A sign of the times

[Concillian]

I present the most obvious and well documented case of "people are dumb" I know of:
http://www.lurkerlounge.com/forums/thread-2315.html

short summary:
- Ballot measure gets put on the ballot
- special election happens in the meantime that obsoletes the measure, but it's already been put on the ballot, so it must be voted for
- Voter information pamphlet goes out. The "for" argument is all caps "DO NOT VOTE FOR THIS PROPOSITION" then a brief paragraph explaining it got obsoleted. Nobody submitted rebuttal or against arguments.
- Election happens and 42% of voters voted for the propositon.

This happened to be the largest margin of victory or defeat of any of the propositions in the election, which suggests something like 80% of the voting body is randomly choosing without adequate research. One would also assume that non-voters are, on average, even less able to make good decisions.