> They may just vote "screw you" just for revenge. Sure, but how is that worse than them not turning up at all? > The right to vote includes the right to abst

> They may just vote "screw you" just for revenge. Sure, but how is that worse than them not turning up at all? > The right to vote includes the right to abstain from voting when one does not care. And you're free to cast an invalid vote. > Forced voting sounds like a recipe for bad election results. Forced voting eliminates some variables from elections, including: * inequality regarding who can afford to take the time to vote. * which parties can rile up the most people so that they're actually motivated to vote. * to some extent, the ability to disenfranchise groups of people who tend to vote against you. I'm curious as to how it'd make the election results worse.