Why are/aren’t you voting?
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Topic: Why are/aren’t you voting?
Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Subject: Why are/aren’t you voting?
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 12:01pm
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So many people have asked me this question in the past week it's rediculous, so I thought I'd ask it here.
Not really interested in who you are voting for. Just want to know why you are or aren't voting. I'm not voting in this election because I dislike both candidates. And to upset the people who say, "OMG IT'S YOUR CIVIC DUTY!!1!!1". I'm just as much of a citizen as anyone else, so they can go to hell. |
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Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 12:06pm
| i voted because i can. |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 12:07pm
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I'm voting because it is the only time I get to officially voice my opinion. I figure one should vote even if you don't like the candidates. Voting for third party candidates is a message in and of itself to the two major parties saying that you aren't happy with them. I also believe that if you DON'T vote, then you can't complain when the stuff hits the fan. ------------- ? |
Posted By: FreeEnterprise
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 12:12pm
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I can't vote, I'm only 17. ------------- They tremble at my name... 
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 12:13pm
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I'm voting because I feel strongly about participating in this election, and if I didn't
vote, I'd be mad at myself for not doing so. -------------  irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: Bruce Banner
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 12:17pm
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Me too. ------------- Waste and excess are not conservative family values http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/07opclassic.html - Nature is not a liberal plot http://pickensplan.com - A Good Energy Plan |
FreeEnterprise wrote:Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 12:20pm
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I'm not because the postal system sucks/I'm an idiot for waiting so long. Had my absentee ballot request form for about 2 months before I mailed it...just about 2 weeks ago. I am mad at myself for not voting. But I'm from Jersey, so either way Obama wins. ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: mamasboi
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 12:22pm
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i cant vote because i missed the registration day when i moved. |
Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 12:34pm
I keep telling myself I won't complain, and I intend to uphold that standard. I figure that both candidates are qualified to do their jobs, and whoever wins will probably do a better job than Bush. As long as I get paid at the end of the month, I don't really care too much. |
Posted By: reifidom
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 12:47pm
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There is a local proposition that would have our judges appointed instead of elected. I don't like that.
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Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 12:49pm
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I'm not going to bother. McCain is going to win Georgia anyway, so I won't bother wasting the time. |
Posted By: JohnnyHopper
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 12:51pm
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I already voted, twice. ------------- My shoes of peace have steel toes. |
Posted By: gh0st
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 12:56pm
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I didn't register. I don't think my vote counts.
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 1:06pm
I'm voting because I live in Wisconsin, it's what we do here in the upper midwest. Also I'd like a pragmatic intellectual back in the white house. ------------- 
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
Posted By: reifidom
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 1:16pm
And therefore it doesn't. -------------
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Posted By: Tical3.0
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 1:23pm
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Because Im Canadian eh! ------------- I ♣ hippies. |
Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 1:27pm
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 1:46pm
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I'm voting because I feel it is my civic duty as well as my only method of influencing events that will ultimately shape my life over the next 4-8 years. Not voting because you don't like either candidate or because you think the opposition or your own party will carry a state whether you vote or not shows a clear lack of understanding the electoral process as well as apathy to one's direction in life. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: STOcocker
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 1:46pm
| I'm voting because I feel like I have no right to complain if I don't vote. It's the one time I really get to put in my 2 cents in a way, and I'm not just going to pass the opportunity. |
Posted By: oreomann33
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 2:35pm
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I'm voting because my favorite celebrities told me too.
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Posted By: blackdog144
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 2:41pm
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im voting cause i want to be apart of this election. I feel that my vote counts so ill vote. That and to piss off the liberals in this state if they ever ask me "who'd you vote for?" (Washington state is very liberal.)
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Posted By: notXXscared
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 2:42pm
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I'm 16.
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 2:49pm
There're a lot of pros and cons to both sides of that issue. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: adrenalinejunky
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 2:58pm
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[sarcasm][soapbox]
i would just like to make it clear to all of you refusing to vote - that by doing so you are refusing to participate in the freedom that this country has fought so long and hard to protect, it is your civic duty to do so and by not voting - you disgrace the forefathers and the men and women in the armed services that swear to protect and uphold those freedoms which you are refusing to excercise. [/soapbox][/sarcasm] i swear if i had a dollar for every time i heard something along those lines.... i'm voting because, well, i live in the country, and plan on continuing to, so i may as well put in my 2 cents. |
Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 3:00pm
So why not just vote a write-in? ------------- |
Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 3:01pm
| i also voted so i can cancel out free enterprises vote. |
Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 3:26pm
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I forgot to register in time according to Kentucky laws, so no voting for me :(
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Posted By: Yomillio
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 4:06pm
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Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 4:07pm
I missed registration too. Even if I was registered, not sure I would vote anyway. Write-in would be a good option though, one I probably would have gone for had I registered. |
Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 4:08pm
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I'm not voting because if voting changed anything, it would be illegal, durr
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Posted By: FreeEnterprise
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 4:18pm
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I live in Ohio... I get to vote, and vote, and vote, and vote, and vote, and vote... Thanks to Obama, Acorn and park benches. ------------- They tremble at my name...
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Posted By: Bruce Banner
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 4:21pm
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I think you mean thanks to Jim Petro, Marc Dann, and Ken Blackwell. But different story. ------------- Waste and excess are not conservative family values http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/07opclassic.html - Nature is not a liberal plot http://pickensplan.com - A Good Energy Plan |
Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 4:42pm
"The key is this part, 'A vote for the candidates for President and Vice-President named on the ballot is a vote for the electors...' This is the case for 48 states -- it's known as the 'winner-take-all system.'" Am I missing something? Mbro, fivethirtyeight.com has McCain at a 95% chance to win Ga despite only being 5 points ahead. Those are quite stacked odds. |
Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 5:00pm
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I am voting because I can. and I want to ensure my rifles and pistols wont be turned into rebarb or man hole covers. ------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Posted By: slackerr26
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 5:09pm
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Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 5:50pm
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im voting for 2 reasons...
1st i am a government employee and want a job next year. 2nd trying to keep the commies out of the white house. ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 6:05pm
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I voted because years from now, when I have kids, and when they have kids, and I am sitting around telling stories, I want to be able to say I voted for the guy who turned the country around and made it a better place.
I want to feel like someone must feel who voted for FDR during the depression. |
Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 6:47pm
| i'm voting so i can get a free sticker. |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 7:01pm
thoughts myself lately. ------------- irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 7:06pm
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I, unfortunately, can not vote. Birthday is simply a
few months shy of eligibility. ------------- |
Posted By: ¤ Råp¡Ð F¡rè ¤
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 8:05pm
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I'm about 3 weeks short
of eligibility. ------------- 
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Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 8:09pm
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I'm voting because I am a Marine and an American. ------------- 
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Posted By: Bruce Banner
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 8:14pm
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They let Marines vote now? ------------- Waste and excess are not conservative family values http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/07opclassic.html - Nature is not a liberal plot http://pickensplan.com - A Good Energy Plan |
Posted By: adrenalinejunky
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 8:16pm
i'm not sure thats a wise policy :) |
Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 9:36pm
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where do you live free enterprise? and im not voting bc im not of age ------------- 
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Posted By: Gator Taco
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 9:46pm
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 11:29pm
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Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 11:43pm
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I have to drive 4 hours tomorrow to go home to vote. I'm not going to lie, the thought of skipping it has crossed my mind, but
then I start thinking that there's no way I can be cocky about this. This is the most important election of a generation, and I'm going to be a part of it. ------------- irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 11:44pm
It was a trade off for not Ka-Baring Code Pink in Burkley Ca. -------------
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Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 11:46pm
Should've done it anyway. -------------
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Posted By: Bruce Banner
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 1:28am
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Yeah, I'm not sure that was a good trade. ;) ------------- Waste and excess are not conservative family values http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/07opclassic.html - Nature is not a liberal plot http://pickensplan.com - A Good Energy Plan |
Posted By: Ozwarg
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 1:50am
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I'm voting for Obama, because he is god.
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Posted By: karll
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 2:15am
Evidently  ------------- PlentifulBalls "It's cool, I'll be dead before I'm not pretty." Gatyr "Stupid things exist." 
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Posted By: God
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 3:42am
| I am not voting on November 4th. I got a letter telling me I was supposed to vote on the 5th so that is when I plan to do so. |
Posted By: Ford
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 9:42am
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I'm not voting because I'm 17.
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Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 9:44am
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Due to excessively long lines tomorrow, all obama voters are asked to wait and vote on Wednesday. Thank you! Please forward this!
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Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 10:11am
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yes we do vote. I scrawl my mark on a rock with charcoal and throw it into the voting booth... ------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 10:14am
Or maybe how the people who voted for Carter before the Reagan era felt?  ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: scotchyscotch
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 10:55am
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Yeah I thought I had seen a post that said otherwise. He told me he was a 19 year old girl and to "Hit him up on msn" back to the point in hand dilligaf. |