Who is registered to vote

[MC352]

I have been a registered voter since I was 18 years old, and that was more then 30 years ago.

I have voted in almost every election since then. I try to get as much information as I can to make a good decision.

I am curious how many people exercise their right to vote.

I don't care what party if any you support, I am just interested in who is registered and voting.

If not registered I am curious why not.

Lets try to stay away from who's party or candidate is better then the others.

Thanks

 

[MC352]

No replies??
I promise I won't send you any political propaganda, and I won't call you while your eating dinner to ask you to vote for my favorite candidate.
I won't get on a soap box about voting.
I was just curious who did or didn't and why or why not, if you wanted to tell us.

 

[Mark (Basspig) Weiss]

I have seen no candidates whom I wish to sanction with a vote since Wendell Wilkie ran for office.

 

[RBFC]

Chuck,

I simply think folks shy away from threads that can have political implications. Notice that there are more poll votes than written responses. I'm registered to vote.

Lee

 

[MC352]

Lee, I think your right. I am glad to see some did vote in the poll, though.
I think that since these things sometimes explode into a war of words, and things are sometimes said that perhaps are later regretted, folks may feel it is better to steer clear of this.
I can understand that.

 

[Kal Rubinson]

I have seen no candidates whom I wish to sanction with a vote since Wendell Wilkie ran for office.

Mebbe but there has been no shortage of candidates to vote against.

Kal

 

[DonH50]

Kal beat me to it. I vote always even if the two main reasons are (1) whining privileges, and (2) while I often am not sure who to vote for, I almost always know who I want to vote against. - Don

 

[Bruce B]

When I turned 18, I didn't want to register because I didn't want to get drafted!

Go figure, I'd join the Army voluntarily and go into the medical program!!

Damn right I'm registered now.

 

[Mark (Basspig) Weiss]

The problem with voting 'against' is that you're still sanctioning a candidate with whom you may vehemently disagree. I say give them no sanction whatsoever, until such a candidate that deserves my vote comes along.

 

[The Smokester]

I have seen no candidates whom I wish to sanction with a vote since Wendell Wilkie ran for office.

That's no excuse...Idoubt you were of voting age when he ran.

 

[DonH50]

My problem with that stance is that a candidate I like even less could get in and I would lose whining privileges if I don't vote. It's my right and I choose to excercise it come hell or high water.

What ticks me off are folk who get all their information via the adverts the week before then go pull the lever... You'd think they would at least read the position statements in the paper or on the websites, but nooo...

DId I mention that if you don't vote, you can't whine? What other reason does anyone need?
(Yeah, I know people do it anyway...)

 

[rblnr]

My problem with that stance is that a candidate I like even less could get in and I would lose whining privileges if I don't vote. It's my right and I choose to excercise it come hell or high water.

What ticks me off are folk who get all their information via the adverts the week before then go pull the lever... You'd think they would at least read the position statements in the paper or on the websites, but nooo...

Agreed with all this. Feel like I'm voting for the lesser of two evils often, but that's still a choice worth making. Have spent chunks of time in places where there's no voting or it's all rigged, so maybe have a particular appreciation for the privilege to choose.

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

If you believe that positive change has to be as much or more 'ground up' than 'top down', then voter apathy is the enemy.

As for info from the adverts, etc. -- yes. If you asked 95% of those who were polled on health care to actually explain the program in a broad way and why they were for/against, they couldn't. This is true of most issues unfortunately.

 

[Kal Rubinson]

The problem with voting 'against' is that you're still sanctioning a candidate with whom you may vehemently disagree. I say give them no sanction whatsoever, until such a candidate that deserves my vote comes along.

So, despite your vehemence, you have disenfranchised yourself and, imho, lost your right to complain.

 

[mauidan]

There are no shortage of candidates to vote for or against in this Saturday's Primary Election in Hawaii.

One person I will be definitely voting against is Neil Abercrombie, candidate for governor. He resigned from the US House of Representatives to run for governor, requiring the state to spend over $6ooK on a special election to fill his house seat.

He claims to be a close friend of Obama, and wants to bring that big spending socialist agenda to our state government.

 

[Mark (Basspig) Weiss]

So, despite your vehemence, you have disenfranchised yourself and, imho, lost your right to complain.

When presented with a Hitler or a Pol-pot type candidate, do you REALLY have a meaningful choice? As someone who is close to two individuals who were not politicians, but, for the love of country and their families' futures, chose to run for political offices and attempt to make a change, I can report that honest individuals are locked out. I've got a buddy in Indiana name of Jerry Lucas, who is running for state rep down there. He's going through all the channels to become a candidate, but he is being systematically ignored by both the system that sets up pre-election debates and by the media because he's not approved by either party. I have another buddy in Florida who actually got into office down there, and was read the Riot Act by a senior senator. Basically, "don't rock the boat, kid, or we can make your life miserable." The whole system is corrupt and you have to be one of 'them' to get into office. That's one reason why I realize that our vote is nothing more than a charade designed to fool the masses into believing they still have some sort of control. We don't, unless the choise between a statist dictatorship and a theocratic dictatorship is considered a meaningful one.

 

[Kal Rubinson]

When presented with a Hitler or a Pol-pot type candidate, do you REALLY have a meaningful choice?

Red herring. Are you really equating even the most despicable of our politicos with these two?

As someone who is close to two individuals who were not politicians, but, for the love of country and their families' futures, chose to run for political offices and attempt to make a change, I can report that honest individuals are locked out. I've got a buddy in Indiana name of Jerry Lucas, who is running for state rep down there. He's going through all the channels to become a candidate, but he is being systematically ignored by both the system that sets up pre-election debates and by the media because he's not approved by either party. I have another buddy in Florida who actually got into office down there, and was read the Riot Act by a senior senator. Basically, "don't rock the boat, kid, or we can make your life miserable." The whole system is corrupt and you have to be one of 'them' to get into office. That's one reason why I realize that our vote is nothing more than a charade designed to fool the masses into believing they still have some sort of control. We don't, unless the choise between a statist dictatorship and a theocratic dictatorship is considered a meaningful one.

If you feel this way, I am surprised that you are not bombing legislatures or, at least, leaving the country. How can you live this way?

 

[Steve Williams]

Gents

This is getting not only OT but also discussing politics which I really want to avoid here.

 

[Mark (Basspig) Weiss]

I have no choice, Kal, this is my homeland. I have roots here. I've been at the same address for the past 44 years and would rather see the interlopers leave, as they're the ones that are un-American. Plenty of countries that support those ideals. Sweden, China, USSR, to name a few.
That's my last comment on this matter.

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

I have no choice, Kal, this is my homeland. I have roots here. I've been at the same address for the past 44 years and would rather see the interlopers leave, as they're the ones that are un-American. Plenty of countries that support those ideals. Sweden, China, USSR, to name a few.
That's my last comment on this matter.

Sweden? Please.....

John

 

[muralman1]

I vote in every election. To me the choices are obvious.