Yeah, I commonly assert to people that we don’t actually have mandatory voting in Australia. The only thing that’s mandatory is showing up, having your name crossed off the roll, and putting your ballots in the box. Considering the sanctity we treat the secret ballot with, that’s always going to be the case!

Besides, I get a lot less irked by people doing that in Australia, because it’s still a very active decision that (some? most?) people make. Compare that to America where a bunch of lazy cunts just don’t bother (and a bunch more can’t vote because the government isn’t obliged to make it easy for them)!