Because apparently, some of you need me to post something on Super Tuesday :-)
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Maybe that post inspired someone to vote and changed the course of history. Was that so hard?
And yet again, Mr. Kinney…you are absolutely correct.
For those who don’t know, this was put together by Will.i.am from the Black Eyed Peas and produced by Bob Dylan’s son, Jesse Dylan.
Will.i.am writes about the making of it on his blog.
kareem abdul jabbar…
Obama takes Georgia.
If it comes down to McCain or Clinton, Rush Limbaugh announces he will vote for Hillary.
Clinton took Massachusetts. I guess I should of voted, me and 75,000 of my friends.
How are people still not voting???? Seriously. What more needs to happen to this country before people start realizing how important your choice can actually be??? Ok, well maybe not that important, but important enough to go to your pollinf place for 5 minutes, or mail in your ballot!!! No complaining then, when things don’t go the way you wanted, when you couldn’t get out there and vote. Sorry, it’s just so frustrating… and I’m still upset about the Pats.
I don’t vote for the sake of voting. If I do not believe that either of the candidates will do a good job why would I waste my time voting? I guess I could just do a blank ballot to make a point, but I ma not sure anyone would care.
I wonder what it feels like not to vote. I can’t imagine it, it honestly feels like civic duty and it makes me feel (for all of two seconds) like a better citizen and a contributor to society. Now, there are a thousand things I don’t do that would also fullfill those roles, but just the simple act of voting is pretty powerful for me…something I can’t imagine not doing…maybe its been brainwashed by all those history lessons when we were kids about democracy and freedom and all that….Don’t get me wrong, I understand the whole apathy thing, I understand the feeling that your vote doesn’t count and that none of the leaders can make a change, I get that (not totally in this election, but I have felt that way in the past)….but I still always vote…I think the reason why I vote is because when I watch or read the election coverage on tv, I am always curious to hear what the voter turnout is…I remember the first time I realized that millions and millions of people don’t vote (I was probably 12 and thought everyone voted, no questions asked, I mean, this is a democracy right, how could you not)….anyway, when i first realized this, i was pretty bummed out…I didn’t get it…I didn’t understand how someone could not take the time to cast their vote, when it was such an important right that our country was founded on….anyway, I think the reason I vote (especially when i don’t love the candidates) is because of how I felt back then (and still fee) when I see the voter turnout and I realize how many people don’t take advantage of this simple thing…..there are a million things I don’t do (and don’t read)….but when I discuss (or read about) politics during the course of the year (however uneducated I may be), deep down I feel liKe I particpated…like I’m in the game…like I’m part of this (as opposed to a conscious bystander)….I would feel hollow if I didn’t vote but then found myself engaged in a political conversation or article……I would feel removed…..
So, I wouldn’t say I get frustrated when other people don’t vote, but it defintiely bums me out….in my childhood mind, I anticiated a voter turnout of like 95% percent….when I hear the real numbers….I’m bummed out…there are a lot of voices in this country that aren’t being heard….who knows what things would be like if everyone voted…maybe the same, maybe entirely different…I don’t know…
I didn’t vote in 2004 because I thought I was registered, and then I wasn’t, and then I had to get an absentee ballot, and then I couldn’t, and then I did, but then it was too late, and the world went to shit.
In between then and now, I’ve become an official resident of Vermont. Unfortunately, I haven’t registered to vote yet. I have until the end of this month (our primary is in March). I think Dawn printed out the form earlier this week to get herself registered. I’m hoping to get it done no later than next week.
Hey…folks…this time next week, ask me if I’m registered. If I’m not, I’ll walk across the street and get it done.
I vote. Andy (my partner) does not vote. Like Adam, I understand the feelings of your vote not counting, etc. But to me, it doesn’t take that much out of my day, to go vote. So even if it ends up not mattering, I don’t find it a big deal that I took 30 minutes to run down the street and circle in some holes on a piece of paper.
Plus, who doesn’t like free stickers?
Hello, “I voted!” stickers are the shit, then you scribble on the bottom…”jealous” just like gyn gyn would do.
So in essence, do it for the sticker or do it for gynie.
That’s right, I just did that. I just put her name out there.
Oh man, Jess, Gynie’s daily Google search of her name will be a happy one!
I have a right not to vote. I am not an political expert by any means but I think I understand enough to know that most candidates do not deserve my vote. When the best the political machine can produce is Kerry and Bush the machine is broken. This year is different in that there are people out there who actually seem like good people to vote for. Maybe I will make my way down there and register.
Although not going to jury duty is a bonus. I assume that is because I never registered or just lucky.
even though it’s tough to beat hillary in new york… - i still went to the polling gallows and dropped a fat one on that ass…
Well, it’s a week later, and none of you fuckers reminded me to register to vote.
Thankfully, I’m not a complete idiot, so I didn’t need it.
Which is to say: I am now a registered voter in Vermont.
I just figured you were waiting for Vermont to leave the union before you registered.