Mona Charen, one of the most sensible of commentators, echoes thoughts I expressed earlier this year, about voting. The welfare of the Republic is not enhanced by people voting, if they have not bothered to inform themselves, or if their preferences are determined by the quality of the advertising they have viewed.

There is no reaqson at all to make voting partiucularly easy, via mail ballots or internet voting, as some propose. To be sure, legitimate absentee ballots ae necessary, but I think it far better that people engage in the civic ritual of physically going to a polling place.

Thomas Lifson   10 23 04