Most people try to get out of jury duty. I have a friend who always pretends to be racist so she is never called back. People don't take it seriously at all.
Since when does forcing a person against his will to do something make him enjoy what he is being forced to do any more than before?
So far, these are your main arguments:
1. If people want compulsory voting, because of democracy they should get it.
-No, because we have a constitutional republic, so the majority cannot just get what they want if it infringes on rights. By your logic, if the majority wants slavery, they should be able to get it.
2. Compulsory voting decreases apathy and makes people more involved in politics.
-zero evidence of this. People are forced into jury duty and everyone hates it. In fact, most people try to get out of it. Nobody is interested in jury duty because it is mandatory, and I would argue they dislike it even more
because it is mandatory. Jury duty is an excellent example of why compulsory voting will
not increase interest in politics. All it will do is increase voter turn out, for obvious reasons. Voter turnout and political interest are not synonymous.
3. We have a 2 party system because there is no compulsory voting.
-Completely bogus. Europe does not have compulsory voting, yet nearly every European country has a multiparty system. Compulsory voting has nothing to do with that. If people are uninterested in politics because of limited choice, rather than force them to choose between two evils maybe you should push for reforms that expand the role of third parties. And by the way, Australia basically has a two party system, for the most part. There is no correlation between the number of parties present and compulsory voting.
Not to mention compulsory voting is unconstitutional.
