The electorate shirks its duty to hold those who asked us for power and money accountable.
Voters cast a ballot. Then, too often, they stop. The people who asked for that vote asked for power, and they asked for money. Casting the ballot is not the whole duty. The duty is to hold them accountable for the power and the money they asked us for.
What gets shirked is the part after the vote. The campaign ends. The asking is treated as finished. The power remains in their hands. The money is spent. Almost no one comes back and requires an account of either one.
Accountability is not a fresh promise at the next election. It starts when someone has asked us for power and money and we have given it. If the electorate will not do that work, the people who asked are left to grade themselves.
A ballot without that follow-through is the duty being shirked.