Introduced in 1917 along with universal suffrage , abolished in 1967 . Portugal - Portuguese constitutional referendum , 1933 , not enforced . Spain - 1907 -- 1923 , but not enforced . Switzerland - Widespread among the country 's 26 cantons in the 19th century but progressively abandoned since then with only Schaffhausen still retaining it . US State of Georgia - By Article XII of the 1777 Constitution This provision was omitted from the revised Georgia constitution of 1789 . Venezuela - Removed in 1993 . Measures to encourage voting ( edit ) Although voting in a country may be compulsory , penalties for failing to vote are not always strictly enforced . In Australia and Brazil , providing a legitimate reason for not voting ( such as illness ) is accepted . In Argentina , those who were ill on voting day are excused by requesting a doctor to prove their condition ; those over 500 km ( 310 mi ) away from their voting place are also excused by asking for a certificate at a police station near where they are . Belgian voters can vote in an embassy if they are abroad or can empower another voter to cast the vote in their name ; the voter must give a `` permission to vote '' and carry a copy of the eID card and their own on the actual elections . States that sanction nonvoters with fines generally impose small or nominal penalties . However , penalties for failing to vote are not limited to fines and legal sanctions . Belgian voters who repeatedly fail to vote in elections may be subject to disenfranchisement . Singaporean voters who fail to vote in a general election or presidential election will be subjected to disenfranchisement until a valid reason is given or a fine is paid . Goods and services provided by public offices may be denied to those failing to vote in Peru and Greece . In Brazil , people who fail to vote in an election are barred from obtaining a passport and subject to other restrictions until settling their situation before an electoral court or after they have voted in the two most recent elections . If a Bolivian voter fails to participate in an election , the person may be denied withdrawal of the salary from the bank for three months . A postal vote may be available for those for whom it is difficult to attend a polling station . Pre-polling at nominated polling stations in Australia has been increasing in recent years . See also ( edit ) Get out the vote Religious rejection of politics Jehovah 's Witnesses and governments References ( edit ) ^ Jump up to : World Factbook : Suffrage at Central Intelligence Agency . Retrieved 16 August 2013 Jump up ^ Malkopoulou , Anthoula ( 2015 ) . The History of Compulsory Voting in Europe : Democracy 's Duty ? London : Routledge , pp. 52 - 54 Jump up ^ Ibid . pp. 49 - 52 Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ ( 2 ) Jump up ^ ( 3 ) Jump up ^ ( 4 ) Archived February 17 , 2011 , at the Wayback Machine . Jump up ^ Levine , Jonathan The Case for Compulsory Voting , The National Interest 2 November 2012 Jump up ^ ( 5 ) Jump up ^ ( 6 ) Jump up ^ ( 7 ) Jump up ^ ( 8 ) Jump up ^ Hill , L 2002 ' On the reasonableness of compelling citizens to ' vote ' : The Australian case ' , Political Studies , vol. 50 , no . 1 , pp. 88 - 89 Jump up ^ ( 9 ) Jump up ^ Lijphart , Arend ( 1997 ) `` Unequal Participation : Democracy 's Unresolved Dilemma '' , The American Political Science Review 91 ( 1 ) : 8 -- 11 , ( Subscription required for full access . ) Jump up ^ Chong , Alberto and Olivera , Mauricio , `` On Compulsory Voting and Income Inequality in a Cross-Section of Countries '' , Inter-American Development Bank Working Paper , May 2005 . Jump up ^ Income Inequality , mid-1990s and late 2000s table . http://www.conferenceboard.ca/hcp/hot-topics/worldinequality.aspx Jump up ^ Aly , Waleed ( 2017 - 01 - 19 ) . `` Voting Should Be Mandatory '' . The New York Times . ISSN 0362 - 4331 . Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 20 . Jump up ^ `` The Watchtower '' . November 1 , 1999 . pp. 28 -- 29 . As to whether they will personally vote for someone running in an election , each one of Jehovah 's Witnesses makes a decision based on his Bible - trained conscience and an understanding of his responsibility to God and to the State ... In view of the Scriptural principles outlined above , in many lands Jehovah 's Witnesses make a personal decision to stay politically neutral in elections , and their freedom to make that decision is supported by the law of the land . What , though , if the law requires citizens to vote ? In such a case , each Witness is responsible to make a conscientious , a Bible - based decision . If someone decides to go to the polling booth , that is his decision . What he does in the polling booth is between him and his Creator ... There may be people who are stumbled when they observe that during an election in their country , some Witnesses of Jehovah go to the polling booth and others do not . They may say , ' Jehovah 's Witnesses are not consistent . ' People should recognize , though , that in matters of individual conscience such as this , each Christian has to make his own decision before Jehovah God. -- Romans 14 : 12 . Whatever personal decisions Jehovah 's Witnesses make in the face of different situations , they take care to preserve their Christian neutrality and freeness of speech . In all things , they rely on Jehovah God to strengthen them , give them wisdom , and help them avoid compromising their faith in any way . Thus they show confidence in the words of the psalmist : `` You are my crag and my stronghold ; and for the sake of your name you will lead me and conduct me . '' -- Psalm 31 : 3 . Jump up ^ Note , The Case for Compulsory Voting in the United States , 121 Harv . L. Rev. 591 , 601 -- 603 ( 2007 ) . Harvard is one of several law schools at which students may submit articles for publication in the school 's law review but only anonymously in the form of `` Notes '' ( with a capital `` N '' ) . Jump up ^ https://www.wsj.com/video/in-brazil-citizens-are-split-over-mandatory-voting/B5F9D069-1BEA-4E2B-A977-3FE3B007399E.html Jump up ^ `` Latham at Large '' . Channel Nine . 12 August 2010 . Retrieved 2011 - 10 - 04 . 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