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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Caucusing means you show up the day of, generally during a restricted time frame of a few hours, and generally have to stay for the entire process and can't simply vote and leave. Options? None basically.
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Well, that
is democracy, in a sense: If you want to effect something, being expected to actually show up and sacrifice some of your time to accomplish said something (and persuade others to join you in doing so) shouldn't be all that surprising.
Whereas I suggest that voting by mail, or voting through "click on a link" methods of the future, or anything that makes the voting process easier and less involved actually encourages less voter involvement and a slacktivism mindset, which then increases the level of voter disengagement and disassociation between a candidate and their constituency while concentrating electoral power in those that already have it.