Ronny Chieng (performing a bit)

Jury duty and taxes are mandatory, so why not voting? But America is the land of the free, where the whole point is to do anything you want. Even dress up as fat Iron Man in Times Square on a Tuesday afternoon. So can you really force Americans to vote? Do you think in America voting should be compulsory?

Jury duty and taxes are mandatory, so why not voting? But America is the land of the free, where the whole point is to do anything you want. Even dress up as fat Iron Man in Times Square on a Tuesday afternoon. So can you really force Americans to vote? Do you think in America voting should be compulsory?

Do you think America would ever accept mandatory voting? Definitely not. Why not? Because Americans are lazy, in general.

Do you think America would ever accept mandatory voting? Definitely not. Why not? Because Americans are lazy, in general.

And that includes the freedom to not vote?

And that includes the freedom to not vote?

Do you think mandatory voting can happen in America? No. I do not. I do not.

Do you think mandatory voting can happen in America? No. I do not. I do not.

Maybe Americans think it's impossible, but mandatory voting does exist in 22 countries, including one that's even drunker, crazier, and whiter than the US. I'm talking about Australia, where they've had it since 1922.

Maybe Americans think it's impossible, but mandatory voting does exist in 22 countries, including one that's even drunker, crazier, and whiter than the US. I'm talking about Australia, where they've had it since 1922.

Okay, for Americans, the term democracy sausage has had a bad taste since the Clinton administration. But for Australians, consuming child intestine meat on bread has been a voting tradition since the 1940s. But what about the people who don't think a sausage sizzle is enough incentive to vote? What kind of punishment do you have to enforce to make it so that over 90% of people go and vote?

Okay, for Americans, the term democracy sausage has had a bad taste since the Clinton administration. But for Australians, consuming child intestine meat on bread has been a voting tradition since the 1940s. But what about the people who don't think a sausage sizzle is enough incentive to vote? What kind of punishment do you have to enforce to make it so that over 90% of people go and vote?

What, jail time? Public spanking? You have to wear a I didn't vote sticker?

What, jail time? Public spanking? You have to wear a I didn't vote sticker?

That's it? That's a bargain, I think.

That's it? That's a bargain, I think.

Doesn't that make your election process very boring?

Doesn't that make your election process very boring?

Damn, political science world star is gonna love this. But how do everyday Australians see it? I took a 25-hour flight and spent two weeks in quarantine just so I could talk to them myself in sunny Brisbane, Australia. What do you feel about the fact that voting is compulsory in Australia?

Damn, political science world star is gonna love this. But how do everyday Australians see it? I took a 25-hour flight and spent two weeks in quarantine just so I could talk to them myself in sunny Brisbane, Australia. What do you feel about the fact that voting is compulsory in Australia?