...and approved by the majority of the people.

[rant]

In theory.

Since we 'punish' people for not following laws, why aren't we *insisting all participate in voting (as we do taxes).
This would reveal the true nature of the political landscape and not the island of those that, even in 'heavy' voter turnout years, are representing only 25 percent (if we are lucky) of the populus.

... and the statistical arguement that enough of a sampling has occurred to represent the full mass is clearly b......t in this case.[/rant]

::sigh::