Baltimore's voter turnout is lackluster at 28%

City's voter turnout is lackluster at 28% -- baltimoresun.com: "Though state officials had been predicting a paltry 30 percent of Baltimore's 331,987 registered voters would cast ballots in Tuesday's citywide primary, late in the day it seemed hitting even that would be a stretch.

"City election officials estimated that 82,921 ballots were cast at polling places Tuesday, representing about 28 percent of registered Republicans and Democrats."

And consider this: Maryland now offers convicted and released felons the opportunity to vote. There are about 50,000 ex-felons now re-enfranchised. [UPDATE: Sheila Dixon won the primary with fewer than 50,000 votes cast for her, total.]

Here's the part that should scare you: It's no stretch to see how they could not just influence an election, but actually put in place their own candidate, with such low numbers of the law-abiding turning out.