OT: Voting results in NH
Joshua Pollak
pardsbane at offthehill.org
Wed Jan 28 17:18:25 EST 2004
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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