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I'm not a deadbeat, so yes, I will vote.

I can't, I'm in Chicago and not Minnesota. I'd like to, though.

Absentee ballots. Too late for this year, but that's how you do it.

Yes.

Huh?

Not old enough.

Abhsentee ballots allow you to send your vote in early before you go away out of your voting place.

Like Avenger said, too late this year but next year you can ask for one if it happens again.

Too late to fill out an absentee ballot.

I was months late for eligibility for voting in the last presidential election. I forgot to register after that, forgetting that there are tons of other positions to vote for. The irony is that I follow politics heavily

I already voted via absentee ballot. So technically I'm not voting tomorrow, but I'm putting 'yes' anyway.

If they'll let me..I forgot to register..moved to a different state last year. Somehow I doubt my Florida voter ID will work in NH..

I'm not voting. And no, I'm not going to moan about the people who get in power either. It doesn't matter anyway.

Already voted.
I'm also keeping record of the thread and using it as a reference any time anyone complains.

I'm not old enough to vote until next year.

Em. What are you voting for?

Wait, is it possible to vote for, say, one ballot measure and forget the rest? Because there is an unfair state constitutional amendment I'd really like to oppose.

Tomorrow is mid-term elections.

We elect congressmen/women. This year is special, as the Democrats are expected to take the House of Representatives. If Democrats take congress, everything will change--our senior members, whips, and committee heads will change to democrats, basically changing America's political views from conservative to liberal.

The campaigns on both sides have been pretty brutal...here in Missouri it's not about "My issues are medicaid, healthcare, raising wages, etc." or "My issue is national security, lowering taxes, etc."

It's "My opponet is currupt omg!!!! fire him/her!!!!1111111"[

Ya we 'Nadians up here use some of the Yanks networks. Some people here are absolutely disgusted.

Heck ya, I'm voting!!!

Woot!

I'll even get up ridiculously early so I can be at the polls when they open, and hopefully still be at work on time.

I'm going to vote, because someone has to stop those evil communist democrats from seizing power.

I'd have to drive 74 miles to get to my district. I forgot to get an absentee ballot too, so I can't vote. The district I attend school at has a ****ty race this year - its very much like a Kerry vs. Bush situation where neither candidate is good (Heather Wilson vs. Patricia Madrid.)

Nope. I am old enough as of one year ago, but I never registered and it's definitely too late to get an absentee ballot. However, I will definitely be voting in the next one.

Absolutely. I'll be leaving most positions blank, one candidate I'm voting for has no chance of winning, another is unlikely to win despite either such incredible corruption or sheer stupidity on the part of the incumbent that voting him out would be a no-brainer in most states, and the third is pretty much a shoe-in.

My point is, vote regardless of how close the election is. Vote even if it means voting for none of the above. Support the people you think are doing a good job, and vote against the ones that suck, even if there's no getting them out, because otherwise they're all going to think they're doing just fine.

pshh, thats less than an hour and a half of drive time, dude. suck it up and vote. your country needs you.


yes i'm voting.

also: preach on, brother McLongname.

Where's the "I already voted" option? (Absentee ballot ftw.)

I have never missed an election. This year is no different.

So yes, I am voting.

Edit:

I don't think it'll be such a swing. If the Dems do get the House (or Congress) it won't be the huge margin like in 1994.

No.

I don't have the time to sift through all the crap those people are spewing to figure out who to vote for.
I've got better things to do... like sit and stare at the wall.

No, mostly because I'm horribly left-wing in Kansas and my vote will mean nothing, and also because I don't care about Kansas and am moving soon anyways.

[QUOTE=Dj Yoshi]No, mostly because I'm horribly left-wing in Kansas and my vote will mean nothing, and also because I don't care about Kansas and am moving soon anyways.[/QUOTE]

Because house and senate members have no bearing on national politics

You don't get to talk like that.

Okay, I have a dilemma.

When I posted earlier, I was pretty sure I was going to vote for Judy Baar Topinka (R) for Illinois governor. (Kirby, ragna, and a couple others may know what I'm talking about.) Then I turned on the news, and I saw her blasting people who plan to vote for Green Party candidate Rich Whitney for "throwing away" their votes, arguing that people ought to vote for her because current governor Rod Blagojevich (D) is so corrupt/stupid that he needs to be voted out even if people don't agree with her.

Now, Blagojevich is awful, I have no interest in voting for Whitney, and I actually think that Topinka would make an acceptable governor. But that kind of argument really offends me; I think it's anti-democratic in the extreme. Anyone who thinks Whitney is the best candidate ought to vote for him regardless of whether he has a shot to win or not.

So do I punish her for these comments and withhold my vote, or do I write them off as the desperate acts of a candidate who's down eight points in the polls and vote for her anyway?

Michael, that's a tough one. It could be an act of desperation and may have nothing to do with her character and not be indicative of how she will run the state.

"Throwing away" your vote kind of is a real issue. She should have come on TV and kindly asked people to carefully consider their options, asking them if they feel it is more important to stand up for who they really want in office, or to joust the ***-hat that's already there.

I WILL be voting come presidential election. Here's one for Obama.

werd

I'm going for the independants
screw you mudslingers and a stupid amendment that gives no definite amount of money that would go towards roads.

Good GOD our roads in duluth Suck.

I'd agree that that's what she should have done, and oddly enough I think it's on the basis of that kind of thinking that I'll end up voting for her. Much as those comments irritate me, I like her positions and I like that she wants to clean house in a state that badly needs it. I disagree with her decision to try to turn the election into a referendum on Blagojevich and then marginalize the other challenger, but if I think she'd do the job well (and I do), I suppose I can't not vote for her in good conscience.



Evan Bayh, dammit! Can the Dems please nominate someone electable this time around?

yes.

I am a poll official. (duties can include setting up polls, sign in book, keeping track of ballots, record keeping...)

And to keep this job, even though is only a couple times a year, I have to vote.

but that amendment says that the money could be anywhere from 30-60% of it going to roads, no definite amount declared. its not 100% so where is the rest of the money going?


what do you care anyways, you ran , rolled away from the state

[edit] hell, if you left now, you could be in Duluth by the time polls open, get registered, and vote.

yay minnesota voter registration![/edit]

Tomorrow's election will actually be the first I vote in. I could have voted in '04, but I forgot to get an absentee ballot and I was at college, 200 miles away from my district. This year I registered in my college's district.

I don't know much of anything about the local candidates, but what interests me is the Missouri Constitutional amendments going to vote. The stem cell issue is going to get rather interesting here.

No.

Geez!