This analysis doesn't put any weight on the value of a vote as a consent to be governed, as a popular validation of the legitimacy of the state. That may not ha

This analysis doesn't put any weight on the value of a vote as a consent to be governed, as a popular validation of the legitimacy of the state. That may not have much value to this economist, but given the authoritarian states that compel election turnout (e.g. "near 100%" turnout in North Korea) it does have value to governments if not the governed.