Question: when is a problem not a problem? Answer: when the concern is low turnout in elections. The Washington Post's Dan Balz, who is often on-target, wanders down this cul-de-sac and ends up reaching the expected no conclusions.
Honestly, I love it when turnout is low. The fewer people who bother to vote, the more my vote is worth. In the best of all worlds, I'd be the only voter and my choices would all be elected to office.
Get-out-the-vote operatives for campaigns are paid to care about turning out people who will vote for their candidate. But chivvying individuals who are indifferent about outcomes into marking a ballot simply creates electoral "noise."
Voting is a privilege, and those whose choice is not to partake thereof should have their choice respected.
