It took you a lot of words to say "but sometimes it can be hard to vote". We all know that, but it's still your job as a citizen to overcome those obstacles. If you don't figure out a way to do so then it's only going to get worse. You can call that mean or apathetic or whatever other descriptor you like but it isn't going to change the situation. Voting could though.
I'm not sure what that weird instance gatekeeping rant was about. Seems like the whinging of the terminally online to me but maybe I'm missing something.