Do we have a problem with voter turnout?

Do we have a problem with voter turnout?

The answer depends on your perspective.

Certainly, it's a shame that not every eligible voter participates in the process. Consider what our predecessors had to do for you to have the right to vote. Not bothering to exercise that right is - at best - disrespectful to the memory of those who gave their lives so that you could have this privilege.

On the other hand, if you've ever been involved in any organization - a church, a civic club, a school organization, you know that there is a small, core group of people that ends up making all the decisions. It's just human nature. Why should a government organization be any different?

Should we make people vote, like they do in Australia? Should we pay people to vote, as Yale Law School Professor Stephen Carter suggests?

Do we really have a problem at all?