I have one adjustment to this. There are elections THIS YEAR, because local elections happen every year. In the states where I’ve lived (NJ and PA), there are openings for county positions, municipal positions, judicial positions, school board positions, etc. on a staggered cycle. Getting people thinking this is not an annual event is why they sometimes mess up and don’t show up when it counts.
It needs to be treated like something as regular as death and taxes. It’s an annual responsibility that never goes away. Since there is never a year when somebody is not getting elected to something, there’s no way that eligible voters should just take a year off.
