“There is no
such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying
home and tacitly doubling the value of some diehard’s vote.”
—David Foster Wallace
(1962-2008), novelist, essayist and short story writer.
• Editorial Comment: Or you can vote with your feet and move to Canada.
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