Voting is so overrated. Standing in line with the other plebes certainly doesn't make me feel "empowered". In fact, if anything it brings me face to face with my powerlessness. There's a 50/50 chance the guy in front of me is going to cancel my vote. And how about the girl behind me? What if they vote for someone who's going to infringe my rights -- like Obama and his leftist pals?
Bottom line is that my confidence isn't in my measly power as a voter, but rather in the principles that my Republic is built upon and that are (or should be) beyond the power of the vote.
I’m with Noumenon. When voting becomes the only way to protect yourself from the people running the elections, the game is up. You have lost your autonomy. Prepare for the future as if your life depends on it. If the statists thought they had anything to fear from holding elections they would do away with them.
Especially when voter fraud means there is an increasing chance you have already voted Democrat before you yourself are turned away at the polls.