Mandatory Voting

• Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole should forget about the idea of mandatory voting

  If this was meant as some trial balloon, Rob Breakenridge says, let’s pop this one quickly: Canada does not need and should not want mandatory voting.

  Commentary

  May 1, 2021
  
• Majority of British Columbians support mandatory voting: poll

  The poll also revealed significant cynicism among B.C. voters, with just one in four saying politicians care about "people like me."

  Politics

  Aug 30, 2019
  
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• 28,000 sign petition to bring back electoral reform

  A petition calling on the federal Liberals to reverse their decision to scrap electoral reform plans has attracted 28,000 signatures.

  Canada

  Feb 3, 2017
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• Reality check: Are Canadians ready for e-voting, or mandatory voting?

  A committee examining electoral reform may change how we vote in 2019, and that includes the possibility of introducing e-voting and a law that would force Canadians to cast a ballot.

  Politics

  May 13, 2016
• Liberals consider notion of mandatory voting in federal elections

  With voter turnout plunging to new lows, Liberal MPs are pondering the idea of legally requiring Canadians to cast ballots in federal elections.

  Canada

  Aug 29, 2014
• Should Ontario have mandatory voting?

  Australia has mandatory voting and a 92 per cent turnout. Is it time for Canadian provinces to try it out?

  Canada

  Jun 13, 2014