Replying to a message of PETER COGGON to ROB MCCART:

 PC>   Today, in the local stores, this issue is being discussed
 PC> and it seems that 70% are not voting.   Thats my unofficial
 PC> poll.   They hate all partys.    Torys and Liberals are one
 PC> party representing Corporate Bay Street, and the rest are
 PC> wannabees that couldn't get either nomination from Bay Street's
 PC> puppets.   

A similar situation exists down here in the US, depending on which poll
one believes either half or 2/3 of the eligible voters don't bother.  One way
to fix that would be to either add a "none of these candidates"
option or a "yes/no" option for each candidate.  That way voters 
could vote *against* candidates, under the current system (here) the only
way to do that is to vote *for* his/her opponent - and if the opponent is
also unacceptable there's no third option.  But the professional politicians
and bureaucrooks don't *want* that to happen, so it won't.

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