Democracy on the cheap

I'm always amazed when I hear people talking about voting. Nobody seems to care about it.

This might sound weird considering all the fuss over elections all the time. People do care about elections and politicians and the direction of their country. All that is clear, but as soon as it comes down to actually doing the voting nobody seems all that interested in the integrity of the process.

Crooks and liars has a post about Florida and Michigan democrats squabbling over what to do with their delegates, they both didn't have a proper election so the results they have are only partial. Now they are debating whether to count the delegates as is or to not count them or to do a new election.

Crooks and liars then says this: "Florida Dems could have another primary, but there are some major legal and financial restrictions."

Legal? So there is a law saying that people are not allowed to vote? I think I know the solution to this problem..

Financial? I'm surprised that this can even be said with a straight face. So the rule is "democracy is good as long as it doesn't cost anything"?

To be fair, Michigan is trying to set up a new election they just need the necessary funding ($10 million). Lets hope they can raise that.