So you are suggesting that if there was 1% voter turn out, the election would still be considered legit and the elected would have claim to be the legitimate leaders of our government?
Travis On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 06:03:36 -0700, Bill Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2004-12-05 at 17:32 -0800, Travis Pahl wrote: > > providing slightly less legitamacy to the candidate that wins. > > Nope. A choice to not vote is still a choice; you can not get out of it. > That's the nature of an electoral system. Choosing to not vote detracts > no legitimacy for several reasons. Among them that you still made a > choice to not vote for the opponents. Ultimately it allows the elected > one to say that "of those who actually cared enough to vote" s/he got > the most votes. And when it comes to government politics, that is all > who really matter. > > > > Granted it is small, but so is the effect of voting for the candidate. > > At least by not voting, I am proud of my decision. > > I voted for someone other than the "big two", and I am proud of my > decision. Yet we had practically the same effect. > > _______________________________________________ > > > Libnw mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw > Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw > _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
