See post 1574 by axenolith on the significance. a fairly good summary. I tried sending a pm on it. It was long but I accidentally hit the back butotn and erased it. grr
According to FReeper Steve van Doorn in a thread on this by FReeper Heavyrunner, '44% of those that have “voted” was called and said they never asked for the ballot and did not vote.'
Thank you, FRens...I think I’m getting it now.