Vote Early, Vote often

[Never Compromised]

Today is election day. No matter which party will get your vote, get out and vote.

 

[danmand]

Today is election day. No matter which party will get your vote, get out and vote.

And preferably vote for the green party (to please Lookingforitallthetime).

 

[BigBrian]

yes everybody must do there civic duty.....I 'm going to vote after work today and I know there's going to be one heck of lineup at between 5pm and 6pm....so I would advise everyone to have a drink at the local pub first and then head off to the poll stations when it's less busy around 7 to 8pm.....at least if you work downtown like me...

 

[JessiMae]

I voted last week. With early polls there is really no reason not to vote.

 

[Fabulous]

I got a voting station on my property, but don't know who to vote for.

I heard something on the tv yesterday about "status quo" What does that mean?

 

[danmand]

I got a voting station on my property, but don't know who to vote for.

I heard something on the tv yesterday about "status quo" What does that mean?

Status quo is a Latin term meaning the present, current, existing state of affairs. To maintain the status quo is to keep the things the way they presently are.

 

[red]

I voted last week. With early polls there is really no reason not to vote.

do you wear that red dress for your incalls? its looks so damn sexy

 

[red]

You like that, red, you should see here out of the dress . . . and into the shower!!!!

Jessi gets my vote anytime!!!!

i want to see her but I am usually out of town when she does the incall

 

[lookingforitallthetime]

And preferably vote for the green party (to please Lookingforitallthetime).

Thanks danmand.

I just finished wasting my vote this afternoon.

 

[lookingforitallthetime]

I got a voting station on my property, but don't know who to vote for.

I heard something on the tv yesterday about "status quo" What does that mean?

The Status Quo Party, also known as the Liberal Party.

 

[hoser1970]

1: It takes time and effort.
2: The odds of it making a difference in the outcome is minimal. Might as well base your retirement planning on winning the big lotto and those odds.
3: Even it did make a difference, in the grand scheme of things it makes minimal difference in who get elected, unless you are one of those robotic ideologues or perhaps a one issue types who think the world revolves around you and your issue. [Gotta vote to get your bribe]
4: Even if your vote made a difference, and the person who got in is significantly different, who is to say that it was actually the better choice. With the ignorance shown by the vast majority of people on all political issues, the odds that they will actually make an optimal choice is minimal. Even those 10% who are informed, you can easily be smart and knowledgeable yet wrong.


Also

When you vote you provide legitimacy to the system. To the corruption. To a political system that is designed around buying peoples votes by giving them the delusion that there is a disconnect between taxes and services. "I like this program because it benifits ME!, and if it is bad for the rest of the country, or morally questionable, then fuck 'em, I gets mine", no thanks, I will not take part. If you spoil the ballot, it is understood that you are just too stunned to vote properly. It is only when turnouts drop that people start the question.

But hey, if you want your pork, you might as well take part in the process.

It is much like voting between a turd sandwich and a giant douche. Why bother.

Voting is like wrestling with a pig, you get covered in filth and the pig enjoys it.

No doubt your typical voter and political activist will not grasp what I am saying, so allow me to translate in terms you may understand. Oink oink oink. Oink oink oink.

Unless the rhino party runs, don't vote.

Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

- Sir Winston Churchill​

The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.

-Robert M. Hutchins​

 

[Moraff]

1: It takes time and effort.

Hardly enough of either to make it a valid reason not to do it.

Unless the rhino party runs, don't vote.

Ah, so since the party you favour doesn't play, the game is worthless. But if they did, you would be out there voting for them. Sour grapes.

 

[goalie000]

Did anyone else find it totally stupid that you had to Show ID in order to Vote when you could have put a Bag over your head and voted anyway, according to the new rules.

 

[Never Compromised]

Did anyone else find it totally stupid that you had to Show ID in order to Vote when you could have put a Bag over your head and voted anyway, according to the new rules.

You need to show ID. As for the bag over the head, not quite true and you know it. Parliament is trying to set out rules so that if challenged, a Muslim woman will be able to show her face, in accordance with her religious beliefs.