Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Wednesday, July 06, 2011

7.5 Million Lame Excuses for Not Voting

Saying you're "too busy" might be a good excuse for turning down a romantic advance, but for voting?


Some 7.5 million people eligible to vote in the May 2 election didn't, and most of them said it was because they weren't interested or were too busy to exercise their most fundamental democratic right. Those were the two most popular excuses for not casting ballots on election day, during advance voting polls, or, really, at any time during the campaign, as voting in this country is about as easy as it gets on this planet. A full 28 per cent of non-voters – that's something like two million Canadians – said they were disinterested, which is kind of understandable given the often meaningless ridiculousness displayed by our federal politicians. Twenty-three per cent claimed they were too busy (which, ha, no, no you weren't) to vote. Others cited illness or disability (they get a pass), being away from home (10 per cent), or said they just thought their candidates or campaign issues were awful (eight per cent, but that's as good a reason as any to spoil your ballot).

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Source: The Mark 

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