[Rhodes22-list] Politics: the need to vote

[Robert Skinner]

Herb Parsons wrote:
> 
> I'd hate to have something similar.
> 
> As much as I dislike 35%-40% voting participation, I'd HATE the notion of forcing people, who have no real desire to participate, close their eyes and pick a candidate, or pick one based solely on the opinion of someone else they read/heard a couple of days before.
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Gotta agree with you on that, Herb, much as it 
pains me to recognize that a sizeable part of 
the population is both uncaring and ignorant.

/Robert Skinner