COMMENT | Compulsory voting only solution to low voter turnout

COMMENT | The main cause of low voter turnout is simply due to the internal contradiction of democracy in allowing the freedom of both to vote and not to vote.

If people have the right not to vote and he or she exercises this right, there is nothing you can do to force them to vote.

However, if voting is made compulsory, then this contradiction disappears. The laws need to be amended to make way for compulsory voting.

Making voting compulsory doesn't mean those who are “guilty” of not voting will face a hefty fine or long imprisonment term.

The way it is practiced in Singapore which is one of the few countries in the world that implements compulsory voting, as explained by some of my Singaporean...