Have you registered to vote?

[LoneSage]

I registered a week ago today. I'm supposed to get a reply from my city's registrar, that I print out, then I vote, and put it in some envelopes and go to the embassy.

No reply from the registrar yet. Guess I'll remind them on Monday to send me my ballot.

You?

 

[lithy]

Have you never voted before? If you have, why did you get unregistered? I have had to register twice in my life and it was because I moved to a new state.

Or maybe you're just talking about getting an absentee ballot.

 

[@M]

I've been registered since I turned eighteen, 23 years ago.

 

[LoneSage]

Have you never voted before? If you have, why did you get unregistered? I have had to register twice in my life and it was because I moved to a new state.

Or maybe you're just talking about getting an absentee ballot.

Oh. OK. Thanks lithy. I guess I meant getting an absentee ballot. Maybe I shouldn't be voting in the first place.

 

[Heinz]

If you don't you get a nice little fine to pay each year.

 

[Taiso]

I registered a week ago today. I'm supposed to get a reply from my city's registrar, that I print out, then I vote, and put it in some envelopes and go to the embassy.

No reply from the registrar yet. Guess I'll remind them on Monday to send me my ballot.

You?

Yeah, I'm registered and I'm voting in person because I'd like nothing more than to put peoples' lives at risk this election season.

I'll be Pokemon Go-ing To The Polls

 

[Lagduf]

Have you never voted before? If you have, why did you get unregistered? I have had to register twice in my life and it was because I moved to a new state.

Or maybe you're just talking about getting an absentee ballot.

Plenty of municipalities purge their rosters if you haven’t voted after X number of years. Saw it many times in ‘04 when I was a poll worker and people found out they weren’t registered since the last time they had voted was in ‘92.

 

[Lagduf]

I’m really tired of all of social media’s in your face “are you voting/register to vote/voter information” campaigns.

It just feels entirely disingenuous. Maybe that’s the point? Corporations urging me to vote is entirely dystopian. It seems like they want to put me off from
casting a vote by reminding me that my vote is futile.

 

[Marek]

I’m really tired of all of social media’s in your face “are you voting/register to vote/voter information” campaigns.

It just feels entirely disingenuous. Maybe that’s the point? Corporations urging me to vote is entirely dystopian. It seems like they want to put me off from
casting a vote by reminding me that my vote is futile.

...dude wut?

 

[Heinz]

...dude wut?

Very defeatist, yes don't vote! Let only those who really care vote so that you, the people can be fucked over more than ever before.

 

[Lagduf]

I’m voting, don’t worry.

@poppy

Facebook, IG, Twitter, et al have no real interest in me as an individual (or any individual) exercising their civil rights.

They are only interested in profits. They are beholden to the shareholders, investors, other corporate interests, and their own self preservation.

They are not some neutral NGO interested in the preservation of democracy, free speech, and free society. That is overwhelmingly clear.

Thus them “encouraging” me to vote seems disingenuous. They don’t give a fuck who or what I vote for. They don’t care if I vote. Their vote campaign is hypocrisy of the highest order.

 

[SML]

I've been registered but I do double check my status heading in to elections just in case I've been kicked off the rolls for whatever reason.

 

[wyo]

I’m voting, don’t worry.

@poppy

Facebook, IG, Twitter, et al have no real interest in me as an individual (or any individual) exercising their civil rights.

They are only interested in profits. They are beholden to the shareholders, investors, other corporate interests, and their own self preservation.

They are not some neutral NGO interested in the preservation of democracy, free speech, and free society. That is overwhelmingly clear.

Thus them “encouraging” me to vote seems disingenuous. They don’t give a fuck who or what I vote for. They don’t care if I vote. Their vote campaign is hypocrisy of the highest order.

They win either way and virtue signaling costs nothing.

 

[ForeverSublime]

Why isn't there a poll in this thread?

 

[TonK]

Yes. And I'm a campaign manager for Mahoning County.

And Joe Biden for Ohio.

Fuck trump and anyone who votes for him.

 

[Marek]

Fuck trump and anyone who votes for him.

Lithy

 

[LoneSage]

I’m really tired of all of social media’s in your face “are you voting/register to vote/voter information” campaigns.

It just feels entirely disingenuous. Maybe that’s the point? Corporations urging me to vote is entirely dystopian. It seems like they want to put me off from
casting a vote by reminding me that my vote is futile.

Weird take duffalo. I haven't seen much if any of that at all. But then again, I'm not even home so yeah.

 

[Xavier]

Weird take duffalo. I haven't seen much if any of that at all. But then again, I'm not even home so yeah.

When are you coming home? I thought you said they want all Americans teachers out by August or something along those lines.

 

[LoneSage]

When are you coming home? I thought you said they want all Americans teachers out by August or something along those lines.

I never said such thing.

 

[max 330 mega]

I never said such thing.

You totally said this about 2 months ago.

 

[lithy]

The local party official must be standing behind him at the moment.

Wait for 8L time, all will be revealed.

 

[wyo]

The local party official must be standing behind him at the moment.

Wait for 8L time, all will be revealed.

 

[LoneSage]

Finally got my absentee ballot, but check out what else is on the ballot for Virginia:

Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to establish a redistricting commission, consisting of eight members of the General Assembly and eight citizens of the Commonwealth, that is responsible for drawing the congressional and state legislative districts that will be subsequently voted on, but not changed by, the General Assembly and enacted without the Governor’s involvement and to give the responsibility of drawing districts to the Supreme Court of Virginia if the redistricting commission fails to draw districts or the General Assembly fails to enact districts by certain deadlines?

I don't have a fucking clue what that's supposed to mean, and lo and behold I'm not the only one who thought so: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...ummary-its-redistricting-amendment-is-unfair/

I, uh, guess I'll vote for 'no' on that?

 

[LoneSage]

American embassy had an absentee voter registration and mailing ballot event tonight. Goddamn the shit you gotta do to make sure everything is right...voter fraud is near nonexistent if everyone follows the rules.

The place was packed with Americans. Wow. Even saw a woman with a Biden shirt on. God bless America.