Should multiple citizenship allow the right to vote in multiple countries?

It is a known fact that in a democratic set-up how do voters exercise their franchise to vote goes a long way with regard to how accountable the next government is going to be. In fact, the progress of a democracy is very much dependent on the right choices being made by the voters during the course of an election. In this regard, it becomes pertinent to dwell upon the various reasons which enable a voter to vote judiciously. The question is, what all factors enable a voter to vote in a rational manner during an election? This needs to be explored particularly in the case of such democracies like India which is not as much evolved (on the virtue of being relatively new) as compared to say the USA or Britain.

Compulsory voting is not a new concept, either theoretically or in practice. Currently, 22 countries have laws for compulsory voting, but they are not enforced in 11. The practice creates a legal obligation for a citizen to vote in elections.  If one fails to vote, he or she may be subject to punitive measures, such as fines or community service.  

Recently, US president Barrack Obama brought public attention to "mandatory" voting by advocating the practice.  He has defended his advocacy with an argument based upon expanding the electorate in the interest of greater democratic legitimacy.

Voter turnout in the US is quite low compared with turnout in other mature democracies.  Chronic nonvoters in the US are disproportionately poor, members of minorities, and in general, socially disadvantaged.  It is argued by Obama and others, that compulsory voting would increase both the size and diversity of the active electorate.

On the other hand, if voting is a right, then to simultaneously make it a legal duty, creates a moral contradiction.  Hannah Arendt, influenced by Socrates' position in Apology, argues that the right to participate politically entails a person's right not to participate in any way whatsoever.

The comments above suggest but a few of the important issues in democratic theory and political participation raised by the debate over compulsory voting.

(Please see my article, "The Moral Problem of Nonvoting".  The pdf is attached below.)

The first system of democratic government, in ancient Athens, was direct not representative.  More recently in his Social Contract, Jean-Jacques Rousseau argues that only a direct form of political participation, not a representative one, deserves to be referred to as truly democratic.  Of course, it is generally acknowledged that there are great practical problems involved in operating a democracy directly on anything other than a small to moderately small scale.  Further, some theorists, such as James Madison in the Federalist Papers, assume that a direct democracy would be unstable and too radical, risking mob rule.

Modern politics has been witness to aloofness on the part of the voters when it comes to voting on the D-Day as has been highlighted in the works of many thinkers as well as the data corresponding to the elections. This is particularly true for western democracies like USA and France which went to polls recently. The downturn in the voter turnout has been discussed at length by many experts. Question is, what all reasons could be behind it?

Hello. I am writing a research paper on municipal elections in Saint Petersburg. The recent elections of 2019, according to observers, were held with a large number of violations. In my work, I try to check this. But I have some questions. If I understand correctly, the elections are held using the “Multiple non-transferable vote”/Block Vote system. In other words, the voter can choose up to five candidates from the entire list, and the winners are those who received the highest number of votes in all precincts. Are there any countries with such a voting system, and open data about elections? For example, in Russia, it is possible to view data on each specific polling station where elections were held, for example, how many votes were cast for candidates, how many ballots were issued, etc. Could you recommend literature specifically about this voting system?

It seems that the more competitive an election is, the greater each vote may matter, thus decreasing the effect of the collective action problem.