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  2. Compulsory voting - Wikipedia

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    He stated the government should not force citizens to vote or threaten them with a fine. [28] At the 2013 federal election, considering the threat of a non-voting fine of up to A$20, [29] there was a turnout of 92%, [30] of whom 6% lodged either informal or blank ballot papers. [31]

  3. Chiafalo v. Washington - Wikipedia

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    The Court ruled unanimously, by a vote of 9–0, that states have the ability to enforce an elector's pledge in presidential elections. Chiafalo deals with electors who received US$1,000 fines for not voting for the nominees of their party in the state of Washington. The case was originally consolidated with Colorado Department of State v.

  4. Turnout the Vote paid $200 for mobilizing voters, not voting ...

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    The claim: Turnout the Vote paid people $200 to vote for Harris. A Nov. 4 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) includes a clip of a woman talking to the camera about a supposed money-making ...

  5. Faithless elector - Wikipedia

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    The constitutionality of state pledge laws was confirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1952 in Ray v. Blair [12] in a 5–2 vote. The court ruled states have the right to require electors to pledge to vote for the candidate whom their party supports, and the right to remove potential electors who refuse to pledge prior to the election.

  6. Opinion - With razor thin margins in the election, will ... - AOL

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    More than 50 percent did not vote in the 2022 midterm election. While myriad techniques from behavioral science and beyond have been used in the past to help increase voter turnout, we propose ...

  7. Electoral fraud in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2012, News21, an Arizona State University journalism project, published a database of 2,068 alleged electoral fraud cases reported between 2000 and 2012. [36] This represented about 0.000003 cases for every vote cast. 46 percent of cases also resulted in acquittals, dropped charges or decisions not to bring charges. [37]

  8. Don't Blame Me for Not Voting for Your Unbelievably Rotten ...

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    They each threaten free speech in their own ways and traffic in delusion (Trump, for instance, can't admit he lost the popular vote in 2016 and 2020, while Kamala won't say when she knew that ...

  9. Voter suppression in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States posed challenges for the 2020 election, with many states expanding mail-in voting to avoid voters having to choose between not voting and risking illness by voting in person. President Trump encouraged restricting mail-in voting, and hundreds of lawsuits were filed disputing whether witness ...