An example of a country that has compulsory voting is Uruguay. And a weird element of Uruguay's compulsory voting law is that you must return to the city of your birth to vote (Uruguay's size is approximately 68,000 sq. miles). If you don't vote on election day (which is always on a Sunday), then you are fined. So what some people do is calculate how much a round-trip bus ticket costs to return to their birthplace, and if it's more than the fine, then they don't go to vote.
The reforms that Andrew Yang has been popularizing--open primaries, ranked choice voting--are supposed to increase voter representation. Would a byproduct be increased voter turnout?
An example of a country that has compulsory voting is Uruguay. And a weird element of Uruguay's compulsory voting law is that you must return to the city of your birth to vote (Uruguay's size is approximately 68,000 sq. miles). If you don't vote on election day (which is always on a Sunday), then you are fined. So what some people do is calculate how much a round-trip bus ticket costs to return to their birthplace, and if it's more than the fine, then they don't go to vote.
The reforms that Andrew Yang has been popularizing--open primaries, ranked choice voting--are supposed to increase voter representation. Would a byproduct be increased voter turnout?