Are you going to vote in November?

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

Are you going to vote in the November elections?

(including pre or absentee voting)

[liberal N proud]

1. Actually I will vote in October

I will be traveling out of the country during the election and have to vote early.

But if I am breathing and there is an election, I am voting. It is my civic duty!

[Inuca]

2. Anybody here who does not

should not be here in the first place.

[Joe Fields]

23. Oh, really?

[Inuca]

38. Roughly speaking (see reply below yours)

YES!

[WilliamPitt]

40. Yes, really.

[Change has come]

63. Are you serious?

:rofl:

[JackintheGreen]

26. What if you're disenfranchised?

A teen or a convict or a left leaning green card holder?

I get what you likely mean, but the knee-jerk reductionism on DU has been driving me crazy the last few months. Language MEANS, so let's be careful out there.

edited for spelling

[Inuca]

37. You are correct

I generalized too much. But as you said, my intent was clear, and I thimk correct. Enthusiastic 16 year olds, etc. are excluded :-).

[WilliamPitt]

41. "Does not vote" is substantially different from "Cannot vote."

[JackintheGreen]

48. Grammatically yes, linguistically no

"Cannot vote" is a condition that necessitates "does not vote," but saying "does not vote" by itself doesn't meaningfully exclude the category .

Clearly this distinction is important. My first reaction to the comment (and I am 36) was akin to "whoa, way to alientate and marginalize politically active 14 year olds. That was my first thought. Not "yeah, you are totally right...except of course for people who'd like to but can't."

As I said, words MEAN things, and a perfectly reasonable comment can get lost or buried or ignored or actively campaigned against through thoughtless usage.

But now I am just being pedantic.

[pinboy3niner]

50. Yes, you are "just being pedantic." :)

The obvious intended meaning was that those who CAN vote, SHOULD.

[JackintheGreen]

51. Well, you're just belaboring a point I already conceded ;-)

Being pedantic in undoubtedly more fun.

[pinboy3niner]

56. Gotta admit, this belaboring shit really sucks. :(

I'm thinking of upping my game. Do you give lessons in pedantry? Or in avoiding having a pedantic, belaboring, nitpicky subthread deleted? If we keep it up, the latter could come in very handy. :)

[JackintheGreen]

64. Oooh, it's very tempting. I've never been locked before. :) n/t

[pinboy3niner]

66. I have--at my own request!

It was naive of me to post in GD something that quickly (and predictably, to all but me) descended into dungeonal territory--so I alerted on my own OP.

In our case, however, the thread wouldn't get locked--only our subthread would be disappeared, and you and I would be barred from posting in this thread forevermore.

Sounds kinda poetic, doesn't it? (But black marks accumulate and can lead to a fate worse than death for a DUer :cry:).

If we were going for mod intervention, the quickest way would be to engage in name-calling, asshole! How ignorant do you have to be not to know that? Yo mama prolly wears combat boots, too!

[JackintheGreen]

73. My momma's a pastor, you ninny-pin!

But my wife *does* wear combat boots.

Let's end this. I will accept a final shot on your part. That ninny-pin comment was kind of a low blow.

Cheers!

[bushisanidiot]

60. +1

exactly!

[derby378]

3. I'm an election judge...

...so that should be a given. :hi:

[Webster Green]

27. Me too.

As a precinct inspector, I pick up all the voting supplies, supervise the precinct and drop off the ballots and equipment at the end of the day.

I'll be voting!

[H2O Man]

4. Hell yes.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Most definitely. The Repub candidate for gov here is a Tea Partier.

:puke:

[medeak]

6. yes but may not donate any more $

as harrassed nightly by senate campaign committee despite many phone calls and emails to take me off their list and...yes am on every damn no call list there is

[meegbear]

7. Why yes. Yes I am.

[lunatica]

8. I always vote for Democrats

[GreenTea]

9. Who's the uninformed stupid dumb fucks(sign-in)who won't vote & want to go back to republican rule?

Sign in - so we know what dumb fucker(s) you are - You have absolutely no reason not to vote and participate in helping to bring democracy to our country.

[Swamp Rat]

10. Yes, I hate the GOP and the teabagger party too much not to.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

11. You forgot the :sarcasm: smilie.

:sarcasm:

[Dulcinea]

12. I already voted.

GA has early voting. But I chose YES.

[AC_Mem]

13. Yes, and

I will bring at least one person with me!

[Cleita]

14. Absolutely, even if I'm not so sure my vote

is being counted.

[jobycom]

25. It's just as likely now as it has ever been.

They've been stealing elections for as long as they've been having elections. They had a primary election in, I think, 1956, in Texas between Ralph Yarborough and the incumbent Allan Shivers. They had matched up in the last three elections, and each time Ralph had gotten a little closer, scaring the party establishment, of whom Shivers was one. Polls showed Shivers trailing, and on election night as the votes were being counted, Shivers was losing.

So the Party declared that Shivers had won and refused to show anyone the votes. Yarborough went to his grave--forty years later and after 13 years in the US Senate--believing he had won, and a lot of historians agree with him.

Never stopped me from voting before. Does make me wonder about a few outcomes, though.

[get the red out]

15. Can't wait to vote for Jack Conway

Can't wait to vote against that idiot Rand Paul.

[PBS Poll-435]

16. I lied on your poll. I am not voting in November.

I am voting in October. (My county has "early" voting)


Going to be working the ground in November.



:kick:

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

21. Recognized the problem and edited the poll. Thanks.

[blondeatlast]

17. Proudly voting against the hate in my state; abso-effin'-lutely I will. nt

[jillan]

58. And I will be right there with you!

not literally of course :P

[Kceres]

18. Of course. Why would a Yellow Dog Democratic NOT vote in ANY election.

Now more than ever!!!

[FrenchieCat]

19. I'm gonna vote, and am going to encourage others to vote

for Democrats.

[JustAnotherGen]

20. Yep

Will be proud to pull the lever for Potosnak. I'm looking forward to Leonard Lance getting creamed and no longer representing the NJ-7th in the House.

[TK421]

22. Absolutely n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

24. YES!

[golddigger]

28. Yes.

[cordelia]

29. Absolutely yes. n/t

[Buns_of_Fire]

30. Of course. But...

I'll be spending the next six weeks picking out a suitable clothespin to wear while I'm doing it.

[rucky]

31. Let's ignore the 100+ people who said yes...

and focus all of our energy on the 6 who said "no".

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

32. I'm voting early and often.....

OK just early.

[KansasVoter]

33. Please BAN FOR LIFE anyone who votes no with no explanation!

[whatchamacallit]

34. Yes, but more reluctantly then ever.

IMO our system is so broken and corrupt that participating feels like a "necessary" betrayal of my own values. I honestly don't know how much longer I'll play along.

[AmandaMae]

35. Of course. isn't everyone here who's eligible going to?

[Ohio Joe]

36. Yes. Anyone that does not, is a fool - nt

[Dappleganger]

39. Mos def

Dh teases me as to how much I will whine and whine and whine, but you cannot keep me away from the polls.

[ThomWV]

42. I'll vote the local races, but not for the House or Senate seats that are open in WV

I will not vote for the candidates my Party has put forward in either the 1st Congressional District or the US Senate race this November. The guy running for the House seat is a DINO who I will not support and in the Senate race there is no difference at all between the two of them and I find both utterly objectionable.

[G_j]

43. of course I will

as I always have.
Even though it means I'll be voting for a worthless yellowdog fake Democrat. The Republicans are worse.

[MilesColtrane]

46. "a worthless yellowdog fake Democrat"

That word does not mean what you think it means.

[G_j]

49. yea that was dumb, I realized it too late

I meant Bluedog, sorry, I'm burnt out today.
..too much multi-tasking for me. :-(

[Name removed]

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[mulsh]

45. make that Hell Yes

but then I have voted in every election since I turned 18. I always encourage people to vote. I don't even discourage people who tell me they're voting for the other side. The more you vote the less people can get away with stuff you don't approve of.

Also, I live in Oakland, CA. Jerry Brown lives in Oakland,CA. When Jerry Brown is not employed he tends to go to some of the same restaurants and cafes I like to go to. When Mr. Brown is employed I rarely encounter him in public. I have chatted amiably with him on numerous occasions. I have also been part of groups that had to pay for him since he has a habit of leaving before the check arrives. I've seen him do this to mutual friends at least 3 times. In addition to generally agreeing with his political views I object paying for his entertainment. Keep Jerry employed.

BTW I have also seen Mr. Brown passing out voter info on local issues, alone in local parking lots and business districts with out any media or personal assistants about. I've also encountered him doing this on numerous occasions for a bunch of different local issues.

He's the only professional politician I have ever see do something like this.

[Jamastiene]

47. Fuck yeah.

I always vote, even in off year referendums and runoffs and other such extra chances to vote. I would vote on every single issue if I could.

[LWolf]

52. Of course. It will probably be in October, though.

I get my ballot in the mail, and will probably have it back in the mail before November 1st.

That's not pre- or absentee voting; the whole state votes that way. Some will hang on to their ballots and deliver them to drop boxes in November.

[Change Happens]

53. :)

Yes...

[Lebam in LA]

54. Hell Yes

Meg and Carly scare the hell out of me.

Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer have to win.

[foxfeet]

55. I always vote.

[femmocrat]

57. I always vote.

I haven't missed a primary or a GE since I was old enough to vote.

[Canuckistanian]

59. Not eligible (of course)

But I STRONGLY encourage all DUers to vote in THIS election.

In some ways, this particular election is more important than the 2008 election.

Let the GOP KNOW that they're the minority and that the American people aren't going to let any radical freaks "take their country back", whatever that means.

In fact, I'd rather not know what that means.

[saltpoint]

61. You better believe it.

Go, Democrats.

[bigwillq]

62. Yes

Without question. I have voted in every election, at every level, since I turned 18.

[socialist_n_TN]

65. I always vote.............

nfm

[nadinbrzezinski]

67. We always do...

enthusiastically however, not really.

The Ds still do less damage...

[K8-EEE]

68. CAN'T WAIT TO VOTE FOR BARBARA BOXER AND JERRY BROWN!

CAN NOT WAIT!!! Enthusiasm gap? Not when you're facing Mama Grizzley's Carly and Meg, are you kidding me??? AM I GOING TO VOTE?? HOW AM I NOT GOING TO VOTE!

AND I WILL BE ON THE PHONE REMINDING OTHERS TO VOTE AND I WILL OFFER RIDES TO VOTERS!!

[pinboy3niner]

69. You and me both, K8-EEE!

BOXER & BROWN! I'll be out there canvassing, phone-banking, whatever it takes.

I've already donated, and plan to donate more.

I'm very optimistic about these races. I can't see Californians electing Meg--her campaign ads could be used to coerce confessions at Abu Ghraib. And Carly seems to get nuttier the more she opens her mouth.

Not counting my chickens yet, but I'm in a VERY GOOD mood these days... :)

[Mudoria]

70. I always vote

Even when I'm not happy about my choices. So far it's one right they haven't taken away from me.

[Roon]

71. Of course, I have to do SOMETHING

voting is the best way..

[TBF]

72. Yes, the governor's race is important in Texas -

but voting is just one very small thing. I hope everyone will vote, but ALSO continue to raise awareness that we are really dealing with 2 parties that are doing zilch for workers on economic issues. The more we talk, the more pressure it puts on our leaders to listen.

[Broken_Hero]

74. Yep, sure will, nt

[SargeUNN]

75. anyone not voting is a fool because

you don't vote you aren't being part of the process and you are being extremely stupid and self destructive. Those who say they will not vote shouldn't be given much credibility here because they refuse to vote, they are quitters and useless.

[yella_dawg]

76. I volunteered to do an analysis of electronic voting returns...

I volunteered to do an analysis of electronic voting returns for an author who was researching a book on elections post 2000. I haven't cast a vote since, and I won't in the future.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

77. I always vote.

It gives me bitching rights. :D This election I am lucky to have two good Democratic candidates that I will have no problems voting for, Boxer and Brown.