@yukiame @mangeurdenuage @roka @lain @sarcasmkid Mandatory voting doesn't get people engaged. In fact, it would put people off it more than they are already if they aren't voting. Why don't you see that? Mandatory voting means you are forced to turn up on voting day and cast a vote of some sort. It doesn't mean you believe in it, that you are engaged and that your vote even counts. This is the easiest option... it would mean that politicians are let off from having to convince us to vote, to engage with us. They already know we will anyway so why put in the effort to get us to turn up on election day?