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Lesson 4.2 Day 3
| Page 2 of 163 www.victorybriefs.com TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................. TOPIC ANALYSIS BY MATT DELATEUR ....................................................................... TOPIC ANALYSIS BY DEVIN RACE ............................................................................ TOPIC ANALYSIS BY JEFF ROBERTS ........................................................................ TOPIC ANALYSIS BY CLAY SPENCE ......................................................................... AFFIRMATIVE EVIDENCE ........................................................................................... 46 D EFINITION - C OMPULSORY V OTING .................................................................................................. 46 COMPULSORY VOTING IS A SYSTEM WITH INCENTIVES AND PENALTIES TO INCREASE VOTER TURNOUT. ....................................................................................................................................................46 U NIQUENESS ................................................................................................................................... 47 CURRENTLY 25 COUNTRIES USE COMPULSORY VOTING .....................................................................47 C OMPLIANCE M ECHANISMS .............................................................................................................. 48 COUNTRIES USE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT POLICIES AND EXEMPTIONS................................................48 CONGRESS COULD EMULATE THE SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM’S APPROACH BY TYING VOTING TO THE RECEIPT OF GOVERNMENT BENEFITS. CONGRESS COULD EMULATE AUSTRALIA’S USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW TO COMPEL VOTING .......................................................................................................................................................................50 C OUNTRIES [G ENERAL ] .................................................................................................................... 51 COMPULSORY VOTING IS USED IN MANY DEMOCRACIES. ONE OUT OF FIVE CITIZENS IN AN ELECTORAL DEMOCRACY IS COMPELLED TO VOTE IN THE STATUS QUO. ...............................................................................................................................................52 C OUNTRIES [B ELGIUM ] ..................................................................................................................... 53 BELGIUM USES A SERIES OF FINES TO ENCOURAGE VOTING. ...........................................................53 C OUNTRIES [G REECE ] ...................................................................................................................... 54 COMPULSORY VOTING HAS INCREASED VOTER TURNOUT IN GREECE, EVEN WITHOUT AN ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM. ...........................................................................................................................54 C OUNTRIES [S WITZERLAND ] ............................................................................................................. 55 SCHAFFHAUSEN HAS AN EFFICIENT SYSTEM OF COMPULSORY VOTING. ........................................55 L OW T URNOUT ................................................................................................................................ 56 VOTER TURNOUT IS LOW AND GETTING LOWER. ..................................................................................56 I NCREASES V OTER T URNOUT ........................................................................................................... 57 CROSS-NATIONAL EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT COMPULSORY VOTING INCREASES VOTER TURNOUT .......................................................................................................................................................................57 WITHIN-COUNTRY COUNTRY COMPARISONS PROVE COMPULSORY VOTING INCREASES VOTER TURNOUT. ....................................................................................................................................................58 |