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Podcast: WBEZ News
Episode: A conversation about mandatory voting in Australia – and whether it might fly someday in the US.
Description: The United States has seen a large increase in voter participation in the last three presidential elections.
Indicators point to a high number of voters turning out again in November.
While the U-S is riding a surge of voter participation, we still lag behind other nations with mandatory voting like Turkey, Uruguay and Australia.
What is the political landscape like in a country where everyone votes, and how could requiring citizens to vote change the dynamics of civic engagement here in the U-S?
Dan Tucker is the executive producer of WBEZ’s Reset. He recently traveled to Australia, one of ar...