compulsory

(adjective)

Required; obligatory; mandatory

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Examples of compulsory in the following topics:

  • Attempts to Improve Voter Turnout

    • Furthermore, compulsory voting may infringe on other rights.
    • Compulsory voting ensures a large voter turnout.
    • Red: Compulsory voting, enforced.
    • Pink: Compulsory voting, not enforced.
    • Orange: Compulsory voting, enforced (only men).

  • The Sixth Amendment

    • In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

  • Income Security Policy and Policy Making

    • That a compulsory government program, not the private market, provides unemployment insurance can be explained using the concepts of adverse selection and moral hazard.
    • "A compulsory government program avoids the adverse selection problem.

  • Education Policy

    • Towards the 20th century, states started passing laws that made schooling compulsory.
    • Child education is compulsory.

  • The Purpose of Elections

    • Compulsory voting is a system in which electors are obliged to vote in elections or attend a polling place on voting day.

  • World War II

    • In a 1940 speech, Roosevelt argued, "Some, indeed, still hold to the now somewhat obvious delusion that we … can safely permit the United States to become a lone island … in a world dominated by the philosophy of force. " A national survey found that in the summer of 1940, 67% of Americans believed that a German-Italian victory would endanger the United States, that if such an event occurred 88% supported "arm[ing] to the teeth at any expense to be prepared for any trouble", and that 71% favored "the immediate adoption of compulsory military training for all young men."

  • Interventionism

    • A national survey found that in the summer of 1940, 67% of Americans believed that a German-Italian victory would endanger the United States, that if such an event occurred 88% supported "arm[ing] to the teeth at any expense to be prepared for any trouble", and that 71% favored "the immediate adoption of compulsory military training for all young men".

  • The Sixth Amendment and Jury Trials

    • The Sixth Amendment states the following: "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense."

  • Factors Affecting Voter Turnout

    • Making voting compulsory has a direct and dramatic effect on turnout.