Schukov: There should be incentives for people to vote

This year, a record was set at the island’s municipal elections: There were more candidates than people who voted. (Okay, slight embroidery. Okay, more than slight.)
However, being a pedestrian in the true political sense, I still marvel at why there are no incentives to make more people come out and vote. Even totalitarian regimes have systems that ensure 100 per cent (and often higher) turn out: There is only one candidate, and you are arrested if you don’t come and put your ballot