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OPINION: Mandatory voting among remedies for low voter turnout in Canada
By Mario Canseco / Glacier Media
Across Canada, 58 per cent of residents would like to see Election Day declared a public holiday across the country.
When Scotland held a referendum on whether to become independent from the United Kingdom in 2014, a whopping 85 per cent of eligible voters exercised their right to cast a ballot. This was a significantly high proportion for a Commonwealth country that does not observe compulsory voting.…
Source:: OPINION: Mandatory voting among remedies for low voter turnout in Canada
October 7, 2019
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