GO VOTE

Sidle up to the bar (Lightly Moderated)

Moderator: Dictators in Training

Postby Arlos » Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:06 pm

Yah, you don't have to vote on issues you don't wish to, the rest of it is still counted.

For example, I frequently don't bother to vote on, say, the races for the local School District Council or the Maritime Board, say. I don't care anywhere near enough to research that kind of race, and I refuse to vote blindly, so I simply leave those areas blank.

-Arlos
User avatar
Arlos
Admin Abuse Squad
Admin Abuse Squad
 
Posts: 9021
Joined: Thu Mar 11, 2004 12:39 pm

Postby Spazz » Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:21 pm

If you go to vote in your fuck g w shirt expect an altercation at your voting location :dunno:
WHITE TRASH METAL SLUMMER
Why Immortal technique?
Perhaps its because I am afraid and he gives me courage.
User avatar
Spazz
Osama bin Spazz
Osama bin Spazz
 
Posts: 4752
Joined: Tue Mar 16, 2004 7:29 pm
Location: Whitebread burbs

Postby araby » Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:01 pm

Martrae wrote:BTW...Arizona is holding a lottery as incentive to get people to vote...isn't that sad?

My personal opinion is: if you don't vote then you can't complain about the government.


that's the second sad thing I heard today, the first being that my patient teaches high school students and they watch "channel one" news which, I never had, but apparently is this commercially-done news for kids in high school-
and they had a vote today for the kids. the question was, "should voters be rewarded for voting?"

and this is what they are showing as "news" to high school kids. my patient said she told her students that the privelege of being an American and having the right to vote is your reward. Now I have this faith in her that doesn't really affect me directly but I can't help but thinks she's probably doing the best job she can with her students. made me happy.
Image
User avatar
araby
Nappy Headed Ho
Nappy Headed Ho
 
Posts: 7818
Joined: Sat Mar 20, 2004 12:53 am
Location: Charleston, South Carolina

Postby 10sun » Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:20 pm

Think there would be better voting turn outs if you got a tax break because of it?
User avatar
10sun
NT Drunkard
NT Drunkard
 
Posts: 9861
Joined: Sat Mar 13, 2004 10:22 am
Location: Westwood, California

Postby leah » Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:29 pm

i had channel one in high school.
lolz
User avatar
leah
Preggers!
Preggers!
 
Posts: 6815
Joined: Mon Jun 21, 2004 5:44 pm
Location: nebraska

Postby Jay » Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:36 pm

There'd be better voter turnout if voting was easier to access. I have to take time off to go vote so I'm guaranteed to lose money if I vote. I like how the voting booth is open pretty much during business hours. Why not do it on a Sunday afternoon where everyone can make it?
Jay

 

Postby araby » Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:36 pm

It's sad to me there needs to be an incentive. I am just as tolerant as anyone else but sometimes things need to be dealt with head on. I'd rather get a tax break for something else.
Image
User avatar
araby
Nappy Headed Ho
Nappy Headed Ho
 
Posts: 7818
Joined: Sat Mar 20, 2004 12:53 am
Location: Charleston, South Carolina

Postby Gargamellow » Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:39 pm

I voted.
User avatar
Gargamellow
Nappy Headed Ho
Nappy Headed Ho
 
Posts: 8683
Joined: Wed Mar 10, 2004 5:39 am
Location: Nunyafuggin Bidness

Postby Jay » Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:41 pm

Also, no matter who you vote for the person who wins is most likely still a self serving, power hungry jackass. The 2 party system limits our choices. I'd be much more eager to vote if I knew my opinion meant squat to this country. Nowadays, I get put in a position where I have to vote against someone, not for them, which in turn equals me voting for the guy I think has the best chance of beating the guy I oppose not voting for the best man for the job in my opinion.
Jay

 

Previous

Return to Cap's Alehouse

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 36 guests