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A Century of Compulsory Voting in AustraliaAssessing Objections to Compulsory Voting in Australia

A Century of Compulsory Voting in Australia: Assessing Objections to Compulsory Voting in Australia [This chapter considers several objections to compulsory in Australia: that compulsory voting unacceptably abridges individual liberty; that it is unnecessary for high electoral turnout; that it is undemocratic; that it violates the ‘right not to vote’; that it has a detrimental effect upon the behaviour and composition of Australia’s political parties; and that it mobilises large numbers of disengaged citizens, with negative consequences for Australian democracy. The chapter provides a critical assessment of these objections and concludes that none of them comes anywhere close to showing that compulsory voting in Australia ought to be repealed.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Century of Compulsory Voting in AustraliaAssessing Objections to Compulsory Voting in Australia

Part of the Elections, Voting, Technology Book Series
Editors: Bonotti, Matteo; Strangio, Paul

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Publisher
Springer Singapore
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
ISBN
978-981-33-4024-4
Pages
59 –82
DOI
10.1007/978-981-33-4025-1_4
Publisher site
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Abstract

[This chapter considers several objections to compulsory in Australia: that compulsory voting unacceptably abridges individual liberty; that it is unnecessary for high electoral turnout; that it is undemocratic; that it violates the ‘right not to vote’; that it has a detrimental effect upon the behaviour and composition of Australia’s political parties; and that it mobilises large numbers of disengaged citizens, with negative consequences for Australian democracy. The chapter provides a critical assessment of these objections and concludes that none of them comes anywhere close to showing that compulsory voting in Australia ought to be repealed.]

Published: Mar 14, 2021

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