All voting is a sort of gaming, like chequers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong, with moral questions; and betting naturally accompanies it. The character of the voters is not staked. I cast my
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I recently worked on a podcast series about voting rights, and in the process of reporting out that series, I became more aware of the many legitimate reasons people have to remove themselves from the voting process. I found this section of the book illuminating, and I thought this quotation from Thoreau was fascinating.
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