CrispyQ
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Sat Sep-17-05 05:07 PM
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Poll question: Voting vs not voting -- a poll |
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Wondering how others will respond to ongoing election fraud.
At what point will your confidence in the American electoral process become so diminished that you choose not to vote.
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Sat Sep-17-05 05:09 PM
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nuxvomica
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Sat Sep-17-05 05:11 PM
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2. They want us to stop voting so I'll keep doing it |
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If we don't vote, it just makes fixing the elections easier and I don't want to make it easy for them.
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Sat Sep-17-05 05:12 PM
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3. I think this poll is rigged, so i refuse to vote :-) |
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Sat Sep-17-05 05:29 PM
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4. Read this. (I wrote it in 2002.) |
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Edited on Sat Sep-17-05 05:45 PM by TahitiNut
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Sat Sep-17-05 05:31 PM
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5. Not voting no matter how bad the corruption won't fix anything |
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The first step is to vote. And then you can demand action when the corruption is dragged out into the daylight. If you render yourself silent then you have little say in anything.
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Sat Sep-17-05 05:43 PM
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6. If I stop voting then they will win that much more. At least |
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when I vote I know I did what I could.
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Sat Sep-17-05 05:43 PM
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7. I picked quit after 08 in the case of election fraud |
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but that's only because I plan on leaving the country in that event.
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Sat Sep-17-05 05:46 PM
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8. I'm already there and have started to fight back in other ways. |
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Until there is at least a break in the story around election tally fraud, I will not play their game. Until there is at least the beginning of some sort of investigation, I can no longer participate in the charade. Until there are indictments and an outraged populace, I can't be a part of the race to the cliff.
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Sat Sep-17-05 05:51 PM
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9. It is important to keep voting |
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even in the light of fraud. Really, they can only sway the election by a certain percentage.
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Sat Sep-17-05 05:53 PM
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10. voting absentee on a paper ballot and working on a ballot initiative for |
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Sat Sep-17-05 05:55 PM
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11. I vote because there are local elections and issues that can still |
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be resolved democratically even though I feel higher offices are more likely to have rigged races.
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Sat Sep-17-05 05:56 PM
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12. Should vote no matter what.... |
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And keep fighting non-stop to get rid of the fraud machines, and put in paper ballots. Anything less is to sell out the elections to the highest bidder.
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Sat Sep-17-05 05:58 PM
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13. I don't think there is one subject on DU that pisses me off more |
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Than the moaners and the groaners who say.. "why vote, it won't count" That sounds like vote supression to me. It's much more dangerous than what any Republican could do.
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Sat Sep-17-05 06:52 PM
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14. You make an excellent point about a defeatist attitude being |
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more dangerous than the repubs.
I am inspired by this poll. I've read many, many threads today that are dismal & downheaded. People feeling anger & worse, hopelessness. I admit that I fight these feelings, too. But I will always vote. I'm trying hard to convince my husband to do the same!
Thanks to all who participated!
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