[cloudjacker]

As someone that is pretty content lobbying or going directly to a regulator to change a law, than through Congress or a local representative

Why do you think voter turnout is even worth spending energy on. Lobbying is way more likely to get your way and only marginally less passive. When Google got the FAA to change a regulation regarding blimps and skydiving, they didn't wait for the next Senate vote to put in their politicians, to nominate a more amenable chairman. They simply said "lets do it this way" to the FAA.

Its cute that people fought for the popular vote. But just cute.