Elections follow up

So, some interesting things about election day. First of all...election day is a dry day in the city. All the liquor stores were closed and the restaurants couldn't serve alcohol. We had our offsite meeting at the local Hyatt and usually all day meetings are finished off with a nice dinner and some wine so I was bummed out when I saw the "dry day" signs (I almost never drink wine here because outside of the swanky hotels it is sold in non-ACd shops, can you imagine what wine dealing with Delhi temps must taste like?). Fast forward 'til around 6 when I saw a bottle of wine being opened...turns out that it was only dry 'til the polls closed at 5 so I got my glass of wine anyway...hooray!
I guess it is dry because they don't want people getting drunk and causing problems. I wonder what could happen in the US to get a "dry day" in a huge city to happen?
Anyway...you know how at some voting places after you vote they give you a sticker saying that you voted, but really there is no way to know if someone actually votes? Well in India there is. After you vote the put a black mark on your index finger, like a little line, maybe 1 cm long, near or on your fingernail. Apparently it takes months to come off. They do this to avoid people going from polling place to polling place voting (you can vote anywhere in the city). So now I can tell for a fact exactly who voted and I know that the girl that took 2 hours off yesterday to vote didn't but about 1/3 of the office did. I also think that one guy who is really superior faked his mark because it is a different color and shape than anyone elses.
I personally don't care if people do or don't vote, my only rule is that if you don't vote you can't complain about politics. Apparently one of the political parties here actually said that same thing because voter turnout is really low but people complain all the time.
And a final thought before I leave the elections behind...apparently in Singapore if you don't vote you are fined so their turnout is pretty much 100%. I wonder if there are other countries like that.