The Idea of ​​Compulsory Voting After Australia, Singapore, and Switzerland implemented compulsory voting and voter turnout grew, other democratic countries began to question whether the idea should be implemented globally. Research began on how this implementation affected countries where compulsory voting is in place and how it would affect other countries such as Canada (Twomey, 2013). The idea that Canada, or another similarly democratic country, were to adopt a policy of compulsory voting would be contrary to the very foundation of freedom that defines a democratic state. It brings to mind three questions: is voting a right or a duty, does it change the level of intelligent political participation and does coercion go against everything that is democracy? Voting: right or duty? The question of whether voting should be a right or a duty is a key question in answering whether voting should be compulsory. Making voting compulsory would remove the freely elected portion of freely elected representatives (Barry, 2013). Although, to be honest, attendance is mandatory and it is admissible to present a blank or blank ballot (Barry, 2013). However, in court cases, judges have come to agree that not voting is a “violation of election law,” but few have actually been charged with submitting a blank or blank ballot (Barry, 2013). However, the problem remains that this takes away the possibility of freely electing the representative of the majority of the population. Unlike laws that make education compulsory up to a certain age, making voting compulsory means removing the decision not to vote as a way of protest, the protest being that none of the representatives deserve to be voted for, as it is.. . in the middle of the paper... A Quarterly Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 65 (1). Delwit, P. (2013). The end of voters in Europe? Voter turnout since World War II. Open Journal of Political Science, 3 (1), 44-52. Fowler, A. (2013). Electoral and political consequences of voter turnout: Evidence for compulsory voting in Australia. Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 8(2), 159-182.Gagne, R.H. (2005). Voting on voting: electoral reform an examination. Tomslake: D-Zyne Logo Publishing.Hill, L. (2013). Public acceptance of compulsory voting: explaining the Australian case. Representation, 46(4), 425-438.Jenson, C.B., & Spoon, J.-J. (2011). Forced without direction: Compulsory voting and party diffusion. Election Studies, 30, 700-711. Twomey, A. (2013). Deliberate democracy, compulsory voting and popular will. Social Science Research Network , 13 (32).