Go vote!

nooshinjohn
nooshinjohn Posts: 25,384
edited November 2010 in The Clubhouse
Not a political thread... I don't care WHO you vote for, but if you are registered to vote, please do so.:smile:
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“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited November 2010
    You bet I am. Too much blood on old glory to not exercise that right.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited November 2010
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    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,953
    edited November 2010
    I voted twice...is that bad ?
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,384
    edited November 2010
    tonyb wrote: »
    I voted twice...is that bad ?


    Yes... it is. You live in Chicago, where there is a three-vote minimum.:tongue::biggrin:
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited November 2010
    In Illinois I get to vote for all my dead relatives!
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  • stubby
    stubby Posts: 723
    edited November 2010
    I will. Soon as there is someone worth voting for.

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  • quadzilla
    quadzilla Posts: 1,543
    edited November 2010
    I'm just tired of being put in a position of voting against the crazy. I would like, just once in my adult life, to actually be able to vote for not-crazy, and who maybe even vaguely represents my point of view. Well, I can dream, can't I?
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited November 2010
    Don't forget the new scheduling rules, Republicans vote Tuesday the 2nd and Democrats vote Wednesday the 3rd.
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  • stubby
    stubby Posts: 723
    edited November 2010
    xcapri79 wrote: »
    This is the day that we can truly celebrate our freedom and liberty!

    I thought that was Independence Day?! Sorry, but I've yet to witness an election that warranted celebration.

    With the exception of a few Penthouse POTM "elections".:biggrin:

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  • xj4094dg
    xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
    edited November 2010
    I voted today too!

    Yes on Prop 19!!!!!!!!!!!:wink:
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited November 2010
    Cant vote, but for reasons that have been noted...
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited November 2010
    madmax wrote: »
    Don't forget the new scheduling rules, Republicans vote Tuesday the 2nd and Democrats vote Wednesday the 3rd.
    He HE,the end result might just be as if that were the case.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,808
    edited November 2010
    xcapri79 wrote: »
    We can celebrate it because we can actually exercise it!

    As much as I hate to do this, the guy has a rock solid point.

    Not only do we have the right to exercise it but we also have the right to not exercise it. If we don't like who is on the ballot, we have the right to run for election ourselves or nominate someone that we do think can do the job.

    PLUS! We can say whatever we damn well please about it because that is another right we can exercise.


    Is this a great place or what? :biggrin:
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited November 2010
    I got out right after lunch...voting seemed very light to me at that time. I hope that's not a trend!

    It's important to vote...but in my experience, I've rarely been happy with HOW the overall vote has gone--mostly because voter turn out in the U.S. is always so low compared to many other countries? Many people who really need to vote...just don't turn out. What a shame that is!

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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited November 2010
    I voted. Hopefully, it made a difference.
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited November 2010
    Keiko wrote: »
    Party on, dude. :biggrin:

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    Wow if I was American I would have two very big reason's to vote Republican.:biggrin:
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  • cokewithvanilla
    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited November 2010
    They need to make it so we can vote online. I'm sure the turnout would be a whole lot better, especially among my age group. Then again, the last thing we need is a bunch more liberal voters voting.

    edit: I voted for Chewbacca last time. All the candidates suck.... the only people who make it far enough are the people who have the most money behind them.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited November 2010
    cokewithvanilla wrote: »
    They need to make it so we can vote online. I'm sure the turnout would be a whole lot better, especially among my age group

    Jesus that's the stupidest idea in the world. As if there's not enough voter fraud going on, you want it online?
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • cokewithvanilla
    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited November 2010
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Jesus that's the stupidest idea in the world. As if there's not enough voter fraud going on, you want it online?

    Ideally speaking, yes. There are ways to stop fraud. Did I mention anywhere that we'd just go on a facebook page and hit 'like' or that it could happen overnight?

    I'm glad that you took an extremely simplistic view and quickly disregarded the idea as stupid... do you still pay your bills by check?
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  • xj4094dg
    xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
    edited November 2010
    FTGV wrote: »
    Wow if I was American I would have two very big reason's to vote Republican.:biggrin:

    I thought she was a Tea-bagger, not a milk-bagger.:smile:
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited November 2010
    cokewithvanilla wrote: »
    I'm glad that you took an extremely simplistic view and quickly disregarded the idea as stupid... do you still pay your bills by check?

    I'm sorry I took a simplistic view of your extremely complex and well-thought out thesis that we should be able to vote online. It's something I'm sure no one has ever thought of before! What a GENIUS you are for thinking outside the box and being so revolutionary! And what a moron I am for recognizing the obvious and overwhelming faults with the idea!
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • cokewithvanilla
    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited November 2010
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    I'm sorry I took a simplistic view of your extremely complex and well-thought out thesis that we should be able to vote online. It's something I'm sure no one has ever thought of before! What a GENIUS you are for thinking outside the box and being so revolutionary! And what a moron I am for recognizing the obvious and overwhelming faults with the idea!

    ha. sorry if I came off as an ****... "stupidest idea in the world" isn't the most subtle way to word a statement of opinion. The idea may have its pitfalls, but I certainly think that is where voting will take place in the future.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited November 2010
    I knwo. There are just a million things wrong with voting in this country, and moving it to the online realm opens up a whole NEW set of problems when the old ones haven't even come close to being dealt with.

    Just the fact that it was deemed "Unconstitutional" to require a photo ID to vote... I mean, really?
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  • cokewithvanilla
    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited November 2010
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Just the fact that it was deemed "Unconstitutional" to require a photo ID to vote... I mean, really?

    Last time I voted, it was in a small town and they literally had someone look up my name in a book and just crossed it out, then let me vote. Not really secure. I don't remember if they had me show ID or not.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,808
    edited November 2010
    Keiko wrote: »
    Bad things were here! Bad, bad things!

    Ugh! MY EYES! MY EYES!

    WHAT would you do that for?!?!?

    Why? Oh why? Why? Damn you! WHY!?
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,953
    edited November 2010
    cokewithvanilla wrote: »
    Ideally speaking, yes. There are ways to stop fraud. Did I mention anywhere that we'd just go on a facebook page and hit 'like' or that it could happen overnight?

    I'm glad that you took an extremely simplistic view and quickly disregarded the idea as stupid... do you still pay your bills by check?

    I still pay all my bills by check...whats wrong with that ? Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. Criminals are too tech savy these days to put all my info out there in cyber space. But hey,if it floats your boat,go for it. Crooks love your type,they don't need a gun to stick you up.:tongue:
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited November 2010
    tonyb wrote: »
    I still pay all my bills by check...whats wrong with that ?

    It's slow, inconvenient, costs extra, and a pain in the ****?

    And your fear of online banking is completely fabricated in your mind. You really think a piece of paper with all of your information on it flying across the country is SECURE?
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • polktiger
    polktiger Posts: 556
    edited November 2010
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    It's slow, inconvenient, costs extra, and a pain in the ****?

    And your fear of online banking is completely fabricated in your mind. You really think a piece of paper with all of your information on it flying across the country is SECURE?

    More so than all that information sitting a user ID and password away from every 24/7 supercomputer dedicated to hacking and ID theft in the entire world.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,953
    edited November 2010
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    It's slow, inconvenient, costs extra, and a pain in the ****?

    And your fear of online banking is completely fabricated in your mind. You really think a piece of paper with all of your information on it flying across the country is SECURE?

    More secure than online banking ? Yes. Takes me 10 minutes to write out all my bills by check. You consider that slow ? Hell, most spend hours a day cruising youtube video's but won't take a couple minutes to write a check. Like I said, to each his own. One more thing, if your constantly looking for the easiest route in everything, life is gonna be a rough road for ya. In the 40 years I've been in the work place, one of the things I'ved learned is if you want to find the fastest,easiest way to do something,ask a lazy person to solve the problem. If you want to know the best way, ask an experienced person who's been doing it for a long time. Not saying your lazy, just that the easiest way is not allways the best way.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited November 2010
    Could you send me that last post by fax? My number is KLondike-5-1102.

    Or maybe carrier pigeon is more your speed?

    As for the rest of it... absolute nonsense. Your opinion is completely based on either your poor assumptions about how things work, or a complete lack of understanding of news stories about identity theft.

    And just because something is new and efficient doesn't make me lazy, it makes me intelligent enough to know what "encryption" is and how to weigh risks vs. rewards, rather than living in the past because I'm afraid of new things.



    And yes I realize this is completely contrary to my original post about online voting, but that is a completely different set of logistical concerns, not necessarily security ones.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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