Which sentence from the passage states the claim
that the author attempts to defend?
А.
The United States should make it
mandatory for all eligible voters to vote in
national elections. (sentence 1)
B. Compulsory voting is not a new idea: More
than 20 nations already require eligible
voters to vote. (sentence 2)
C. Statistics show that the poor, the
uneducated, and the young vote in smaller
numbers than other Americans do.
(sentence 8)
O DIf we do not include all voters, in no time
at all we will be a plutocracy, and ordinary
people will lose their rights. (sentence 11)