The case for compulsory voting

Sarah Birch

Public Policy Review, 2009, vol. 16, issue 1, 21-27

Abstract: Electoral participation has become increasingly skewed by class and age inequality. Some groups are much more influential at the ballot box than others. Sarah Birch argues the case for making turnout compulsory, which she asserts would lead to improvements in political, social and procedural fairness

Date: 2009
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