Regional Trends of Compulsory Voting

Abstract

Presented paper reviews one of the main issues for exercising democracy. Since the primary goal of democracy is to identify and implement the will of the people, compulsory voting can be considered challenging. The author provides detailed information about mandatory elections based on certain reasons and countries. It is clear that the institution has been adopted under a wide variety of different political circumstances, and seen as the solution to different problems. The author discusses the arguments for and against compulsory voting taking into consideration the different regional trends around the world. The issue is discussed in the cases of three different regions; particularly it presents the examples of Belgium, Argentina, and Australia. Based on the analysis of given cases, the main findings are made in the conclusion part of the paper.

Keywords

• Compulsory voting
• the right to vote
• Belgium
• Argentina
• Australia

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