The act of informal voting is one of voting against the system per se. There was a reason the Soviet Union held elections, they understood the principle act in voting was to express consent to being governed - not the mere selection of a candidate.
José Saramago, a winner of the Nobel prize for Literature wrote a novel about this.
It never ceases to amaze me how those who affirm democracy the most comprehend it the least.
>forfeit their right to have a say
The act of informal voting is one of voting against the system per se. There was a reason the Soviet Union held elections, they understood the principle act in voting was to express consent to being governed - not the mere selection of a candidate.
José Saramago, a winner of the Nobel prize for Literature wrote a novel about this.
It never ceases to amaze me how those who affirm democracy the most comprehend it the least.
http://www.amazon.com/Seeing-Jose-Saramago/dp/0156032732