“I think you are missing the point. People will be sitting out not to “send a messahe”, but rather because voting will be pointless.”
I guess we can help the Democrats in making elections pointless by removing their need to cheat.
(and I guess I better keep posting my diatribes)
If this blatant cheating is rewarded, we lose either way. Either we eliminate their need to cheat, or we continue under the illusion that we can make a difference by voting - only to see the most unlikely, unworthy, even hated candidates come up with the number of votes necessary to overcome whatever landslide would have happened if the election were not compromised.
It is NOW OR NEVER to right this wrong. If they see that they can get away with something that is so obvious to EVERYONE on both sides, there will never again be another even semi-fair election. We become Venezuela, and before long will be too hungry to fight.