Get Out to Vote?

Apparently Starbucks is giving out free coffee to everyone who votes.  Woohoo - I am not saying no to free coffee!!

(Brief aside:  Again, I do not support this huge 'everyone must vote!!!' campaign because I do believe the ignoramus remain ignorant but are now playing a significant role in the political process.)

Who knows what'll happen when I go into that voting booth tomorrow - I'll keep you posted for sure!

VOTE!?!?!

Ok, it's that time - election year - when everywhere you look there's some sign or ad or crazy person telling EVERYONE TO VOTE.  

My two questions:  who came up with this campaign and was he or she thinking at the time?

Everyone seems to be blindly screaming at anyone and everyone to vote.  I've gotten random emails from all kinds of random acquaintances urging everyone to register to vote.  What is it these people are trying to accomplish?  

Now, don't get me wrong, I DO believe in a democracy and I'm not saying anyone SHOULDN'T have the right to vote.  However, I do believe that with something this important, it'd be best if 100% of the participating voters are educated and informed.

People who can't identify the USA on a map (apparently one in five Americans....), people who can't identify the four names on the major party tickets, nevermind what the different between a democrats and republicans - we want THESE people tipping the scales in swing states?  We want these people deciding the election?  We want these people canceling the votes of passionate informed voters?!?!

Truth be told, not all Americans care about politics.  Which, I guess, is our right as Americans to be ignorant.  However, taking that into consideration, maybe fewer voters would be a solution to our 'broken' political system.  America's most ignorant shouldn't be the deciding factor in one of America's most important decisions....

I don't believe these 'potential new voters' are taking more of an interest in politics, doing research on the candidate's records and stances on the issues, paying attention to current events, etc., I believe they are continuing to be just as ignorant yet now going to the voting booths. 

Maybe the campaign slogan shouldn't be 'VOTE' but rather 'CARE'.