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Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate
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.
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Spoken like someone who has the means to book off time to leave work to take part in an electoral process.
Believe it or not, there is a significant portion of the working populace (especially in the US) that have no vacation days, can't take time off (even in advance) and aren't willing to lose their jobs to caucus at 1 PM on a Tuesday.