spark Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 If you are a registered voter, please vote. It is the only way Democracy works, even if you don't think your vote will count, Vote (and not just for the President). I did absentee voting, and mailed my ballot in 2 weeks ago. 1 Link to comment
Rockies Fan in Diapers Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Amen Smarti! Sadly if people that have the right to vote, but then don't exercise that right, then they really can't complain about elected officials & things that they do & don't do, etc. because they didn't do anything to change things. I second Smarti's Motion, PLEASE VOTE! I early voted via mail in ballot drop off. Rockies Fan. Link to comment
Guest Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Rather than pick between a turd sandwich, and a giant douche, I chose to sit this, and every election out. I simply don't want to be held liable for what scandalous trouble an elected official will get into, that way, when a politician is caught in a Vegas hotel room full of hookers snorting crystal meth off a switchblade, I can say, "don't look at me, I didn't vote". 2 Link to comment
ForbiddenFruit Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Do it solely for the Supreme Court, if you're one of those people who pretends social issues don't exist and screams "they're both the same!" Link to comment
Guest gnappies Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 I'm a Brit, and we can have multiple candidates on the election slip. So long as you can stump up £1500 (I think), you can stand as a candidate, (we don't vote in the leader). This though does nothing to improve the quality either. I reckon you're going to get Barry O again, better the devil you know, sort of thing. Link to comment
babyscoot Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 i mailed mine in a week ago. 3rd party protest voter here. 1 Link to comment
sarah_ab Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 There is more to vote for than just a president. You don't have to vote for the president but can still vote for local elections and for local initiatives. Theres nothing wrong with only voting for certain things and leaving others blank.. but to not vote at all unless you are a white landowning male is a gross injustice to all those who fought for your right to vote. If you are a white landowning male, than vote to carry on a traditional. again this is not just a presidential election, there are senate and congressional races, there are gubernatorial races, there are local initiatives in every state on the ballot. Link to comment
timmyc Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 and about 400 judges, who I know nothing about. Link to comment
gah!ghost Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 That's why I like mail voting all the more. I can easily sit in front of my computer and look everything up. Link to comment
hti24 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 At home watching the election with CNN on in the background, a pile of ironing on the rocking chair, and two wet Attends. Anyone else? Link to comment
sarah_ab Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 everyone should watch ABC, i swear diane sawyer has had a bit too much to drink she's hilarious tonight and keeps mixing up her words etc..... Link to comment
gah!ghost Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I don't have cable so I'm just watching raw live updates of voting counts. Link to comment
sarah_ab Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 she is just hilarious. I wasn't watching the election at all, but someone had posted on facebook about her and so i turned it on, u might be able to watch her live on abc.com.. i dunno its worth watching the election coverage just to see her! lol... after such the longest election year ever, its nice to end with her seeming drunk... i say seeming because of course there are many reasons for her mixing up words and slurring etc... but its funnier to imagine drunk. Link to comment
gah!ghost Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Looks like Obama has it won. 1 Link to comment
babychubby Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Sad part is no matter how we vote it dont matter cause the electoral vote is what gets them in. Why vote if you vote means dick........ Link to comment
sarah_ab Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Ahem.. Washington and Colorado states are no longer red or blue states, but simply Green states. Link to comment
gah!ghost Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Sad part is no matter how we vote it dont matter cause the electoral vote is what gets them in. Why vote if you vote means dick........ This is depressingly true for a lot of states. Fortunately I live in Florida. There's also always a bunch of other stuff on the ballot that your vote has more meaningful impact on. Link to comment
Guest Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Ahem.. Washington and Colorado states are no longer red or blue states, but simply Green states. ......for about 5 seconds, the federal government will never allow it. Link to comment
spark Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 As the OP, I have no problem with people who choose not to actively vote. By definition that is vote. In 2004 I couldn't vote for Bush, and decided to vote for McCain (I'm one of the few people who voted for McCain, and then voted for Barack twice), but that was a choice to abandon my vote. I've heard of people who chose not to vote because of a reason, and thus were choosing to make a choice. I respect that, because it is your right to not vote. But, not voting because you don't think it maters is crap. Personally, I'm very proud to be an American tonight. I thank anybody in Ohio for voting, because I can only imagine the choice that those people had. In my case, in California, it didn't really matter who I voted for. I still voted my choice, but in the long run it wasn't going to change anything. In Ohio, that wasn't exactly the case. Those people went to vote today knowing their choice not only would affect them, but all 6,000,0000,000 residents of the world (everybody is affected by who is president of the United States). For that matter, I'm proud that one of my former classmates (who I can't remember) Tammy Duckworth, who won tonight in Ohio and is now a freshman congresswoman. Link to comment
ForbiddenFruit Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 You re-elected (and by a 100+ electoral college landslide), you got the first openly gay senator in Wisconsin, and Washington state was the first state to by popular vote decriminalise marijuana and more importantly had a vote on teh icky gheys that didn't involve curbstomping their rights, and passed it. You've reached critical mass, US. Much love, Europistan xoxox Link to comment
gah!ghost Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Now all we need to do is elect an atheist president and I'll be happy. Link to comment
ForbiddenFruit Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 That, or a female president You know what's scary? The fact Bachmann would have a legitimate chance if she was a man. Link to comment
gah!ghost Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I think a female president is no longer something that would be "impossible". If someone puts up a female candidate I would think they have just as much chance at winning as anyone else. It's probably still a harder road to get to a nomination but it certainly in the realm of possibilities. An atheist though? In the US at the moment? I can't see it happening anytime soon. Link to comment
gotdiapers Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Palin '16 i ordered my bumper sticker already. Would be funny if it happened......lol. Link to comment
sarah_ab Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 actually colorado was the first state to decriminalize mj ... by a fewhours cause they are in a different time zone Link to comment
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