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My polling place was pretty barren when I went there at 8:30 am this morning, but the automatic vote counter had already registered hundreds and hundreds of ballots cast. I think that there is going to be a TON of people who really do vote this time.
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What kinds of percentages do you guys usually get out to vote in the US? I've heard it's been a bit low lately.
And yeah - I think this one might get a few extra people involved!
And yeah - I think this one might get a few extra people involved!
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That's a really nice feature, that's where the Democrats take the homeless from poll-to-poll to vote for Obama multiple times, right?Nekhrun wrote:We have same day registration so that seems to help as well.
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Yeah, the Republicans would never do something like that, would they?
Oh, right, couldn't, could they?
They can't see the homeless.
Oh, right, couldn't, could they?
They can't see the homeless.
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Sorry I ruined your Panther party.
It's not like you could get a homeless person to vote for a republican anyway.
That wouldn't get them any handouts.
It's not like you could get a homeless person to vote for a republican anyway.
That wouldn't get them any handouts.
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Even Republicans can speak the universal language of gin.
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I was wrong, it appears higher:A Thing of Eternity wrote:wow, I had no idea.Freakzilla wrote:I think a normal turnout is like 20% of registered voters.
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Okay, thats definitely not so bad (compared to us anyways, but our turnout was shit this year).Freakzilla wrote:I was wrong, it appears higher:A Thing of Eternity wrote:wow, I had no idea.Freakzilla wrote:I think a normal turnout is like 20% of registered voters.
I think they should just make voting manditory (with a small fine or something) and put an option for "don't like any of them/don't give a shit" on the cards. That way if people were forced to at least make the effort to go physically vote they might also make the effort to learn what they're talking about/voting for. Then again... I do have lots of shitty ideas, this might be one of them.
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Voting is mandatory in Australia - IIRC when my cousin was over here a few years ago, she had to go down to London and vote at the embassy.A Thing of Eternity wrote:I think they should just make voting manditory (with a small fine or something) and put an option for "don't like any of them/don't give a shit" on the cards. That way if people were forced to at least make the effort to go physically vote they might also make the effort to learn what they're talking about/voting for. Then again... I do have lots of shitty ideas, this might be one of them.
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I thought I was supposed to have a monopoly on dumb ideas?!?!?!? Sheesh, you're infringing on my stupid idea rights!Freakzilla wrote:I think we should be able to vote online or by text message, like voting for American Idol.
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Better yet, how about an automated phone service:A Thing of Eternity wrote:I thought I was supposed to have a monopoly on dumb ideas?!?!?!? Sheesh, you're infringing on my stupid idea rights!Freakzilla wrote:I think we should be able to vote online or by text message, like voting for American Idol.
To vote for the radical liberal, press one...
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I liked it because I didn't have to go do anything other than show up at the polls. I've been much more active this time around though and participated in caucuses and things. I've got a sign in my yard that looks like a McCain sign that says:Freakzilla wrote:That's a really nice feature, that's where the Democrats take the homeless from poll-to-poll to vote for Obama multiple times, right?Nekhrun wrote:We have same day registration so that seems to help as well.
By the time they figure out what's going on he'll have dissolved the Galactic Senate.
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Nekhrun wrote:I liked it because I didn't have to go do anything other than show up at the polls. I've been much more active this time around though and participated in caucuses and things. I've got a sign in my yard that looks like a McCain sign that says:Freakzilla wrote:That's a really nice feature, that's where the Democrats take the homeless from poll-to-poll to vote for Obama multiple times, right?Nekhrun wrote:We have same day registration so that seems to help as well.
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Post a photo?
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Excellent! Now all you need to do is hook it up to an electrical source.
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I think Nekhrun has called it.
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Looked close to me last time they flashed it. 402K to 404K, IIRC, with a lot left still to count.Nekhrun wrote:Now I'm just hoping that Franken can finish strong. Not looking good.
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Congrats on the 44th Pres, despite dire predictions by some I think this is a step in the right direction and wish the best for y'all.
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I still don't believe it.
We've got a Communist Muslim for President.
YESSSSSS!
We've got a Communist Muslim for President.
YESSSSSS!
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I didn't say it... but I was thinking it.tanzeelat wrote:Wow. You lot actually did something right over there for once, and didn't put the right-wing warmongering religious nutjobs back in power. People all over the world can now sleep easier
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Its your greatest dream come true! Ohioans should be proud too.Mandy wrote:Woohoo! Florida didn't fuck up the election this time!
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Yeah, but my home county went Geezer/Dingbat.
There's a reason I don't live there....
There's a reason I don't live there....
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The shock and disbelief is starting to wear off as reality rears it's ugly head.SandChigger wrote:Yeah! He can talk again!
See y'all in the work camps!
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Oh you! You've got a long way to go before you get even remotely near the level of "socialism" that we have up here and we do fine. Quite excellent actually. You'll be okay.Freakzilla wrote:The shock and disbelief is starting to wear off as reality rears it's ugly head.SandChigger wrote:Yeah! He can talk again!
See y'all in the work camps!
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Isn't it already?Freakzilla wrote:Living in Canada will be the new American Dream before long.
EDIT: DAMNIT BRYAN - you beat me!
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Canada: America's Attic. You keep forgetting that it's up there, but when you remember and go up, you find all kinds of cool shit.
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Eh bien, ho ho! C'est vachement amusant!tanzeelat wrote:I wasn't referring to that stuff that grows in petri-dishes...
Oh...sorry...first time I heard that one was twenty years ago, right after I got over here, from a French-Spanish guy from Paris named...Manuel. He was a riot. Dead awesome skier, too. Hmmm, wonder what happened to him. He was one of the ones who had sense and left after the year-and-a-half scholarship from Monbusho finished.
(I stayed on. )
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Sounds about right, if in the analogy the attic is bigger than the house.Omphalos wrote:Canada: America's Attic. You keep forgetting that it's up there, but when you remember and go up, you find all kinds of cool shit.
Of course, some people seem to think we're actually to the south...
Hey - we have culture, it's just all the way over in Quebec. (we have culture elsewhere too, but it ain't what I'd call quality )tanzeelat wrote:You should try living somewhere with culture, like Europe...Freakzilla wrote:Living in Canada will be the new American Dream before long.
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Not with stupid English people, no. But who can blame em?tanzeelat wrote:From what I've heard, those Quebecois don't like to share it, thoughA Thing of Eternity wrote:Hey - we have culture, it's just all the way over in Quebec. (we have culture elsewhere too, but it ain't what I'd call quality )
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A Thing of Eternity wrote:Not with stupid English people, no. But who can blame em?tanzeelat wrote:From what I've heard, those Quebecois don't like to share it, thoughA Thing of Eternity wrote:Hey - we have culture, it's just all the way over in Quebec. (we have culture elsewhere too, but it ain't what I'd call quality )