Why would voters refuse to sign?
At the Arlington Heights Metra station today, a clipboard-carrying crew was soliciting petition signatures to put a candidate on the ballot.
I dutifully signed, then was appalled to hear the signature-collector ask a dozen fellow commuters and be turned down each time.
Perhaps some recognized the candidate name - I did not - and found the person unworthy of even being on the ballot, but I can't imagine that to be true of more than, at most, one or two.
I struggle to understand how voter apathy can be so strong as to refuse to even sign a ballot petition!
Elizabeth Bauer
Arlington Heights
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