To those who claim it is not a Mitzva to vote (I will not have a discussion with certain members, it is bad for my health (no pun intended)), in EY, all the Gedolim who take money from the medina (which include Rav Shach ZTL, Rav SZA ZTL, Rav Elyashiv AMUSH, Rav Kanievsky AMUSH, Rav Yosef AMUSH, etc.) hold it is a mitzva to vote. Read the Pashkevels before the elections.
Plain and simply put, votes equal money for yeshivos and Aniyim in the Charadi community.