And information people can be hard work.

It's sad but true that people have a general bias towards inaction that drives down voting rates.

People will tend to believe the things that mean they don't need to do anything.

I've had Independent voters insist to me they weren't allowed to vote in non-Presidential year general elections, because they weren't registered with a party.

FACT: There is an election ever November in PA, and all registered voters, regardless of party registration, are eligible to participate.

(The situation for the spring primary elections is a little more muddled. Unaffiliated/minor party candidates won't have primary candidates to vote for, but there are sometimes referenda for PA Constitutional amendments, or local issues. But November, every year.)