It indeed is a funny thing. But so many want to tear down the system for its results. It is the fabric of the system, the voter that is surely flawed, rather than the vote itself. Even in ancient Greek times they played with qualifying the vote. Besides the obvious down side, I believe that one should be able to do that. Surely if you want a say you should try and educate yourself as to the people and the issues ... but that I know is a slippery slope.