Homework question???

Question

Can u list all the countries that enforce compulsory voting?

Answer 1

here you go-

Argentina (compulsory for citizens between 18 and 70 years old, non-compulsory for those older than 70)

Australia (compulsory enrolment and voting for both state* and national elections)

Belgium

Brazil (non-compulsory for citizens between 16 and 18 years old and those older than 70; military conscripts cannot vote)

Chile (enrolment voluntary)

Cyprus

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ecuador (compulsory for citizens between 18 and 65 years old, non-compulsory for those older than 65)

Fiji

Lebanon (compulsory for men older than 21)

Liechtenstein

Nauru

Peru (compulsory for citizens between 18 and 70 years old, non-compulsory for those older than 70)

Singapore

Switzerland (compulsory in the Canton of Schaffhausen only)

Turkey

Uruguay

*In South Australia it is not compulsory to enroll for state elections Nevertheless, as the enrollment form is a combined Federal and State one, with no provision to not enroll for the State, it is compulsory in effect.

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Answer 2

You can research that here:

http://www.idea.int/vt/compulsory_voting...

EDIT: For the listing below -- don't believe the history teacher story -- it's from Wikipedia and we ALL know, no history teacher would EVER recommend that! I wouldn't trust a plagiarized answer!