[Narkov]

> Compulsory voting removes an important signal where participation indicates the legitimacy.

Why on earth would you prefer a signal of legitimacy over 70/80/90% vote participation? Get people engaged.

[alkonaut]

Is that rhetorical? It's the de-facto choice in most liberal democracies for exactly the reason I mentioned.

[rstuart4133]

Do you have a citation for this, or is it just something you've come to believe?