I remember Jr. High school. Student elections were held in the courtyard during lunch hour. Nobody voted, certainly not enough to please the administrators. The ‘solution’ was to issue a ballot to everyone in their 6th period class. No choice.
Problem solved.
I often wondered why students knee-jerked themselves into participating in student elections knowing it was nothing. School is for learning. Going with the program was good for the robotic amongst us. It taught me that the freedom to not participate is the real freedom. The homeless are the most free.