Edit: 22.61% turnout? So what?

In an editorial Sunday, Managing Editor Mike Patrick of the Coeur d’Alene Press commented in part:

“In Kootenai County, less than 23 percent of registered voters — one out of four of those who at least at some point were intent on voting — exercised that right in the May 17 primary election. It didn’t matter that a lot was at stake. Three quarters of the Kootenai County residents most likely to vote took a pass instead. While many of those might be true independents who will show up come November, it seems plausible that a great many non-voters last week were simply not interested in the races or the outcome. And there’s the silver lining. We would much rather have the uninformed, the life-is-too-busy, the apathetic stand on the sidelines than cast ballots based on abstract thoughts or meaningless associations. In real life, a small percentage of people do most of the heavy lifting. Some say 20 percent do 80 percent of the work. If that’s true, then our turnout on Tuesday was better than expected, and the results came out just right.” Full editorial here.

Question: Would you rather have uninformed voters not vote?