Votes pit neighbor against neighbor.
Votes obscure responsibility and dilute accountability.
Votes add supposed legitimacy to corrupt systems.
Votes demonstrate a naivete concerning the nature of men and power.
Votes encourage a subjective rather than objective view of moral issues.
Votes are ineffectual in bringing about righteous change.
Votes amount to criminal accessory when officials that they empower do evil.
Votes are an attempt at an unnatural flow of power: bottom up vs. top down.