Electoral Reform committee  There's definitely this socializing aspect to it. I'm not sure it absolutely has to be on a weekend. Research tends to show that turnout rates are a bit higher on weekends than they are during the week. But if you have a system where you have several days to have the opportunity

Electoral Reform committee  It is one of the ways in which you could implement it. I think most countries have penalties rather than incentives. The incentives don't work the same way for everyone and it's not really as effective as a punishment, even a small punishment.

Electoral Reform committee  Parties do not have to focus energy on mobilizing anymore. They could focus more on convincing people to vote for them based on arguments, based on the contents, and based on policy. That's the way in which it changes the dynamics.

Electoral Reform committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to thank all of you for the invitation and the opportunity to present my point of view. The topic I'm going to be talking about today is compulsory voting, or more precisely, the obligation for voters to turn out, not actually the obligation to cas