The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights.

Voting rights are constitutional rights.

Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government.

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner

Some politicians are aware of the Bill of Rights. It seems that the opposition party is far more likely to invoke it, to wave it in the air, this is what we saw from a lot of republicans during the Clinton Administration, and we are seeing the same from Democrats under Bush.

As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic system and mass fear becomes the ticket to destroy rights across the board.