2004-10-15, 15:30 | Link #1 |
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Voter Registration
I certainly hope that everyone who is eligible has registered already, and is just waiting for November 2nd. However, you may need to double-check that registration. This sort of thing might be happening around your hometown.
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2004-10-21, 12:51 | Link #2 |
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I'm adding more here, since this kind of thing scares the life out of me every time I read about it, and the only way to counter it is to make sure people know.
Voter registration problems in Florida and Pennsylvania. The link in my previous post talked about Oregon, Nevada and West Virginia. Yes, truthout.org is a pro-Kerry site, but they do a good job collecting articles from the AP, Reuters, and elsewhere that might normally slip through the cracks. This is outright voter fraud. If a man can still face a death penalty for treason in this day and age, what about those who actively work against the democratic process, who work to destroy everything that makes this country worth living in? (I won't say "makes this country great," we still have a long way to go.) |
2004-10-24, 02:46 | Link #3 |
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Once again, this time in Ohio. The Rebublican party themselves will have 3,600 paid recruits waiting at the polls to challenge anyone who might not be eligible to vote. And here I thought more voters was always a good thing.
It seems that if you live in a battleground state and registered Democrat, you stand a good chance of getting turned away at the door. Solution: vote early. What, do you think there's anything Kerry or Bush could possibly do in the next few days that would change anything? |
2004-10-24, 17:39 | Link #4 |
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Makes me sad to see how few ppl seem to be interested in the upcoming presidential elections in the US. There's no doubt about the result here: Bush is going to make it. Once again, he will not get the majority of the votes, but thanks to your outdated system of electors, he won't have to move out of the White House. With all the new computer-aided ballot-casting-systems, you won't even be able to recount votes in any given state. Somebody just has to enter the count of choice, and everything will turn out smooth. Needless to add that this system was sponsored by the WH.
</rant> Not my country. Still my world. Go for another area of 'Splendid Isolation', do us the favor, yes??? |
2004-10-24, 17:49 | Link #5 | |
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Okay, I'll say right up front that though I don't subscribe to any single political ideology I do lean far more towards the liberal side which I'm sure colors my reading of this article, but...
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2004-10-24, 20:36 | Link #6 | |
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2004-10-24, 23:33 | Link #8 | |
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Regardless of who does it, to let that kind of behavior slide due to apathy is horrible. If both sides are doing it, stick it to the both of them, and let them know that you are aware of your legal rights. And whatever else you do, VOTE! |
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2004-10-30, 18:12 | Link #9 | |
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Alright, NOW I'm worried about the GOP
I mean, wow. Just wow.
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Maybe it's just me, but I thought it was the voters' right and responsibility to ensure fair and due process. Now we are told that there is "no private right of action to enforce a federal statute". Ouch. I'm sorry, what country did I grow up in? And since when was it the job of the Justice department to interpret the law anyway? That's the whole reason we have seperate sections of government. The legislative (Congress) to create the law, the executive (including the justice dept.) to enforce the law, and the judicial (hello, Supreme Court) to interpret the law. |
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2004-11-01, 18:09 | Link #10 |
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And here's an update on those 3,600 GOP recruits and their democratic counterparts.
I like this Judge Dlott, she seems to have her priorities straight here. By effectively banning both parties from the polling place, she's done her best to make sure that the election remains unswayed by potential fraud. Good job. BTW, if you're a voter in the state of Ohio, you have my sympathies. Tomorrow is going to be a tough day for a lot of people. |
2004-11-01, 18:58 | Link #11 |
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For my own personal knowledge, I would like to know exactly how this US "electoral system" works.
What's wrong with just using the popular vote? It always makes me wonder why the US has this weird election system that no other Westernized nation understands. |
2004-11-01, 19:05 | Link #12 |
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THIS WILL SCARE YOU!
It has already gotten out of hand....How sickening is that. On another note I heard from a friend that Micheal Moore has stated that he has 1200 people with hidden camera's that are going to filming certain important polling places watching for fraud. |
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2004-11-01, 19:20 | Link #15 | |
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I was unable to vote in the General Election because the Democrat lawyer challenged my vote. Why? The street I live on is on the border between two districts. My house is on the line. They also challenged me since I voted Republican 4 years ago to oust our corrupt Governor. State Law forces us to declare affiliation on the ballot. Am I going to hold this against them? Maybe. I usually vote Democrat but I will probably vote Republican for my local government. I'm not telling you what I'm going to vote for the federal gov;t! |
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This means that the candidates struggle to get even a 1% margin in the states with the largest population (and the most electoral votes) while being willing to loose by 30% in states that have only a few electoral votes. A loss is a loss regardless of the margin. That's how our current president could win the election without winning a majority of the votes. (He got small margins in big states.)
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2004-11-01, 19:27 | Link #18 | |
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States rule vs Federal Rule vs. Majority Rule. Electorial college provides State more power. |
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2004-11-01, 19:28 | Link #19 | |
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I think at least in today's world your statement is a broad sweeping generalization and I do not agree that the mass majority is illiterate. |
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2004-11-01, 19:39 | Link #20 | |
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I can't remember the CNN poll but a lot of people want Kerry to win since they do not like Bush. When asked to list what Kerry stands for, a lot of people cannot say what he stood for. Another thing is the Draft. A lot of people think that it's Bush's idea. It's actually a Charles Rangel, Rep from NY (D). Why did he submit this? As a protest against having young and uneducated and poor people die while the "rich" and "educated" are safe from the front lines. Basically, what I'm getting at is people are either mis-informed of the issues, uneducated as to what canididates stand for, vote by emotions, and so forth. Oh, BTW, since you are listed as WA state. You can say Gary Locke is a very good govenor. He got in because of the concentrated asian vote. As to how good he was, well, you know. |
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