Compulsory voting is a needless encroachment on people's freedom to do as they please. People can't be bribed to vote when they're required to vote? :) It may

Compulsory voting is a needless encroachment on people's freedom to do as they please. People can't be bribed to vote when they're required to vote? :) It may seem weird, but there are families so destitute that they may have better things to do than vote. The voter turnout will be just fine without compulsory voting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout#International_differences http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout#International_dif.... Looking at the comments again, tjogin summed it up pretty well.