A new study from the University of Georgia found that even unenforced, or "toothless," compulsory voting laws can increase voter turnout. The research is published in the journal Electoral Studies.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Introducing compulsory voting in the United States and other majoritarian democracies, with meaningful and enforceable penalties for abstention, has the potential to reduce political ...

Many democracy activists and political scientists have argued for making voting compulsory, in part because they presume it would increase the representation of disadvantaged socioeconomic groups.

Because a coin that is thrown up, irrespective of the number of times, would always fall on either of its two sides, many of us would similarly continue to tell the members of the House of ...

In this article, I defend compulsory voting on the grounds that it reinforces the distinctive and valuable role that elections play in contemporary democracy. Some scholars have suggested that ...

A bill for mandatory voting for all eligible Nigerians passed the second reading at the House of Representatives penultimate week. Jointly sponsored by the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, and a lawmaker from ...

A new study from the University of Georgia found that even unenforced, or “toothless,” compulsory voting laws can increase voter turnout. Governments around the world are searching for ways to combat ...