"CW" wrote in message =
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| I agree. I never could see why people made such a big deal about low =
voter
| turn out. People that don't have enough motivation or interest to =
vote,
| likely don't know enough about it to make an informed decision anyway.
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| "George" George@least wrote in message
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| "Dave Hinz" wrote in message
| ...
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| The problem is, we can barely get half the people off their asses =
to
| vote for _president_ once every four years. Not saying it's a bad =
idea,
| just that as with anything else, a small percentage of the =
population
| would be making the decisions. And, really, would _you_ vote on =
every
| piece of legislation, or just the few that you know/care about?
|
|
| The USA was designed to be a republic, not a boobocracy. Which is a =
good
| thing and should not be changed. Just count an absent as "no =
opinion" and
| get over it.
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Remember the Weimar Republic? =20
This kind of voter apathy is exactly what got Hitler in. =20
And we all know where that lead.

It is a shame that most of those who kvetch about who got in do not take =
the time to exercise their franchise.
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PDQ