How essential is compulsory voting to Australia’s democratic culture?

10/02/2022 54 min
How essential is compulsory voting to Australia’s democratic culture?

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The practice of compulsory voting, along with the two other pillars of Australia’s electoral system — preferential voting and non-partisan election administration — have kept Australian democracy remarkably stable over the past hundred years. But just how much can we rely on these formal elements of Australian democracy to safeguard Australia’s democratic culture?

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