OT: Voting results in NH

[pardsbane at offthehill.org (Joshua Pollak)]

Some non-Communist nations require voting as well. I believe its tied  
in with your ability to get work permit or social security or 
something. Its a great idea, until you realize how stupid most people 
in this country are. We'd end up with the winner of American Idol 3 as 
our new president.


On Jan 28, 2004, at 5:02 PM, Grant Young wrote:

> As opposed to Wes Clark. :-)
>
> As for the parent post, my feeling is that if you don't vote you don't
> get to complain.  In Soviet Russia everyone had to vote (turnouts were
> regularly reported in the 95-98+% range), here you have the opportunity
> not to vote.  Some people feel (with some reason) that voting just
> encourages the bastards and choose not to vote.  I'll respect their
> decision not to vote, especially if they're Republicans.
>
> On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 16:49, Zack Cerza wrote:
>> I agree. Just make sure you're not assuming that the entire 
>> population of NH
>> is registered with the Democratic Party. Then again, I'm not quite 
>> sure how
>> Kerry qualifies as a Democrat anyway.
>>
>> Zack
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