A voter leaves a polling place at West Gray Multiservice Center in Houston in 2024.

If the fate of the world relied on voting, there would still be people lost in distraction — scrolling through TikTok, laughing at memes and oblivious that the ground beneath their feet was crumbling.

Voting? That would never make their to-do list.

After yesterday's election, I'm more certain than ever that too many Houstonians have tuned out. We've traded civic duty for social-media rants, and the sense of community that bonded us feels like a relic.

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