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bad, isyris, bad!
You are doomed to get the plague if you don't vote.

I will vote this evening as I don't have my car (mother has been using it to get to work -.- her van crapped out on her lol).

Will be my 2nd time voting for a President, but my 3rd or 4th time voting on stuff..or that is how many stickers are on my wallet.

Time for change!

Even if you do not like who is running, do not decide not to vote. Go vote, write your own name down. If you do not vote, then you have no right later to voice you opinion on what may come. The only thing you'd have a right to say is "I didn't vote, so I don't have anything to say."

No, I didn't vote, nor do I plan too. I don't want either of them elected. My GF voted early, a few weeks ago though.

*edit* Thanks for the rate downs.

Edited, Nov 4th 2008 2:59pm by jpaugh

Right, while those who are voting for racial reasons or because their parents always voted a certain party have such a good understanding of the issues involved. Believe me, there are plenty of them out there.

I've been trying to keep up on both major party candidates for quite some time now, and I agree with things both of them say. However, some of the people who support them scare me quite a bit. Where I haven't done my homework is on the "third-party" candidates, and I won't vote for someone who I know nothing about. Which leaves...writing in myself or a fictional candidate? Surely you don't think that will have more of an effect on the election than staying home?

While we may be the vast minority this year, I'm another one of the non-voters.

Not particularly for reasons that have been stated, but just simply that I do not support either of the primary candidates and I believe that voting against someone, voting for the "lesser of two evils", or voting along party lines are all abuses of the rights granted to us. Rather than voting negatively or without the education, I keep my vote to who I actually want in office.

Of course, my position is typically criticized, especially in election years. However, it's my right to exercise my privilege to vote based on my own principles and not those forced down my throat by current american politics or media.

To those who do support who they are voting for, I do salute you, no matter which side of the aisle you stand on. (Granted, there should be many more aisles than two... but that's an issue for another day.)

"Either of them" is a false dictotomy. I can name five presidential candidates off the top of my head. Yes, only two have any chance - but thinking that this is a two-person contest is exactly *why* only two of them have any chance.

Not exactly a write-in, but I voted third-party (Bob Barr, Libertarian candidate). I mean, come on

Just a reminder to the people who are not voting because they do not like either major party presidential candidate. Please keep in mind that there are many other races this election year. The House of Representatives and the Senate are both up for grabs, not to mention many state and local races.

Yes, I voted. I have paid for the Right to vote in Gulf War I, Bosnia, and Gulf War II. You are darn right I voted!

/salute

Of course I voted. Weeks ago.

Our republic is greatly shaped by demographic polls and election results. Anyone who doesn't vote is sending a strong message: "Ignore me, politicians, because my opinion won't affect your career."

Of course, I'm glad to see people who disagree with me are not voting. That makes my vote and my opinion count for more. Way to go, "I dunt lik either of dem" non-voters! Your apathy and inaction would surely make the people who fought for the independence of this nation and for the freedom of its people proud!

way to rationalize lazy.

if you're really that apathetic to not care one way or the other about any of the issues on the ballot, congratulations on posting from a vegetative state.

If you don't like the Republican or Democrate candidates you cna write in whomever you want. Take me for example... I would never vote for Mccain or Obama. So I wrote in Rusttle.

However this is America and you have the choice if you would like to vote or not.

Name me 1 Ballot question on the NH ballots. I'll let you take some time for this.

See, I can't find them either. Thus, even pre-election research netted nothing. Therefore I can only assume that the ballot questions either flat out don't matter, or simply don't exist. (Looking at our absentee ballot for this year just netted Pres, Gov, 1 Congress, 1 Senate, so I'm really guessing the latter).

So, there goes that out the window.

Now, Presidential. I don't support either of the two main party candidates. The other candidates simply don't matter. No matter how much people delude themselves to think so, they don't. Even if they did, I don't support Nader and I don't know the others well enough to have a justified opinion in voting for either of them. Call being educated about your choices lazy if you wish, I call it responsible.

Our Governor race? Lynch will win by a large portion. A strong incumbent vs a relative new-comer. So, no that doesn't matter anyway.

Congressional? Nope, neither is any different. Nothing will be different with one or the other in office. Same with Senatorial, Shaheen and Sununu are equivalent in my eyes. Both used the exact same campaign interestingly enough, both trying to show how much the other was with Bush heh. I found that amusing, but neither put forth any effort in stating what they will do, only what their opponent did. So, why should I put forth the effort to vote for either if they aren't willing to try for my vote?

So, 4 items up for election, 4 items that I have no choice between what is offered to me other than to write nonsense in wasting a ballot (I could go environmental on this too, since we still use paper ballots, but I'll leave that out for now).

See, the attitude of many is that if we don't vote, we can't complain. It's understandable but only if those in question either support a candidate or those doing the questioning fully support a candidate. Since I don't, it would be irresponsible of me to vote for one or the other (or one of the other 3). Sure, I could go in and write in my name for the 4 races, but what would that accomplish again? Another uncounted vote that does nothing which is exactly what I have right now. I could say I voted, but if I just tossed out a ballot, did I really vote or just scrap a piece of paper?

Besides, if you vote for the "lesser of two evils" and your guy gets in. You really have no right to complain. After all, you put him there.