Another political staple at this point in the cycle is the “Get Out The Vote” campaign.
Now, if it’s helping, for example, the elderly and the incapacitated to exercise their franchise, it is a noble, democratic undertaking. But if it’s a partisan exercise in persuading the otherwise uninterested to show up and vote in lock step, then I say: “If that’s what it takes to motivate you to get to the polls – as opposed to more-than-obvious economic, geo-political and social imperatives – then stay home. That way you don’t offset the ballots of informed voters doing their duty.”