Compulsory Voting Is Needed to Combat 'Disastrously Low' UK Turnout, Report Argues

Compulsory Voting Is Needed to Combat 'Disastrously Low' UK Turnout, Report Argues

Stark turnout gaps by class, race and age are creating 'warped incentives' for politicians, new analysis suggests

British democracy is broken – and that is why we are launching the campaign for Compulsory Voting

Dr David Klemperer is a Research Fellow on electoral reform at the Constitution Society, an independent educational charity that promotes public understanding of the British Constitution. He is also a co-editor of Renewal, a journal of social democracy. Democracy depends on elections. In a democracy, elections based on universal suffrageprovide the central mechanism for linking citizens to the state, and for ensuring thatgovernments are incentiv…