Mr. Simmons concludes "Hawaii voters may like change in relatively modest doses, but the cure for this disease of electoral apathy may take much stronger medicine."  Oh yeah?  Like what!  Stop trying to force people to do what you think is good for them.  I'm happy if ignorant, apathetic sheep don't vote.  Leave voting to people who know the issues and care about the result.  

Low voter turnout is actually a form of boycott.  When the choice is between Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the only way to protest is to not vote.  The people do NOT approve of the government's policies, which are enforced by "political correctness" and "bipartisanship" preventing opposition views from getting candidates to stand up and run.  

Mr. Simmons desperately wants large voter turnout as a way to validate the policies people actually oppose.  I've heard that in some dictatorships people are forced to vote under threat of fines and imprisonment.  That's the "stronger medicine" Simmons would prefer?