A sign of the times

[kandrathe]

One would also assume that non-voters are, on average, even less able to make good decisions.

Here, every year, we have to vote on county, and state judges, but judges are not allowed to campaign, or be affiliated with a political party. Consequently, no one knows a good judge from a crack-pot. People here obviously vote for judges based on their name alone. I do some inside research on the court dockets to at least figure out who the crackpot incumbents are, as they have a record. Many times they run unopposed though.