Originally Posted by J. Falcon

Can someone explain this to me? Don't you feel that it's an obligation to vote? Where I live, it is actually obligatory to vote, and if you do not vote on election day or even referendums, you receive a light fine. As a country that has lost it's voting priviledges in the past to due to dicatorship governments, we know how important it is to be able to cast a vote, even if it is blank.

Why don't more people vote in the U.S. ? I think it's just plain laziness?