Agreed, that’s why the strategy of voting uncommitted and/or third party is superior.

I tell our kids to turn in an empty ballot if they don’t want to vote. To at least do that is a minimum.

Counts the same as not voting.

Yeah, that’ll show em.

A little different actually

Not voting at all can mean anything. You like them all, you hate them all, you couldn’t care, etc.

Sending in a blank but signed vote means you cared enough to show up and that you didn’t pick anyone. Those ballots are counted. Over time, if enough of them start to pile up, the existing parties might change things up to cash in on the pile of votes sitting around. New parties may also form if there’s a clearly defined group that isn’t being represented.

I’m not pushing for doing this in any particular election. We have users from all over the world here, voting in many different jurisdictions of elections. A blank vote can be an effective strategy in some situations

In the US it’s just a non-vote. No one counts non-votes. Perhaps you live in a country where they do, but not if you’re an American.