From Secret Ballot To Democracy Sausage: How Australia Got Compulsory Voting (Tp)

Author: Judith Brett

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Description

It's compulsory to vote in Australia. We are one of a handful of countries in the world that enforce this rule at election time, and the only English-speaking country that makes its citizens vote. Not only that, we embrace it. We celebrate compulsory voting with barbeques and cake stalls at polling stations, and election parties that spill over into Sunday morning. But how did this come to be? When and why did we begin making Australians vote? What effect has it had on our political parties, our voting systems, our participation in elections? And how else is the way we vote different from other English-speaking democracies? From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage is a brilliant book-length essay by the celebrated historian Judith Brett, the prize-winning biographer of Alfred Deakin. This is a landmark account of the character of Australian democracy.

Awards

Shortlisted for the PM Award for Australian History 2020

Reviews

'Written with a true warmth towards her subject, Judith Brett explains how Australia came by not only compulsory voting and a secret ballot, but also the elusive democracy sausage...' -- Adam (staff)