Demockery, not Democracy

Comment #10

justxploring — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:13:41 GMT

Also they might discover that Ponce de Leon really did locate the fountain of youth and that many registered voters here are actually not old enough to vote.

Comment #9

justxploring — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:01:19 GMT

True, Rick. Early voting also allows any problems with votes to be counted & checked since they're coming in a little at a time. We had 2 weeks before the primary to vote. I can't remember if we had that option during the General Election in 2004. I know I went to the polls on Election Day. Although well over a million people voted here, there were no lines at all and also no confusion as to where I had to go to vote. (It's been changed 3 times already with a letter of apology..good thing I check my mail!)... [ More ]

Comment #8

Rick G — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:25:33 GMT

In my previous comment I was referring to the touch screen jobs...the Diebolds. The "early bird voting" option is a good idea for conflicts of schedule...it also alleviates the lines at the polling place on Election Day.

Comment #7

justxploring — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:39:09 GMT

I'm not so sure there shouldn't be some kind of electronic voting, Rick. Our population is too large, but I do agree the results can be manipulated. Even the results of paper ballots can be altered. What about those hanging chads in the punch cards? Keep in mind that George W's brother ran the state then and now his former Attorney General, Charlie Crist, is Governor. I don't know how anyone living in FL could think that the voting was on Feb 5, but hundreds of people called... [ More ]

Comment #6

emilyg — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:42:08 GMT

Nanc - good blog.

Comment #5

Rick G — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:59:01 GMT

I'd like to see... ...a national primary where all states voted on the same day. There would be one ballot listing all candidates from ALL parties. The top six vote-getters (regardless of Party) would then move on to a second primary held in August. In that primary, the top three vote getters (again, regardless of Party) move on to the general election and only their names appear on the November general election ballot (with a write-in option of course). From then on, let t... [ More ]

Comment #4

Tenaj — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:34:42 GMT

Justx, you are right on when you asked: Why are we letting a select few run our country? "I guess we are weird"!LOL As the blogger said. NC won't be voting until March and I feel very much disenfranchised too. That is my tirade. I think we all should vote on the same day. But the reason we'll not marching in the streets is because they have us "dumber-fied" and do our thinking for us, for the most part. And the dumber we get the more "desen... [ More ]

Comment #3

justxploring — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:34:12 GMT

Comment #2

jarasan — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:11:58 GMT

The whole thing this year seems a sham for everybody, for both sides, the media is directing the primaries by the manner in which they cover it. The only way to eliminate that, is to have all the primaries on the same day, lose the polls, and give everybody the opportunity to vote. It seems to me that the media is in direct violation of McCain/Feingold continuously, they have been steering this thing since last year. God bless your Dad.

Comment #1

justxploring — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:00:51 GMT

I made a typo (obviously) The Florida primary date was Jan 29, not Jan 2. We were able to vote at select locations as early as Jan 14.

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justxploring — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:20:56 GMT