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What claim is Hunter supporting with research in this excerpt from "Compulsory Voting: An Idea Whose Time Has Come"?

In the following 1924 election, voter turnout in Australia climbed to 91% and has remained around 95% ever since.

A.Compulsory voting is old-fashioned and upsetting to modern Americans. B.Campaigns often focus on voters on extreme ends of the political spectrum. C.Many people consider the idea of being forced to vote as un-American. D.Other countries have found success implementing compulsory voting.

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Others countries have found success with compulsory voting.
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The correct option is D.
From the passage given above, it can be seen that the author is implying that compulsory voting was implemented in Australian a long time ago and it has has been very successful and that the same method should be used when it comes to voting in America.
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