Did you ?

I don't know what the exact turnout was today at the election.  I do know that the precinct that is housed in the church I serve here in Oakland had under 150 votes cast at it today.  My home precinct couldn't have fared much better regarding the issues, candidates and propositions up for a vote today.  What would it have been like if we had been voting on the primary today like we were supposed to?

A friend of my used to always tell me that anyone who doesn't vote, and doesn't appreciate and practice democracy, should be deported.  Sounded harsh...yet I wonder if it's not that bad of an idea now when we realize how complacent, distant and seemingly disempowered most of our electorate is and feels.