Instead, take the issue of universal background checks and vote yes or no on it.
How many of us actively engage in the political process in any way other than reading or writing like-minded commentary, signing petitions, occasionally cutting checks, and voting?
If the electorate wants to check out and vote for a fantasy rather than addressing the real problems facing the country, then that country's citizens will get exactly what they deserve.
President Abbas's dissolution of parliament in 2007 spared him the inconvenience of democratic checks-and-balances and awkward votes of no-confidence.But the most severe attacks came from the close circle around Mr Abbas, who constantly chipped away at his powers.
Reagan opposed it, but back then, in the olden times of checks and balances, the vote by 338 representatives and 78 senators establishing the holiday threatened certain veto override.
Sanders voted against the Brady Bill, which established mandatory background checks in 1993, and voted for a law protecting gun manufacturers from lawsuits from victims of violence. .
And though one candidate, David T. Prosser Jr., the incumbent justice and a conservative, appeared to hold a solid lead (due, in part, to the Waukesha County votes), the checking and rechecking of vote counts dragged on in a few counties.
"A lot of them said, 'I'd never heard of you, and I liked what you said and I went and checked your voting record and you'd actually voted that way,' " he said.
Thomas Saggaras, a ski instructor working part time as a bus-driver in the absence of pupils during the forum, said people had become tired of the security checks and restrictions and would vote soon on whether to host the gathering in future.
In this case, it's football, with users choosing their favourite teams, checking into games, and voting on what they think will happen.
