It makes me feel particularly enpowered. Apparently, I'm casting three votes this fall. Vote 1: My non-vote for Romney is a vote for Obama. Of course, if that is true, then the converse is, too. Therefore, Vote 2: My non-vote for Obama is a vote for Romney. Vote 3: My vote for Goode. (/sarcasm)
The biggest problem with the non-vote being a vote for someone else is the failure to recognize that the argument has a mirror image on the other side. Therefore, one non-vote cancels the other non-vote and guess what? The non-vote is a non-vote.
the “not voting for X is a vote for Y” is a great emotion grabber but it is a fallacy, for not voting for X creates no additional vote for Y