[EL] Voter turnout

[Rick Hasen]

We do all the time---jury duty, conscription to the army in times of war.
Nor do I think there is a First Amendment problem.  No one has to cast a 
vote for anyone. One may cast a blank ballot.
That said, I believe the issue is a non-starter in the United States, 
where there is a widespread libertarian-type resistance to compulsory 
voting.
Here' my analysis:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1314963


On 4/10/2014 9:21 AM, Bill Maurer wrote:
>
> This may be a dumb question, and I am perfectly willing to admit that 
> I know less than nothing about this topic, but wouldn't there be 13^th 
> Amendment problems with compulsory voting?  Can the government force 
> someone to take affirmative action not involving the paying of taxes?
>
> Bill
>
> *From:*law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu 
> [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] *On Behalf Of 
> *Rick Hasen
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 09, 2014 9:35 PM
> *To:* larrylevine at earthlink.net; law-election at UCI.EDU
> *Subject:* Re: [EL] Voter turnout
>
> Compulsory voting?
>
> On 4/9/14, 9:30 PM, Larry Levine wrote:
>
>     I have been appointed as a member of the Los Angeles City Advisory
>     Commission on Political Reform. I am a member of the sub-committee
>     on research. The main charge of the commission is to look into
>     actions that might increase turnout in municipal elections. Can
>     anyone on the list provide some recent research on this subject?
>     Nothing is off limits -- change of election dates, consolidation
>     with other elections, early voting, expanded number of voting
>     dates, etc.
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Larry
>
>
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Rick Hasen
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UC Irvine School of Law
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