[Peace-discuss] Voting

[Chuck Minne]

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  But wouldn’t it be wonderful if they gave an election and NOBODY showed up? Can you imagine that? Wouldn’t it be fantastic? Unbelievably beautiful.


Bob Illyes <illyes at uiuc.edu> wrote:   

Of the folks who could register to vote, a third did not bother to
register. This is an extremely hard-won right, yet this many folks
are indifferent to it. I fear that the country is drowning in a sea
of cynicism.

Bob

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