Annabel Crabb explores the Australian tradition of the democracy sausage, how compulsory voting came about and what elections ...

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

On May 3, two of the 20-or-so countries with compulsory voting will hold general elections: Singapore and Australia. Naturally, there’s quite a bit of chatter at the moment about whether compelling ...

Low turnout at elections allows anti-growth minorities to dictate policy. Diluting that by ensuring all eligible voices are ...

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 ...

If democracy dies in this country, it can be blamed on people who did not bother to vote last November. During the 2024 presidential campaign, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump fought tooth and nail over ...

Labour secured a massive Commons majority at last year’s general election with the support of just one in five eligible voters. The party won nearly two-thirds of MPs (63%) with just a third of the ...

In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Tom Rogers, who was the Australian Electoral Commissioner from 2014 to 2024. They spoke about the structure of Australian elections, how ...