Australia seems to have found a good compromise (introduced in 1924). In their compulsory voting system, failure to vote results in a fine. They have experienced a decent rise in participation but it's not 100% because about 5% of their citizens choose to pay the fine rather than vote.
What do you expect from a country which was founded by criminals (ie, started out as a penal colony)?!
There are a couple dozen countries which have instituted compulsory voting, but about half of them don't bother to enforce it.
As noted earlier, if forced to vote (by some sort of Orwellian overlords), I would prefer to subvert the system (by spoiling my ballot).
In case it isn't obvious, I count myself as a "conservative anarchist" and was mentored by the best in that regard.
