[iwwr]

It if must be done, it must be done with a radical reform of ballot access, low electoral ceilings and easy-to-register third parties. However, it's not a panacea. Greece, Argentina, Brazil managed to have quite corrupt, dirty politics even with mandatory voting.

[cLeEOGPw]

Are there any successful countries with mandatory voting?

[bmm6o]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_voting#Current_use_b...

Australia is the country most like the US on the list. I don't know enough about the Central American countries on the list to judge their internal politics. The unenforced list includes Belgium and France.

[iwwr]

The better question may be: "Are there successful countries due to mandatory voting?"