RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN COMPULSORY VOTING
Coverage begins in October of 2020. For an overview of earlier events, see Chapter 1 of my book on compulsory voting. 

October 2020
Bolivia

• Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people aged 60 or over who did not vote in the general election were not subject to sanctions. Typically, the exception to the voting obligation begins at age 70. 

Chile

• In a national plebiscite, Chileans voted to replace the country’s constitution. Voting in the plebiscite was voluntary, and participation in the April 2021 election of the members of the convention that will write the new constitution will also be voluntary. However, voting in the 2022 ratification plebiscite, to be held in the second half of 2022, will be compulsory.

Portugal

• André Ventura, a member of parliament and leader of Chega, a right-wing party, proposed a constitutional revision that would introduce sanctioned compulsory voting.