When casting ballots, ignorance is dangerous!
To quote an opinion in the News Tribute (Tacoma, Washington):
Here's a polite way to put it: Voters who've done their homework on the candidates and issues deserve a warm glow of civic virtue as they fill out their ballots.
A less polite version: Citizens who don't have a clue should either educate themselves or leave the job of self-government to the better informed.
What the writer was referring to was a County Sheriff's race in which 52,000 people voted for a CONVICTED FELON INSTEAD OF A PROFESSIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVE. (All the writer could conclude was "maybe the voters liked his [the felon's] name."
"It's not hard to get educated. At a MINIMUM, citizens should read the the flyers and pamphlets delivered to their house. If a candidate doesn't bother to submit information, SOUNDS INCOHERENT, or seems GROSSLY MISINFORMED...well, consider VOTING FOR THE OTHER PERSON!
Disasterly UNQUALIFIED candidates can actually get elected IF ENOUGH VOTERS AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION!
With that being said: Pat McCusker is a TAX PROFESSIONAL, a Union Ironworker (18 years), a former District Manager of H&R Block, a youth baseball director and Little Loop football coach, an active fundraiser for Relay-4-Life...and, a graduate of Lackawanna High School.