Originally Posted by kane

The apathy is in the numbers. 57% voter turnout is good? That is terrible. That means 43% of those eligible to vote either don't care enough or can't be bothered to take a few hours out of their day every few years to cast a ballot.

In my state we have a little higher than the national average. In the last election we had about 61% turnout. Here is the kicker. In my state we have vote by mail. They mail you the ballot. All you need to do is fill it out and put it back in the mail and you are done yet 40% of the people can't be bothered to do that.