Considering the increasing discussion about the #Seanad2025 elections (part of Ireland's #GE2024 series of fun) I have the following hot take on Voting:
It's not a duty.
It's not a responsibility.
It's a right, which you can choose to exercise according to your circumstances, to your abilities or to your taste (or, more likely, your distaste).
There are reasons why someone can't, don't or won't vote, and telling them it's a duty or a responsibility is an insidious form of passive aggression.
(for the sake of clarity, I don't have a vote for the Seanad because it's not a general franchise. If I had the choice, I would make it a general franchise, and if I had the right to vote for the Seanad I would exercise that right as often as I possibly can, as I do with the general elections. However, I would never dare to suggest to anyone that they have a responsibility or duty to vote, as doing so without knowing their circumstances might very well be unfair to them!)