Jezz this fkken clown is supposed to be a lecturer at one of our more prestigious universities and his subject is politics. The cretin does even understand the laws surrounding our compulsory voting system.

Here is the snippet, feel free to read the rest of his horse sh1t opinion if you want, most of it is inane drivel.
"Voters are not compelled to support a candidate
or even to cast a valid ballot. They are obliged to turn up."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/opinion/voting-should-be-mandatory.html?smid=...Here is the truth, something that escapes walled's statements most of the time
Under the Electoral Act, the actual duty of the elector is to attend a polling place, have their name marked off the certified list, receive a ballot paper and take it to an individual voting booth, mark it, fold the ballot paper and place it in the ballot box.
It is not the case, as some people have claimed, that it is only compulsory to attend the polling place and have your name marked off, and this has been upheld by a number of legal decisions:
High Court 1926 – Judd v McKeon (1926) 38 CLR 380
Supreme Court of Victoria 1970 – Lubcke v Little [1970] VR 807
High Court 1971 – Faderson v Bridger (1971) 126 CLR 271
Supreme Court of Queensland 1974 – Krosch v Springbell; ex parte Krosch [1974] QdR 107
ACT Supreme Court 1981 – O’Brien v Warden (1981) 37 ACTR 13
And some people here think he knows what he is talking about; guess again numpties, you've duped,