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by cLeEOGPw 4109 days ago
Are there any successful countries with mandatory voting?
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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.

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