Suffering suffrage

ELECTION: Following the coverage of the 27% turnout in the recent municipal primary elections, Daily News readers weighed in. Two Resedans made the letters column Sun Mar 13, one saying "why bother?" the other saying "so shut up then" ... or words to that effect.

While it's true that many of us are lazy for not voting, it is also true that many of us are increasingly fed up with the political/legal system in our society. Why vote when one judge can change an election? Why vote when elected officials cater to billion-dollar corporations? Why vote when Wall Street scamsters make bigger and bigger fortunes while honest hardworking people get nothing?

Our lawmakers destroy our institutions, bulldoze our cherished buildings and sell us out for a cushy pension. Why vote? --Frank Dookun, Reseda

And in counterpoint:

I was one of the 27 percent who voted. Frankly, I feel that anybody who did not vote should not express their opinions in this paper or anywhere else. They have no right to express their views unless they do it at the polls. Have some wine with that whine and crime. --Susan Metzger, Reseda