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The president whose major policy achievement is mandatory health insurance thinks maybe voting should be mandatory, too."
Asked how to offset the influence of big money in politics, President Barack Obama suggested it's time to make voting a requirement.
"Other countries have mandatory voting," Obama said Wednesday in Cleveland, where he spoke about the importance of middle class economics, and was asked about the issue during a town hall.
The idea conjures up a few questions. Like, what would be the penalty for not voting? and can Obama declare mandatory voting via his executive power?
