A vote is made out by many people to be a very important thing that can be used to express your opinion and can bring down governments if enough of you decide you don't like the current incumbents. But many people seem to feel disenfranchised by the voting process as if to say regardless of how they vote, it will have no effect.
I have never understood why someone would not vote in an election, even if everyone else voted in a different way, because to not vote is to endorse the outcome regardless. Is it laziness, a lack of understanding or just a resignation that it doesn't matter.
Given that the expected turnout on the current referendum in Britain is expected to be under 50%, how can you get someone to vote, other than making it illegal not to vote?
And, of course, do you vote where you can and what for?