Dissenting Electorate: Those Who Refuse to Vote and the Legitimacy of Their Opposition Book

	Prologue: "Don't Vote: 20 Practical Reasons"	1
	Introduction	3
	Data: Non-Voting Americans	5
1	The Superiority of Moral Power Over Political Power	7
2	The Non-Voter's Right to Ignore the State	11
3	Of Voting	13
4	Against Woman Suffrage	18
5	Political Methods vs. Nonviolent Resistance	22
6	On Underwriting an Evil	26
7	Abstain from Beans	35
8	The Illegality, Immorality, and Violence of All Political Action	37
9	Where the Individual Vote Really Counts	42
10	Is Voting a Moral Act?	47
11	Should Libertarians Vote or Hold Political Office?	50
12	Elections Enhance Government Power and Authority	64
13	Voting and the Slavery Analogy	69
14	Elections: An Alternative to Political Disorder	71
15	The Meaning of Elections	77
16	The Case Against Democracy	81
17	Do Voting and Residence Imply Consent?	86
18	An Argument in Defense of the Invisible Hand	93
19	Election Day: A Means of State Control	102
20	Why I Would Not Vote Against Hitler	109
21	End of the Mandate	112
22	The Limits of Political Action	117
23	Why I Refuse to Register (to Vote or Pay Taxes)	123
24	Non-Voting as an Act of Secession	126
25	Laconics: Short Takes on Non-Voting	130
	Epilogue: Reasons to Vote	132
	Index	133