When did voters stop caring?

From The Mercury:

THORNS to the complacency of voters and would-be candidates as next Tuesday’s primary election approaches. In contrast to 2005-2006 when voter anger with the Pennsylvania Legislature pay raise spawned a class of primary election challengers, this year’s primary features virtually no contests in this region and few throughout the state. The lack of challenges isn’t because the Legislature has become more effective or because there are no more shenanigans in Harrisburg. Pennsylvania still has the most costly and among the most corrupt government bodies in the nation. When did voters stop caring? 

Roses and thorns: House rehab, voter apathy, cleanups