Well, we should all be informed voters and have our minds made up before we enter the voting booth. We should do a little homework on candidates and ballot initiatives so we know what we’re voting for.
I don’t know what to say if voters become conflicted when confronted with a ballot, and they haven’t done any research into ballot initiatives. If they are voting in a school, that will influence them to vote for a bond issue for schools?
I hate to think some people are so easily swayed. I would hope that all of us do some research before we go vote.
I may be a minority opinion, but I’m not too concerned that voter turnout is not as high as some other countries. I figure if some people don’t follow the news and politics, their votes won’t be based on any kind of reasoning or thought process anyway. And they won’t know the candidates or the issues, so they shouldn’t vote anyway. I don’t want uninformed people canceling out my vote because they don’t know what the issues are.
And that is the reason why the franchise used to be limited.