Compulsory voting. Yes or No?

[Marks]

Sirius87 said:

Marks said:

Cons:

- Infringement on your right to not vote

- Not voting can be used as a sign of protest

- People who currently refuse to vote as a protest will just switch to signing void ballots or "donkey votes" i.e. meaningless votes for a random unknown party

Regarding those three points:

Nobody stops you from making your vote invalid in the voting booth. That's often ignored in this discussion.

Indeed. I did mention that the people who currently don't show up (on purpose as a protest) will just switch to voiding ballots. 

Also one web site I went on suggested there being a "none of the above" option on ballots for if you dislike all the candidates...but then what happens if "none of the above" wins the election lol, I could seriously see that happening somewhere.