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You don't mean "encouraging" you mean "forcing". Abstention is a very valid democratic option - FORCING people to vote is not.

But all those things are a choice to have - dog, children, TV and car. Yes, there aren't many people with none of them - although I do know one - but why should I be forced to vote just for living here - the country I was born in. Personally I'd refuse to vote if they brought it in - despite...

Absolutely a BIG NO from me. Firstly MPs have the right to abstain in parliament votes so why should the electorate not have the same right. Equally I don't agree with Police Crime Commissioners being voted on as it politicises the police - so I don't vote in those elections ( although I vote in...