JWeinCom said:
Luxembourg is smaller than Rhode Island, the smallest state in the US. It is about 1/70 the size of Oklahoma and less than .01% of the size of the US as a whole. It's about twice the size of the EU as a whole. In terms of population, the population of Luxembourg is less than that of Alaska, and less than 1/3 of one percent of the US as a whole. Even if mandatory voting would not be unconstitutional (it most likely would, as not voting would be interpreted as a form of speech protected by the first amendment), and would lead to a more educated electorate (I'm skeptical of this), it would simply be a logistical nightmare. Things that may work out in a small country with a centralized population might not work in a country like the US. |
Keep in mind that mandatory voting also holds true for European elections, so your size comparisons are not exactly true here.
As for your second point, if Brazil can do it and enforce it through the deepest jungle, why shouldn't the US be able to do so if it's constitutional?
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