During his second term, President Barack Obama spoke publicly for the first time about why he believed the United States should adopt mandatory voting.
“It would be transformative,” he said in a 2015 speech at the City Club of Cleveland. “If everyone voted, then it would completely change the political map in this country.”
He mentioned Australia, one of about two dozen nations with compulsory voting.
It's had a requirement to vote since 1924.
Voter registration — called enrollment in Australia ...