I voted, did you?

**Chairboy** · 11-02-2004, 12:46 PM

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**Laidback** · 11-02-2004, 12:51 PM

Nope!

**Chairboy** · 11-02-2004, 12:57 PM

Well, I suppose YOU have a good excuse, Laidback, assuming you're in Madrid, Spain.

**hijinks21** · 11-02-2004, 12:58 PM

i voted.. but please don't turn this into a flame war.. if you voted for bush kerry or others its ok in my book as long as you vote

**mushin** · 11-02-2004, 01:07 PM

Y'know, an informed voting populace is a sign of a healthy democracy... but I never quite understood the 'go vote' drive outside of the 'informed' context. If you truly do not care, you shouldn't vote: let those who do care choose.

If you randomly vote for the sake of voting, you're not helping anybody. Make an informed decision, then go vote

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**Chairboy** · 11-02-2004, 01:18 PM

Nobody randomly votes. Pretty much everyone has an opinion, the problem is voter apathy. Hence, the 'Go vote!' stuff.

Saying that the only people who should vote are the 'informed' is in danger of sounding elitist. After all, who should determine who meets that criteria?

Also, by that logic, why bother putting polling places all over? Why not just put one polling place per state? That way, if people REALLY care, they'll all drive however many hundred miles it takes to go vote. Good way to limit the voting only to the informed and motivated.

Of course, I'm being silly for the sake of conversation, but I feel strongly that voting is not juts a privilege, it's a duty of every citizen.