<Li> Australia--Introduced for state elections in Queensland in 1915, excluding Aboriginal (indigenous) Australians . Victoria introduced compulsory voting in 1926, New South Wales and Tasmania in 1928, Western Australia in 1936 (excluding indigenous Australians) and South Australia in 1942 . Introduced for national elections in 1924 for citizens aged 18 and over, but not compulsory for indigenous Australians until 1984 . The requirement is for the person to enrol, attend a polling station and have their name marked off the electoral roll as attending, receive a ballot paper and take it to an individual voting booth, mark it, fold the ballot paper and place it in the ballot box . The act does not explicitly state that a choice must be made, it only states that the ballot paper be' marked' . According to the act, how a person marks the paper is completely up to the individual . In some states, local council elections are also compulsory . At the 2010 Tasmanian state election, with a turnout of 335,353 voters, about 6,000 people were fined $26 for not voting, and about 2,000 paid the fine . A postal vote is available for those for whom it is difficult to attend a polling station . Early, or pre-poll, voting at an early voting centre is also available for those who might find it difficult to get to a polling station on election day . </Li> <Li> Belgium--Introduced in 1894 . Every citizen and registered non-Belgian voter, from the age of 18 has to present themselves in their designated polling station on election day (always a Sunday), however casting a legal vote is not compulsory, legal sanctions still exist for those failing to present themselves, or appoint a proxy, without proper (legal) justification, but only the sanctions for absent appointed polling station staff have been enforced by prosecutors since 2003 . </Li> <Li> Brazil--Compulsory for literate citizens between 18 and 70 years old . Non-compulsory for Brazilians aged 16--17 or over 70 or illiterate citizens of any age . A justification form for not voting can be filled at election centers and post offices . </Li> <Li> Ecuador--Introduced in 1936 . Compulsory for citizens between 18 and 65 years old; non-compulsory for citizens aged 16--18, illiterate people, and those older than 65 . </Li>

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