[Nursie]

And in democracies like the UK, people who don’t vote are disregarded as lazy and ignored too.

I agree, you should be able to withhold as a protest, in practice it’s 100% meaningless.

[chrisseaton]

They aren’t ignored - parties try to woo them over.

[Nursie]

In a system where there are many more parties, and ballots can still be spoiled, I don't see how that would be different.