Executive summary Australia is one of at least 20 nations which require their citizens to vote
in national elections. Despite the use of compulsory voting in Australia since 1924, there …

Rules governing the conduct of elections have important consequences for democratic
politics, and much can be learned from studying changes in electoral rules. Instances of …

In the pantheon of representative democracy, Australia has its name stamped on many of
the major advances in electoral system design as well as being in the forefront of …

Dieser Band bietet eine aktuelle Bestandsaufnahme der bestehenden Literatur zur
sinkenden Wahlbeteiligung in Europa, Deutschland und Nordrhein-Westfalen. Er analysiert …

A burgeoning literature studies compulsory voting and its effects on turnout, but we know
very little about how compulsory voting works in practice. In this Element, the authors fill this …

'A fabulous book'The Economist'Mind expanding-this book will change your view of the
world forever'Matthew Syed'Wonderfully refreshing and thought-provoking'Peter …

This article examines self-reported purposively spoiled votes using individual-level survey
data from European Parliament election studies, 1989–2009. Three rival explanations, one …

Compulsory voting is first and foremost an institutional remedy for low electoral turnout in
parliamentary elections. In this article, the effect of compulsory voting on two other …

This work has two main ambitions. First, we will develop a generic framework which,
properly used, can drastically reduce the intrinsic complexity of the continually evolving IT …

Immigration is becoming an increasingly important issue in virtually every Western
democracy. However, immigrants' participation in politics varies greatly from country to …