Therefore, the urge to vote is diminished and the voting legacy is lost. However, these initiatives seem juvenile compared to the real problem - we cannot be equally represented by our government. On the other extreme, people may not be voting because they are unhappy with the way things are and feel ostracized by their government. Looked at rationally, voting itself is entirely irrational because only the votes of millions count. The truth is that one singular vote does not matter.
Democracy is the rule of the majority.
Therefore, those who hold the majority will be those who vote. The great task is now to encourage the next majority not the next vote. A few votes here and there do not count. A better informed, better educated, and better treated public will vote and create the next paradigm shift in American democracy. American democracy is stagnant.