Australia has compulsory voting and a 92 percent turnout rate. Many of the polling stations are in schools, which tend to use the elections as fundraising opportunities by hosting cookouts for hungry voters. So-called “democracy sausages” are a ubiquitous sight during Australian election days.

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What Is Gerrymandering?

In the United States, representatives to state assemblies and the U.S. House of Representatives are determined by the voters within voting districts in each state. Unlike the boundaries between individual U.S. states, voting district boundaries are redrawn every 10 years to coincide with the U.S.