Despite the substantial body of research on compulsory voting's (CV) relationship with
turnout, much remains unknown about the role of different types of CV rules, their …

Proponents of compulsory voting argue that this institution leads to higher levels of political
engagement. Opponents of mandatory voting instead argue that forcing people to vote can …

Democratic elections imply that the electorate holds incumbents accountable for past
performance, and that voters select the party that is closest to their own political preferences …

Compulsory voting is often linked to pro-democracy orientations in the public. However,
there is reason to question the strength and universality of this link. Engaging research on …

Widespread moral disagreement raises ethical, epistemological, political, and metaethical
questions. Is the best explanation of our widespread moral disagreements that there are no …

Compulsory voting is known to increase electoral participation, but its second-order effects
are not well established. In this paper, I argue that vote choices are a relatively poor …

In their efforts to prevent democratic backsliding, militant democrats have traditionally been
sympathetic to technocratic arrangements. Does this sympathy imply a logical congruence …

Mandatory voting has received public and scholarly interest as a solution for problems of
unequal representation and policies that advantage the wealthy. Yet some oppose …

Representative, legislative and deliberative assemblies are commonly called parliaments.
The three types of assemblies share many procedures and practices, and the Inter …

When all citizens vote, the influence of radical parties decreases. Despite this being a
central justification for compulsory voting in the past, it has been absent from contemporary …