I Will Be Staying Home On Election Day 2012

[WillyT]

that's mainly because I vote by mail, but let's see how many people actually read this sentence

:evilgrin:

Shhhhh....

:hide:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. You WILL get a lot of views, if nothing else...

Here's my contribution:

:spank:

[WillyT]

2. LOL !!!

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Ah, the pleasure ...

was all mine...

:evilgrin:

:rofl:


:hi:

[Jackpine Radical]

11. Why don't we have a

Drowning the Poster in a Bathtub thingie?

[WillyT]

20. Hey Now !!!

:evilgrin:

:hi:

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Me too. Town voting machines are Diebold.

[bbinacan]

5. Me too. n/t

[stevedeshazer]

6. Vote by mail is the wave of the future

You guys are way behind.

Oregon and Washington already have this.

[aquart]

8. For those of you who trust a privatized post office.

MISERY TO ALL YE WHO TOOK MY LEVERS!

[21st Century FDR]

31. Well, I don't actually mail my ballot.

I'll drop it off directly at the county courthouse if I'm going that direction, or at one of several locked drop boxes around town if I'm not.

So the US mail can't lose it, though I suppose the county auditor's office could. :scared:

[customerserviceguy]

13. I'm looking forward to the wave after that

secure Internet voting. Nobody can convince me that it's any less 'safe' than voting by mail.

[WCGreen]

17. I always vote absentee....

[NightWatcher]

7. vote early and be an elections monitor. That's what I do

make sure everyone who can vote does, and also make sure there's no funny business with the voting machines

[HubertHeaver]

9. I was going to ask if you planned to vote on absentee ballot.

[undeterred]

10. I will be running from house to house getting out the vote

in a totally Democratic area where everyone votes anyway.

[Qutzupalotl]

12. Me too, and I love it.

So do over 80% of us Oregonians.

[Old Codger]

14. I will also

Oregon Yeah, all elections are mail in. (and it will be for Obama)

[southmost]

15. was expecting to be rick-rolled

lol

[taterguy]

16. Are you unemployed or retired or just too rich to have to work?

[Snotcicles]

18. Nack Fuder. nt

[October]

19. LOL! /nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

21. Me too.

[elocs]

22. It's pointless to vote anyways because Republicans are omnipotent, able to steal elections at will.

They allow us to win occasionally just to toy with us. Resistance is futile.

At least that is what some here appear to believe.

[proud patriot]

23. you have been a very bad boy !

:rofl:

[WillyT]

26. I Try Proud... I Try...

:D

:bounce:

:hi:

[jwirr]

24. I almost ignored you thread because of the subject. Glad I looked

in.

[Paka]

25. I live in Thailand

so you know I vote by mail. I've been voting for over five decades but I have never used a diebold demon and, just like I have never shopped at Wal Mart, I intend to keep it that way. :hippie:

Democrats Abroad held the first fully International vote by internet during the Primary in 2008. Countries that have a lot of expats (like Thailand) held on site Primaries, but the online option was open worldwide. We had two polling stations here in Chiang Mai. I assisted at the one held inside the moat of the old city, which is where I live. Getting Ballots have been made a lot easier because of internet access. Even in states with bizarre restrictions.

For the next election cycle a critical focus will have to be done at the grass roots level to contact voters and assist in getting the proper ID in all those states that have passed new draconian laws. Still, absentee is the way to go. I grew up in Oregon with lots of family still there, and the vote-by-mail seems to be working well. :hi:

[WillyT]

27. Yep California Started Doing It A Couple Of Cycles Back, And I Love It Too

:bounce:

:hi:

[cherokeeprogressive]

28. Vote by mail. It's the only way to fly. n/t

[Malikshah]

29. No fair...I bet everyone spent minutes coming up with some pithy comment

before reading your post...
I like that.

[21st Century FDR]

30. Been voting permanent absentee since 1992.

Now the county is all mail elections anyway, so no lines at a polling place for me.

Of course I am a little skeptical of the optical scanning & computer tabulation, but at least there's a paper ballot, should there ever be a need to question it.

[lunatica]

32. Go to your room!

[Omaha Steve]

33. LOL

[BiggJawn]

34. (snicker) n/t

[donheld]

35. Me too