less than 3 weeks till the US election

Cope · Post by **Cope** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 6:42 pm

mcDuffies wrote:*looks at this long thread about stuff*

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the discussion has been on level most of the time. No need for mod.
I'm proud of you all.

Aw, shucks...!

Stucifer_the_maligned · Mon Nov 01, 2004 7:12 pm

Luprand wrote:Sorry about that; it's just that I can tend to be amazingly conservative in my viewpoints, and I'm only now learning to hold my tongue about some topics in polite company.

i'm the kind of person that thinks the Democrat party is too conservative, but i still like to discuss these things with people who don't share my viewpoint. that's what democracy IS y'all!
and yeah, i'm very glad i don't live in sardineland.

Grabmygoblin · Post by **Grabmygoblin** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 9:56 am

done.

got to use the cool voting booths, too. there was a 10 minute long line, is that unusual?

[geoduck] · Post by **[geoduck]** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 10:09 am

grabmygoblin wrote:done.

got to use the cool voting booths, too. there was a 10 minute long line, is that unusual?

Depends. In some places people are waiting hours to vote. Literally. But this is an unusual election, and normally turnout in America is sadly quite sparse. I voted this morning, and I had to wait maybe five minutes to get to a booth, and that was the longest than I've ever had to wait at my current polling station.

And stucifer, unless you're trying to be mildly insulting, it's the "Democratic Party", not the "Democrat Party". Maybe not something to get worked up about, but people do.

Alaina · Post by **Alaina** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:04 pm

They're saying that if there's even a 58% turnout of Americans, it'll be amazing. Our country is so sad. The average voter turnout for other countries is in the high 70's.

However, I did hear that it was estimated that Oregon would have an 85% turnout....which makes me sooo happy. That is, if it's actually true.

CJBurgandy · Post by **CJBurgandy** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:05 pm

I'm voting after work. I'm going to try to get off earlier to beat traffic... no promises on that though.

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:14 pm

Whoot. Voted early today to beat the lines. For Kerry, of course.

Andronis · Post by **Andronis** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:27 pm

Voting for president was only a tiny portion of the fun... local and state elections are always the most fun. So are the amendment proposals that take up the whole back of the ballot.

Stucifer_the_maligned · Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:39 pm

Alaina wrote:They're saying that if there's even a 58% turnout of Americans, it'll be amazing. Our country is so sad.

indiana always goes republican, so none of my friends voted or could even be bothered to register. meanwhile, i'm having a party tonite. voters only. screw my friends.

Andronis · Post by **Andronis** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:45 pm

stucifer_the_maligned wrote:
Alaina wrote:They're saying that if there's even a 58% turnout of Americans, it'll be amazing. Our country is so sad.
indiana always goes republican, so none of my friends voted or could even be bothered to register. meanwhile, i'm having a party tonite. voters only. screw my friends.

Surely your friends should be at least concerned with the state and municipal races... those have just as much of an effect as the national elections, even if only on a smaller scale.

The sad thing is that people often don't think of the many other things that are being voted for during the presidential elections. And those who do show up to vote aren't aware of these either and make horribly uniformed decisions in selecting judges, district attorneys, school board representatives, and on voting for or against state amendments.

CJBurgandy · Post by **CJBurgandy** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 1:21 pm

really, locally we're have a big howdy doo on an admendment about how to handel appointing officals. See, during the last governer race, one of our senators ran for governer (I still have no idea why) and he own, sadly because I think people knew who he was vs. the unknown from the other party and really poor campain tactics... anyway, he left the senate to be our governer, and when that happened, he got to appoint someone to take his seat. He picked his own daughter. now, granted, some people think she's doing a great job (I'm am not one of them), but almost everyone agrees he did it out of pure biasness. If you think about it, once you're in the senate, even for one year, you're set for life. Once you're voted out, you're on a retirment plan that sets you for life. You get a pay check until you die once you've served in the senate. Frank just set his daughter up for life! But the point is, there were plenty of other people that work in Alaskan politics that were better qualified.

Basically, the admendment would call for an immediate vote to choose a secessor instead of the present sen. choosing who takes their place.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 1:46 pm

This thread is less than three weeks old.

CJBurgandy · Post by **CJBurgandy** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 1:51 pm

mcDuffies wrote:This thread is less than three weeks old.

which is why it's called "Less than three weeks away"

Stucifer_the_maligned · Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:18 pm

yeah, and the governor's race is neck-and-neck. i really hate apathy.

MariaAndMichelle · Post by **MariaAndMichelle** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:28 pm

TOXIC AVENGER! wrote:Whoot. Voted early today to beat the lines. For Kerry, of course.

Us, too!

TheLoserHero · Post by **TheLoserHero** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:49 pm

Voted. And my pants felt tighter cuz of it.

My new belt is awesome.

Squis · Post by **Squis** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 3:00 pm

I voted weeks ago. Abroad. It still felt good.

Luprand · Post by **Luprand** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 3:45 pm

Voted yesterday par absentee. Cost $13 to have it overnighted.

The true cost of democracy.

(please don't hurt me, I'm only kidding about that last part.)

--Sij

BeefotronX · Post by **BeefotronX** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 5:57 pm

I voted for Michael Badnarik a couple weeks ago (absentee). Didn't want to vote for either of the two evils.

So I probably contributed in handing Pennsylvania to Kerry.

It's like I voted for Kerry, and I voted against him. Hmm...

Andronis · Post by **Andronis** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 6:02 pm

BeefotronX wrote:I voted for Michael Badnarik a couple weeks ago (absentee). Didn't want to vote for either of the two evils.

So I probably contributed in handing Pennsylvania to Kerry.

It's like I voted for Kerry, and I voted against him. Hmm...

It's nice to vote for someone besides the two main parties, but Badnarik is a BAD idea. Libertarian, my ass. He's just another media czar. Take a look at his holdings and career.

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