[geoschmo]

The problem is now you can't tell if someone is refusing to participate, or just doesn't give a flip. Low voter turnout can be interepreted in any way you want. If you're the incumbant you can say things are going great and it's a measure of the voters satisfaction with with how things are going. If you are a challanger you could say that things are so bad that the the voters are disilusioned with the whole process and don't think it matters. We can't really tell though.

If people are compelled to take some sort of action, even if it's only to turn in a blank ballot, at least then we have a better sense of what they are feeling.

[ June 28, 2004, 19:36: Message edited by: geoschmo ]