Intro
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
Compulsory Voting in Australia
Outline of the Book
Bibliography
2 How Australia Got Compulsory Voting
Introduction
Conclusion
Bibliography
3 'A Lonely and Quixotic Battle': A Short History of Agitation Against Compulsory Voting in Australia
Introduction
Early and Isolated Voices of Opposition
A Blight on the Party System
The Seeds of Mobilisation
A Concerted but Chequered Push, 1988-2005
Opposition Peters Out
An Unassailable Institution?
Conclusion
Bibliography
4 Assessing Objections to Compulsory Voting in Australia
Introduction
Compulsory Voting and Individual Liberty
Compulsory Voting as Unnecessary
Compulsory Voting as Anti-democratic
Compulsory Voting and the Right Not to Vote
Compulsory Voting and Political Parties
Disengaged Voters
Conclusion
Bibliography
5 Public Opinion and Compulsory Voting in Australia
Introduction
Long-Term Support for Compulsory Voting
Who Needs Help to the Polls?
Electoral Effects of Compulsory Voting
Conclusion
Bibliography
6 Non-participation in Australian National Elections: Fault-Lines in the Compulsory Voting Consensus
Introduction
Enrolment and Voting in Australia: Rules, Structures and Trends
From Enrolment to Turn-Out: The Fault-Lines Confirmed
Inner Urban Absenteeism: A Case of Absent Youth?
Conclusion
Bibliography
7 Becoming an Informed Voter: Compulsory Voting and Developing Political Knowledge in Australia
Introduction
Political Literacy in Australia and Abroad
What Do Australian Voters Need to Know About Politics?
Political System
Electoral System
Political Parties and Political Representatives
Political Issues and Policies
Sources of Political Information.

Parents
Schools
Media
Political Parties
Electoral Commissions
Barriers to Political Knowledge
Disinterest
Education
Disinformation
Moving Forward
Conclusion
Bibliography
8 'Choice of the Manner in Which Thou Wilt Die': The Australian Courts on Compulsory Voting
Introduction
Electoral Compulsion in Australia: A Potted Legal History
The Courts on Compulsion
The High Court on the Constitutionality and Defensibility of Compulsion
Compulsion Trumps Implied Freedoms
'Valid and Sufficient' Excuses for not Voting
Conclusion
Bibliography
9 Compulsory Voting: Activating the Demos and Enhancing Procedural Democracy in Australia
Introduction
Legitimacy in a Procedural Democracy
Compulsory Voting and Full Participation
Is Opportunity to Vote Enough?
The User-Friendly Democracy
The Trusted Democracy
Compulsory Voting and Attentive Publics
How Compulsory Voting Makes Governments More Representative
Conclusion
Bibliography
10 Public Reason, Compulsory Voting and Australian Democracy
Introduction
Public Reason and the Protection of Rights and Liberties in Australia
Public Reason and Compulsory Voting in Australia
The Demographic/Representativeness Argument
The Procedural/Coordination Argument
The Fairness Argument
Compulsory Voting and the Structure of Public Reason
Conclusion
Bibliography
11 More Representation, Less Radicalism: How Compulsory Voting Was Defended in Europe
Introduction
From Voting Duty to 'Enlightened' Universal Suffrage
More Representation
Less Radicalism
Parallels to Australian and Contemporary Debates
Conclusion
Bibliography
12 Compulsory Voting: The View from Canada and the United States
Introduction
Deliberations Over Compulsory Voting in Canada and the US.

Could Compulsory Voting Be Adopted in Canada or the US?
Would Compulsory Voting Be Constitutional?
Compulsory Voting and Federalism
Public Support for Compulsory Voting
Potential Consequences of Compulsory Voting in Canada and the US
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.