'The Cancellation of Democracy'

Here's an extremely interesting column by Bob Guldin in the Baltimore Sun, "The Cancellation of Democracy," which, unfortunately, misses some important points.
First off, canceling any election is a bad thing, especially if it is for financial reasons, so don’t get me wrong here. Budgetary times are bad; cancel elections! How insane is that?
However, in most cases, primary and preliminary elections, especially at the local level, have been cancelled left and right due mostly to non-interest – by candidates and voters. So, it isn’t an unusual thing, and we should probably get used to this happening more and more.
Disturbing? Yes. Extraordinary? No.