Latin America contains roughly half of the world’s countries that use compulsory voting, but this electoral institution has received only limited attention from researchers. This article examines the determinants of voter turnout in the world’s largest electorate subject to mandatory voting, that of Brazil. In analyzing data from six national legislative elections held in Brazil between 1986 and 2006, the study finds that the impact of compulsory laws varies across social and economic groups. From a methodological perspective, the article argues that “compulsoriness” of mandatory voting legislation can be modeled by taking into account both exemptions to the law and the relevance of potential sanctions against non-voters. The issue of enfor...
Objective: to identify the characteristics of compulsory voting and its applicability in the democra...
Invalid voting and absenteeism are alternative sources of abstention under compulsory voting. Previo...
Political theorists have argued that democracies should strive for high turnout, leading to an argum...
Latin America contains roughly half of the world's countries that use compulsory voting, but this el...
Latin America contains roughly half of the world’s countries that use compulsory voting, but this el...
Latin America contains roughly half of the world’s countries that use compulsory voting, but this el...
Latin America contains roughly half of the world’s countries that use compulsory voting, but this el...
Latin America contains roughly half of the world’s countries that use compulsory voting, but this el...
Do people acquire more information when they are obligated to participate in elections? This dissert...
O artigo enfoca a importância do voto obrigatório para a democracia brasileira. Através da análise d...
One of the most robust findings on political institutions is that compulsory voting (CV) reduces the...
<p>Abstract<br>This paper explores the causes of invalid voting in Brazilian elections. Given that i...
This doctoral dissertation is comprised of three separate research pieces divided by chapters. In th...
© 2018 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature Political theorists have argued...
Political theorists have argued that democracies should strive for high turnout, leading to an argum...
Objective: to identify the characteristics of compulsory voting and its applicability in the democra...
Invalid voting and absenteeism are alternative sources of abstention under compulsory voting. Previo...
Political theorists have argued that democracies should strive for high turnout, leading to an argum...
Latin America contains roughly half of the world's countries that use compulsory voting, but this el...
Latin America contains roughly half of the world’s countries that use compulsory voting, but this el...
Latin America contains roughly half of the world’s countries that use compulsory voting, but this el...
Latin America contains roughly half of the world’s countries that use compulsory voting, but this el...
Latin America contains roughly half of the world’s countries that use compulsory voting, but this el...
Do people acquire more information when they are obligated to participate in elections? This dissert...
O artigo enfoca a importância do voto obrigatório para a democracia brasileira. Através da análise d...
One of the most robust findings on political institutions is that compulsory voting (CV) reduces the...
<p>Abstract<br>This paper explores the causes of invalid voting in Brazilian elections. Given that i...
This doctoral dissertation is comprised of three separate research pieces divided by chapters. In th...
© 2018 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature Political theorists have argued...
Political theorists have argued that democracies should strive for high turnout, leading to an argum...
Objective: to identify the characteristics of compulsory voting and its applicability in the democra...
Invalid voting and absenteeism are alternative sources of abstention under compulsory voting. Previo...
Political theorists have argued that democracies should strive for high turnout, leading to an argum...