However, perhaps you learned an important lesson. When the next election came along and your really, really, really wanted to vote, perhaps this time you would plan ahead, arrange to have someone take you to the polling place if you needed assistance and you would be able to vote.

Over the years our system of voting has severely strayed from this historic norm that worked very well for many decades. It appears the new approach of “if it ain’t broke let’s fix it anyway” is the “new norm.”