[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

If you made voting mandatory, you would be requiring people with no interest in politics who don’t even know the name or party of the current prime minister to select a name that they have ever heard of.

How, in anyone’s world, is that acceptable?

I understand your point, OB; but isn't it rather cynical to hope that the great unwashed avoid voting? As soon as they are made to vote, their interest is likely to rise, if only to vote NOTA or spoil their ballots.