I wouldn't recommend it.

We have mandatory voting in Oz which means that the polling booths are filled not only with people who actually stay abreast of current affairs, but with hordes of people who have no idea why they're voting and no interest.

The result is that we get some very strange election results … Read more

Not at all.  While the ideal would be that all eligible voter would become informed and then vote based on knowledge.  The reality is, if forced, some would just go into the voting booth at pick people without a clue