The definition of initiative is the nature to take the first step in something. An example of initiative is someone who is always first to start a new project. Initiative is defined as the act of taking the first step. An example of initiative is going to the city council with a new idea.
In some countries, where voting is considered a duty, voting at elections has been made compulsory and has been regulated in the national constitutions and electoral laws. Some countries go as far as to impose sanctions on non-voters.Compulsory voting is not a new concept. Some of the first countries that introduced mandatory voting laws were Belgium in 1892, Argentina in 1914 and Australia in 1924.he leading argument against compulsory voting is that it is not consistent with the freedom associated with democracy. Voting is not an intrinsic obligation and the enforcement of the law would be an infringement of the citizens' freedom associated with democratic elections.
In Australia the two major political parties/ coalitions have always supported compulsory voting. Considering even those parties themselves admit that they would lose seats with voluntary voting, it is hard not to identify self interest in their advocacy of the current system.013 Australian Senate election. In a nutshell. Despite Australia having a history of leading the world in electoral reform, it now is one of the exceedingly few democracies that still entertains the highly questionable practice of compulsory voting.