GAW – I was talking about the US. I was under the impression that the Gedolim or Rabbanim there consider it a Mitzvah to vote, but like I said, I’m not 100% sure.
I just remember that when I was in high school, we were recruited to make calls to encourage people to vote. I assume that there were Gedolim behind this. It is possible that it had to do with a particular issue that was happening, although that was not my impression, but this was years ago and I was a kid at the time, and I don’t really remember exactly what we were making calls for or why.