Quote from SABERinBLUE:
Only if you tell me whether or not Australians are compelled by law to vote, as I am curious about this. 
I think that anyone 18-years-old and over have to vote.
What if you hve no opinion between either candidate?!?!?!?
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red chamber dream
I Googled it and got this:
The "special because its compulsory" argument can be addressed by drawing an analogy to Australian voting laws: it is compulsory for people in Australia to vote, yet people have a choice over who they can vote for, or even vote informally or not vote at all (although facing risk of penalty). The "special because its compulsory" status of superannuation could therefore be questioned.
from this site.
So, if you choose not to vote in Austrlia, I suppose you can be penalized.
The "special because its compulsory" argument can be addressed by drawing an analogy to Australian voting laws: it is compulsory for people in Australia to vote, yet people have a choice over who they can vote for, or even vote informally or not vote at all (although facing risk of penalty). The "special because its compulsory" status of superannuation could therefore be questioned.
from this site.
So, if you choose not to vote in Austrlia, I suppose you can be penalized.
