To the political scientists out there..

And as far as know there is only one or two of you...I have a deep question that verges on the philosophical or perhaps Zen: If an election happens in Baltimore and nobody votes, did it really happen? In the interest of full disclosure I should say, I did not vote. I know, I know, (Molly, you are probably so disappointed right now) but lets be honest, what is the point of voting in an election where many people ran unopposed, and the mayor won by about 70% of the vote. Here are some ideas for increasing voter participation (some mine, some stolen): when you vote you get entered in a lottery for a million dollars, actually have some competition (you know the whole two party thing), allow everyone to vote by mail, or lets just abandon this whole democracy thing and have those who score in the top 10% on the SATs vote. We will force them to vote, they are smarter than me (I think, I don't remember my percentile), and then the rest of us don't have to bother paying attention. I believe that these people should also be the ones to be forced to serve on juries, that way the rest of us don't have to. Haha, that will teach those damn smart people and force candidates to actually act smart, not dumb it down. Anyone else have some reform ideas?