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Originally Posted by Thunderball
The goal is 100% willing, motivated and informed voters... adding a none of the above box does nothing to help. We already know the system needs help.
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So if we know the system already needs help, why has nothing been done yet then? It's not like this is some new phenomenon; the voting rate has been steadily declining I believe.
I do think, after all this, that the voting rate gets sold as the be all to end all of democracy. It is critically important, obviously, but the activities you allude to and others - join an interest/pressure group, contact your politician, lobby, etc whatever - are paid little attention to in the media, society and us as individuals as means of democracy.