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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2019 14:25:26 GMT
I always vote in our federal elections and usually Vote in our provincial. However I chose not to vote Last time, why? I believe they’re all crooked liars living off of our tax dollars and looking out only for themselves.
I couldn’t get myself to vote knowing that it doesn’t change the outcome.
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georgiapea
Drama Llama
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Jun 27, 2014 18:02:10 GMT
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Post by georgiapea on Jul 18, 2019 14:38:45 GMT
When I was working for the state of Alabama many people in their 70's came into the courthouse to register for the first time. This was right before the last presidential election. All those prior elections in their lives they never felt inclined to cast a vote.
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sassyangel
Drama Llama
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Jun 26, 2014 23:58:32 GMT
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Post by sassyangel on Jul 19, 2019 0:07:25 GMT
Coming from a country where voting is mandatory (all levels - federal, local and state) I don’t really understand it either.
Question, why are elections held on Tuesday’s here? They’re always held on Satudays back home.
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seaexplore
Prolific Pea
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Apr 25, 2015 23:57:30 GMT
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Post by seaexplore on Jul 19, 2019 0:11:30 GMT
Whenever someone says they don’t vote, I follow up with “then don’t complain, or tell me your opinions”. Yep. My DH doesn’t vote, we’re mostly republican, living in blue California. I tell him this all the time. “You don’t vote so you can’t bitch. I do vote so therefore I can bitch.” 🤣
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jul 19, 2019 0:17:54 GMT
My brother says that is the way many people in Hawaii feel- why vote when the results are pretty much determined before their polls close.honestly, it's kind of like that here on the West coast, too... they start predicting results for the Eastern time zone states so very early, that I think it DOES affect the voting turnout in some of the most western states. Either people don't vote at all because they think it doesn't matter, or they might change their vote for some reason based on the reporting that's already come out. AND one other reason people might not vote- because they don't realize they can get an absentee ballot sent to them in the mail, and their place of employment is NOWHERE close to where they have to go to vote. I live in a completely different county from where I work, and it's 42 miles / 60 minutes each direction. I would be hard-pressed to get to the polls in a reasonable amount of time if I had to vote in person. Also, I work in a production facility where they have shifts- the production workers have to be at their stations or else the production line limps along and the production rate (the company's bottom line) suffers. I believe employers are supposed to let you leave to vote ?? not sure ?? without any penalty, but I'm not sure they have to pay you-- and a lot of these people can't afford to lose the $$ for that time they would be gone.
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Post by ntsf on Jul 19, 2019 0:19:51 GMT
at least here, not voting does not mean not called for jury duty. they take lists like drivers' license, id datatbases, all sorts of things.
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craftymom101
Pearl Clutcher
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Jul 31, 2014 5:23:25 GMT
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Post by craftymom101 on Jul 19, 2019 1:20:07 GMT
I live in Florida and Trump regularly has rallies at the airport 20 minutes from my house. When this woman was talking about never voting in her lifetime, I was appalled! Especially considering she is left leaning and I know she relies on some social services (not a dig against her at all! Republicans generally don’t support social services and I feel like she could vote for candidates who will help her and her family).
Thanks for all the replies. I’m more annoyed than anything. Ha!
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