Chile Mandatory Vote Aids Conservative, But Risks Creating Upset

A polling station during a presidential primary election in Santiago, Chile, in June.

Photographer: Cristobal Olivares/Bloomberg

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Chile’s congress is doubling down on plans to compel everyone to vote in this year’s presidential election, imposing a fine on people who fail to do so. That’s good news for ultra-conservative candidate Jose Antonio Kast.