people will have an interest in doing precisely that.
Non-voters, therefore, can be seen as free-riders, selfishly and immorally exploiting voters. The moral
force of this point is twofold. First, it reinforces the idea that no morally significant liberties are
threatened by compulsory turnout and, secondly, it carries the battle into the enemy camp. It is selfish
and exploitative to benefit from the efforts of other people without making any effort to contribute. Sob bfar from compulsion being unjustified, or even morally neutral, it seems positively desirable, as a curb on
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