Voter Apathy in June Primary
It amazes me that The Times still runs these voter-apathy stories on the front page.
Fourteen million people didn’t vote in June--big surprise! A similar number missed the last primary. And can you really blame them?
As a member of June’s “Anti-Electorate,” I can tell you the reason many people refuse to vote is because the action seems futile in this state where Proposition 103 can survive an onslaught of negative advertisements from the insurance industry, whip a handful of weak alternative propositions, win an overwhelming mandate from the people--and still wind up looking like a chicken that’s been runover by a diesel truck, i.e., our court system.
MICHAEL UTLEY
Rosemead
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