VOTING: A CITIZEN’S RIGHT OR DUTY? THE CASE OF COMPULSORY VOTING
OY VERME: HAK MI ÖDEV Mİ? ZORUNLU OY MESELESİ

Author : Murat KAÇER -- Adem ÇAYLAK
Number of pages : 418-444

Abstract

Compulsory voting is a law, enacted against low turnout rates in elections in modern democracies and political inequality in society. However, the fact that voting is closely related to nature of sovereignty has brought questions about whether it is a right or a duty to vote at this point. It is expressed that it is not democratic to force an i

Keywords

compulsory voting, democracy, right, duty

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