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Big Sarge 11-05-2012 09:54 AM

Election Tomorrow
 
I am so glad that this election is about to be over. Then we can go back to arguing about something less divisive. I hope everyone votes

Spexxvet 11-05-2012 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Big Sarge (Post 837487)
I am so glad that this election is about to be over. Then we can go back to arguing about something less divisive. I hope everyone votes

The 2016 election starts tomorrow. Unfortunately, I kid you not.:facepalm:

Sheldonrs 11-05-2012 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet (Post 837493)
The 2016 election starts tomorrow. Unfortunately, I kid you not.:facepalm:

Wonder if Romney will try again? lol

fargon 11-05-2012 10:38 AM

I already voted. I voted Libertarian Gary Johnson for President. YEAH!!!

Stormieweather 11-05-2012 10:43 AM

Based purely on ideological similarities, I should vote Jill Stein (Green Party) or Rocky Anderson (Justice Party). But a vote for them is NOT going to help keep Romney out of the white house or our country from regressing 50 years if he wins, so I voted Obama.

glatt 11-05-2012 11:12 AM

I voted over 3 weeks ago. No line. It took 5 minutes because there was a form to fill out.

Gravdigr 11-05-2012 05:20 PM

Election?

Whatsthisnow?

BigV 11-05-2012 05:34 PM

just.... Don't.

Adak 11-05-2012 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by fargon (Post 837497)
I already voted. I voted Libertarian Gary Johnson for President. YEAH!!!

Splitting the conservative vote is OK in the primaries, but in the final elections, it's a very poor idea.

In the past, it's actually cost us some important elections. (I like Gary J very much, but no third party candidate for President has ever had a chance to win, going back 100 years +).

maineiac04631 11-05-2012 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by fargon (Post 837497)
I already voted. I voted Libertarian Gary Johnson for President. YEAH!!!

My wife and I are voting for him too, and we got to meet him.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...1062012001.jpg

Big Sarge 11-05-2012 11:13 PM

Well, I'm proud to say I am voting Republican. Romney isn't the best choice, but he is the lesser of 2 evils.

BigV 11-05-2012 11:37 PM

Dixville Notch,

It's on NOW!


five to five

SamIam 11-06-2012 12:14 AM

I just hope the count doesn't get dragged out for days with one candidate winner of the popular vote and the other one winning in the electoral college. I think the next 4 years are going to be bitter enough as it is.

BigV 11-06-2012 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by BigV (Post 837649)
Dixville Notch,

It's on NOW!


five to five

5 to 5 in dixville notch

Obama 23
Romney 9
Johnson 1
in harts location

DanaC 11-06-2012 04:22 AM

This is cute: 'In pictures: Obama and Romney through the years'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20075984

Trilby 11-06-2012 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by SamIam (Post 837655)
I just hope the count doesn't get dragged out for days with one candidate winner of the popular vote and the other one winning in the electoral college. I think the next 4 years are going to be bitter enough as it is.

Yes, please Deity of Your Choice: Please, for the love of You, make this stop!
I can't handle it anymore. MY 'mute' button is worn out.

tw 11-06-2012 08:20 AM

The League of Woman Voters once published a paper ballot with all candidates names and other propositions printed as they appear on the ballot (or machine). So that you could study the ballot and investigate propositions before entering the booth. Today, many only hear of propositions for the first time when they cast their ballot.

This is particularly difficult in California where many rich people have paid to have propositions put on the CA ballots. Voting takes longer. Californians must vote on at least 40 propositions. Most were never heard of until they vote. Some are worded to be deceptive because rich people can now pay to have propositions on that ballot.

glatt 11-06-2012 09:05 AM

Don't know about your location, but here there is always a rep from each party passing out sample ballots showing how they want you to vote. So at a minimum, you can see what the different parties want. I'll usually take a sample ballot from each just to confirm my understanding of what the different issues mean.

BigV 11-06-2012 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC (Post 837658)
This is cute: 'In pictures: Obama and Romney through the years'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20075984

That was sweet, Dana, thanks.

xoxoxoBruce 11-06-2012 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by BigV (Post 837657)
5 to 5 in dixville notch

Obama 23
Romney 9
Johnson 1
in harts location


BigV 11-06-2012 10:32 AM

I was pretty sleepy when I posted that, from my phone. In bed. Good to have your independent confirmation.

SamIam 11-06-2012 12:55 PM

Right now, Obama has a slight lead in the Colorado polls.

There are also two ballot measures before Colorado voters that are as important to me (and ultimately, to the US as a whole) as the presidential race. The first is to treat the sale of marijuana just like the sale of alcohol. We already have legalized medical marijuana here, and it makes sense to just allow the sale of it to all people over 21and get some badly needed tax revenues. It has always been silly to treat pot as it were some awful street drug like crystal meth or crack cocaine. Legalize pot, make some money from it, and free up the courts and law enforcement to deal with actual problems.

The second ballot measure actually gives me some hope for this bizarre state which includes every nut group from Focus on the Family to the People’s Republic of Boulder. The Colorado people are fighting back against the Supreme Court and its ruling on the Citizen’s campaign contributions case. Corporations are NOT people! Vote YES on 65, Colorado!

Only two states are being given a chance to vote to amend the constitution and throw Citizens’ out the door. The other state where this question has been put up for a vote is Montana. Let’s hear it for the WILD WEST! GO MONTANA! GO COLORADO!

Ahem… Here’s the text of 65 as it reads on the Colorado ballot:

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Shall there be amendments to the Colorado constitution and the Colorado revised statutes concerning support by Colorado’s legislative representatives for a federal constitutional amendment to limit campaign contributions and spending, and, in connection therewith, instructing Colorado’s congressional delegation to propose and support, and the members of Colorado’s state legislature to ratify, an amendment to the United States constitution that allows congress and the states to limit campaign contributions and spending?

Griff 11-06-2012 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by fargon (Post 837497)
I already voted. I voted Libertarian Gary Johnson for President. YEAH!!!

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Originally Posted by Adak (Post 837620)
Splitting the conservative vote is OK in the primaries, but in the final elections, it's a very poor idea.

In the past, it's actually cost us some important elections. (I like Gary J very much, but no third party candidate for President has ever had a chance to win, going back 100 years +).

I'm still not sure why conservatives think libertarians are "their" voters. My choice was between Johnson and Obama. Johnson's better on foreign policy and civil liberties. Obama's better on social safety net, beating Mitt, and the message vote that its country before party which the GOP House doesn't understand.


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