“I did not vote when Abraham Lincoln was elected the second time… though I voted for him at the first in the hope that the war then threatening might be averted through his being elected. Before that time I had usually voted, though I had doubts as to the propriety of voting on the part of Friends who desired to walk in religious consistency. When the country was engaged in war I became fully convinced that to profess, as I was doing, to maintain a Christian testimony against war by declining to pay the tax required to support it, and at the same time to vote in the election of men whose legal duty, on accepting office, required them in various ways to direct and promote it, was inconsistent in itself and incompatible with the principles of the Gospel. Since that time—more than twenty years—I have not voted. Though the war has ceased, I apprehend that voters incur much responsibility in electing those who so often exert an influence unfavorable to the best interests of the people and the country and the advancement of the Redeemer’s kingdom in the earth. So that it has seemed to me that such as are rightly concerned to walk consistently with the excellent profession made by Friends will find themselves restrained from engaging in political affairs. A course in accordance with this view has been conducive to my own tranquillity.”

I’m neither a Christian nor a pacifist, but I came to similar conclusions. Voting is not only an ineffective way of advancing a peaceful society, but it actually has harmful effects that make peace less likely. The reasons why I’ve come to that conclusion are too lengthy for a blog comment, but you can find them here: https://c4ss.org/content/39744