Mandatory voting wouldn't fix a single thing that's actually broken. My district in Texas is drawn so the Republican wins by 20 points no matter what. Forcing everyone to vote in a gerrymandered district just manufactures a bigger landslide for the preordained winner. Same story with the Electoral College and the Senate map. Brennan Center has shown how skewed districting decides outcomes before a single ballot is cast. The disease is that millions of votes don't matter because of how lines are drawn and seats are allocated. Compulsory voting treats the symptom, which is low turnout, and leaves the disease untouched.
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