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Protest or Error? Informal Voting and Compulsory Voting

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ID6235136
AuthorsLisa Hill (0000-0002-9098-7800, The University of Adelaide), Sally Young (0000-0002-4030-4012, The University of Melbourne)
Year2007
Volume42
Issue3
Pages515-521
Publication date2007-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10361140701513646
OpenAlexW2032227967
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited3

Some opponents of compulsory voting claim that rising rates of informal voting point to growing antipathy towards the institution. In order to test this claim we examine recent trends in informal voting, focusing upon some recent figures, particularly those of the 2004 Federal election when there was a sharp rise in informal votes. We suggest that it is not compulsion that is leading to informal voting but rather complexity and its interactions with sociological factors that are brought into play by near-universal turnout

Antipathy · Disapproval voting · Economics · Institution · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Turnout · Voting · Voting behavior · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Social Media and Politics

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Citations per year1,19
Citation span2010 - 2026 (17)
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