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.

A Labour peer has called on the UK Government to enforce mandatory voting in an effort to increase turnout. Lord Foulkes believes that a potential £20 fine could serve as an "encouragement" for ...

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 ...