I was just in a meeting with an Australian, who told me about their compulsory voting laws, backed up with small ($10) and then moderate ($50) fines and potential loss of driver's license for chronic non voters. Several other democracies apparently require eligible voters to vote, and experts suggest that it "works" with respect to driving more moderate candidates/results and with respect to governments that are more broadly representative of the population being served across all socio-economic strata.
What do you all think?
What do you all think?
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