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[laurelin_kit]

I just went to dooce.com and saw a banner ad with clickable options:

Have you voted yet?
- yes
- no
- I'm not sure.

HOW ARE YOU NOT SURE?!

I'm getting very tense the closer it gets to election time. I'm voting for Obama, in case you haven't ever had a conversation with me or seen my Facebook page or had the occasion to hear my dad talk about what he does when people send him right-wing propaganda email forwards. There are people arguing about voting on another forum I go to. It's all absentee ballots versus voting early and why the other side is dumb, and oh my God, people, JUST GET REGISTERED WHERE YOU LIVE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BOTHER DRIVING HOME. I'm driving home because it's not that long of a trek, but there were people ALL OVER CAMPUS following you around with change of address forms before the deadline - it wasn't like you had to drive anywhere to register in Orlando. God, someone even came into my class and passed out paperwork. IT ISN'T THAT HARD. COME ON. THEY WERE PRACTICALLY SCREAMING "WE WILL SUCK YOUR DICK IF YOU REGISTER IN ORLANDO." And you can change your address at the polls if you're registered! IT TAKES FIVE MINUTES. WHY WOULD YOU CHOOSE AN ABSENTEE BALLOT AND RISK IT NOT BEING COUNTED? THERE ARE FREE SHUTTLES FROM CAMPUS TO THE POLLS. IT TAKES AN HOUR. IT'S VOTING. YOU DO IT EVERY FOUR YEARS. YOU CAN SPARE AN HOUR EVERY FOUR YEARS, PEOPLE. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! ARE YOU ALL SERIOUSLY THAT LAZY THAT YOU CAN'T TAKE A FREE SHUTTLE FROM A PLACE YOU'RE GOING TO BE ANYWAY TO SPEND ONE HOUR TO VOTE?!

I KNOW WHERE THE I'M NOT SURE OPTION CAME FROM. IT CAME FROM ALL MY FRIENDS WHO ARE VOTING VIA ABSENTEE BALLOT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY GET LOST WHEN THEY COULD SPARE A FUCKING HOUR TO GO VOTE VIA FREE SHUTTLE. JESUS MOTHERFUCKING CHRIST.

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[salamandersam.livejournal.com]

Not to mention, you can also go to the DMV to register.

[laurelin-kit.livejournal.com]

*foams*

[salamandersam.livejournal.com]

Oops, I didn't mean to make it worse!

If people want to vote, they'll find a way to vote. It's just sad how apathetic so many people are.

[laurelin-kit.livejournal.com]

It's every four years, goddammit!

I have one friend I know who isn't voting (last I heard) because he didn't know enough about the issues, nor does he intend on reading up on the issues, so he's just NOT GOING TO VOTE. (This is, at least, last I heard.)

[salamandersam.livejournal.com]

After the 2000 election I was talking to a classmate and said I thought the results showed how important every vote is. His take was the opposite and that he would never vote again. I almost literally head desked.

[laurelin-kit.livejournal.com]

Gggnauuuuuuguhhhhh.

Direct quote from a moron: None of our votes count, we aren't the electoral college.

Dummies.