02-11-2004 21:39									#61
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Voted Kerry

	02-11-2004 21:48									#62
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I'm in a similar situation to cybershy.

Can't vote for Bush, but if I could, I would.

	02-11-2004 22:07									#63
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I voted Walt Brown, Socialist Party.

	02-11-2004 22:09									#64
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If I could vote, Peroutka.

	02-11-2004 22:10									#65
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Che, you are part of the problem.

Everyone knows Walt Brown is a closet Trotskyist.

	02-11-2004 22:12									#66
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Can't vote but if i could, i would vote for Kerry.

	02-11-2004 22:14									#67
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quote: Originally posted by -Jrabbit Che, you are part of the problem. Everyone knows Walt Brown is a closet Trotskyist.

Actually, he's rather anti-Trotskyist. Being the Trot I am, I was rather annoyed by some of his comments.

	02-11-2004 22:15									#68
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quote: Originally posted by The Mad Monk Carded = made to show ID, to verify address.

of course you're supposed to show some ID. right?

	02-11-2004 22:15									#69
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quote: Originally posted by Al'Kimiya If I could vote, Peroutka.

You'd vote for an unreconstructed racist who wants to restore the Confederacy!?! Damn, I'm glad you can't vote.

	02-11-2004 22:15									#70
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quote: Originally posted by MarkG of course you're supposed to show some ID. right?

It depends on the state.

	02-11-2004 22:18									#71
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By way of ID they just checked to see if my signature matched the one on my voter registration.

Edit: Come to think of it, I did have my "civil service" badge on at the time as well.

	02-11-2004 22:18									#72
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If I could vote I would vote for Bush, if figure four more years of the US ****ing itself is probably good for the rest of the planet (well most of it!) in the long run...

What? Oh sorry - that's just me being nasty. If I lived in the US it would be Kerry. On domestic policies alone, you'd be a mug not to - hence my previous comments...

My g/f did the right thing and voted Kerry on her postal ballot for Florida - she couldn't be bothered but I kept badgering her to do it.

So perhaps I did vote in the US elections after all...

	02-11-2004 22:19									#73
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quote: It depends on the state.

you mean i can show up and say that i'm chegitz guevara and i vote for you?

and you people are arguing that you have real elections going there?

	02-11-2004 22:23									#74
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I think most states are like mine, Virginia. You have to register to vote prior to the election. When you show up to vote, you must present photo ID.

	02-11-2004 22:23									#75
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quote: Originally posted by MarkG quote: It depends on the state. you mean i can show up and say that i'm chegitz guevara and i vote for you?

Not in my state, no. In Illinois, I wasn't required to show ID. They check your name off a list, and you go vote.

	02-11-2004 22:24									#76
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I'm going to walk out of my Science & Society class, get on a communter train, ride an hour to my hometown, and vote for John F. Kerry.

...at least...that's the plan...a whole load of things could change before I get to the polls .

I looked at who is on the ballot in Massachusetts. Ours go in ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY LAST NAME, which really seems to make a whole lot of sense to me...but then again, other states really don't seem to WANT to make sense. Ours goes Bush, Badnarik, Cobb, and Kerry. I'm surprised the Socialist isn't on the ballot: you can register as Socialist in Mass. Nader, though, isn't on the ballot, which takes away the possibility of me trading my vote for a Nader person in a swing state to vote for Kerry. Ah well...

I am, however, voting for one Republican - Frank Cousins for County Sheriff (yes, we still have sheriffs)

	02-11-2004 22:26									#77
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quote: Originally posted by MarkG quote: It depends on the state. you mean i can show up and say that i'm chegitz guevara and i vote for you? and you people are arguing that you have real elections going there?

The whole voting process in the US is archaic and moronic...

Just look at the whole electoral college thing, it defies reason!

Bush would rather amend the constitution to prevent gay marriage than do something about the US voting system...

	02-11-2004 22:27									#78
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As for some people having to queue up to six hours to vote in some places, that is a total farce!

I have NEVER EVER even had to queue to vote in this country and we generally have a better turn out. Perhaps I have been lucky or something but I've voted about half a dozen times in various elections (local/national) in different places at different times, so I would have thought I'dve hit a queue by now...

	02-11-2004 22:27									#79
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quote: Originally posted by MarkG quote: It depends on the state. you mean i can show up and say that i'm chegitz guevara

If you walk in and say you're Chegitz Guevara, I just hope they give you a running start before they get the straightjacket on you (after you vote, of course.)

	02-11-2004 22:29									#80
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quote: Originally posted by MOBIUS As for some people having to queue up to six hours to vote in some places, that is a total farce! I have NEVER EVER even had to queue to vote in this country and we generally have a better turn out. Perhaps I have been lucky or something but I've voted about half a dozen times in various elections (local/national) in different places at different times, so I would have thought I'dve hit a queue by now...

1.) are you in a big city?
2.) how can you say that there is a bigger turnout than what we'll have this year? the votes haven't even been counted yet, and everyone's predicting this will be on eof the biggest years
3.) what the **** is a "queue"?

	02-11-2004 22:33									#81
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quote: Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous 2.) how can you say that there is a bigger turnout than what we'll have this year?

IIRC, he's Australian, and over there they're required to vote.

	02-11-2004 22:35									#82
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I'm amazed at two things here:

1) You actually don't have to show any ID, when you vote

2) The long lines that you guys report. How many places can you go vote?? One per city????

Asmodean

	02-11-2004 22:36									#83
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also, can you explain this thing about voting two weeks early?

	02-11-2004 22:37									#84
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quote: Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous 1.) are you in a big city? 2.) how can you say that there is a bigger turnout than what we'll have this year? the votes haven't even been counted yet, and everyone's predicting this will be on eof the biggest years 3.) what the **** is a "queue"?

1) Most of my voting has been done in London
2) True, but they are expecting it therefore there should be no queues.
3) I suspect you now know damned well what a queue is by now... What's 'Imperial'? Oh wait, that was that archaic British measuring system found only in the US...

	02-11-2004 22:39									#85
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quote: Originally posted by Asmodean 1) You actually don't have to show any ID, when you vote

Don't tell that to the terrorists...

	02-11-2004 22:45									#86
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Yeah, all that registering to vote is difficult stuff. Why can't they vote like we do here - here we just go, show the passport, cast the ballot, and are done. No prior registration, no voting certificates or whatever...

	02-11-2004 22:50									#87
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I've never shown an ID when voting either. But we do get a voting card thingie in the mail prior to the election and you have to bring it along to the polling place. No registering or anything like that though - everyone 18 or older gets a voting card in the mail.

	02-11-2004 22:50									#88
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quote: Originally posted by Gangerolf I've never shown an ID when voting either.

TERRORIST!!

	02-11-2004 22:52									#89
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Stop making our democracy look bad in this thread!

Use the other one

	02-11-2004 22:54									#90
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shhh