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If you didn’t vote, don’t complain and more letters to the editors

If you didn’t vote, don’t complain

If you awoke last week to news that the candidate you wanted didn’t win and you failed to vote, then you shouldn’t have anything to say.

According to the Election Commission, there were 48,848 votes cast out of 232,752 eligible voters in Hamilton County. Half of those votes were cast by mail and during early voting.

This is an indictment against eligible voters of Hamilton County who evidently did not care or think it necessary to vote.

Democracy does work, but it requires active participation of citizens at the poll.