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Making Nonvoters pay: prices as an alternative to compulsory voting

Making Nonvoters pay: prices as an alternative to compulsory voting
Making Nonvoters pay: prices as an alternative to compulsory voting

Compulsory voting involves a legal obligation to vote (or attend the polls), but we might instead require those who do not to pay a charge, without any legal obligation for them to do so. This nonpunitive price creates an incentive for all citizens to participate and prevents free riding, but permits nonvoting and avoids condemning nonvoters. Thus, this proposal delivers what at least some advocates and opponents of compulsory voting want. Moreover, considering this possibility helps to clarify the disagreement over compulsory voting. Those who wish to reject this proposal need further arguments for their respective positions.

0022-3816
714-724
Saunders, Ben
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Saunders, Ben
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Saunders, Ben (2022) Making Nonvoters pay: prices as an alternative to compulsory voting. The Journal of Politics, 84 (2), 714-724. (doi:10.1086/715996).

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Compulsory voting involves a legal obligation to vote (or attend the polls), but we might instead require those who do not to pay a charge, without any legal obligation for them to do so. This nonpunitive price creates an incentive for all citizens to participate and prevents free riding, but permits nonvoting and avoids condemning nonvoters. Thus, this proposal delivers what at least some advocates and opponents of compulsory voting want. Moreover, considering this possibility helps to clarify the disagreement over compulsory voting. Those who wish to reject this proposal need further arguments for their respective positions.

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Accepted/In Press date: 22 December 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 13 January 2022
Published date: 1 April 2022
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Southern Political Science Association. All rights reserved.

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Local EPrints ID: 446996
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/446996
DOI: doi:10.1086/715996
ISSN: 0022-3816
PURE UUID: f2f3aab1-dce5-4f87-a9f2-b39e191d5ffc
ORCID for Ben Saunders: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5147-6397

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Date deposited: 01 Mar 2021 17:33
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 06:20

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