President Obama made heads scratch recently when he speculated that perhaps voting should be mandatory - it already is in some countries, including Belgium and Australia. Voter turnout in the U.S. is at or near the bottom of all democracies.
2305's written assignment this week will be whether this is a good idea, and what the impact of the law might be.
Some - hopefully helpful - links:
- A case for compulsory voting.
- President Obama floats mandatory voting.
- Obama: Maybe it's time for mandatory voting.
- Views: Mandatory voting idea based on flawed assumption.
- Obama suggests making it mandatory to vote. That would change very little.
- Even more on the potential impact of mandatory voting.
- Wikipedia: Compulsory Voting.
- IDEA: Compulsory Voting.
