Voting Today…. or Not

It is rather silly to urge people to vote when they no idea who is running, or what the candidates stand for. Yet every election, huge voter turnouts are praised, while low voter turnouts are lamented. If people have to be shamed into voting, they are almost certainly less informed. If voting is important, then we should no more encourage uninformed people to vote than encourage uninformed lawyer to take on law cases — particularly cases in which our own future is on the line. When it comes to voting, our mantra should be: “Do not vote – unless you cast an informed ballot”. What we need are more voters who are informed on the principles of constitutional government, not more ill-informed voters. Better informed voters will the elect better officeholders.