voting does not violate the right to freedom of conscience and thought. (1)
Liberalism allows for civic duties. RMF
Engelen, Bart. "Why liberals can favour compulsory attendance" Politics 29.3 (2009).
According to Political Philosopher Anabelle] Lever, liberals cannot support compulsory voting because it promotes a view of what the good life consists of, namely a life of active political engagement. Liberals should design electoral systems in such away that they respect reasonable disagreement among citizens on the value of political participation. However, liberals in favour of compulsory attendance do not refer to some
comprehensive doctrine, according to which political participation is part of the good life and should therefore be made mandatory bylaw. Instead, all they claim is that voting is a civic duty that can be legally
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