Official Exit Poll

[The Emperor Fabulous]

I'm going to walk out of my Science & Society class, get on a communter train, ride an hour to my hometown, and vote for John F. Kerry.

...at least...that's the plan...a whole load of things could change before I get to the polls .

I looked at who is on the ballot in Massachusetts. Ours go in ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY LAST NAME, which really seems to make a whole lot of sense to me...but then again, other states really don't seem to WANT to make sense. Ours goes Bush, Badnarik, Cobb, and Kerry. I'm surprised the Socialist isn't on the ballot: you can register as Socialist in Mass. Nader, though, isn't on the ballot, which takes away the possibility of me trading my vote for a Nader person in a swing state to vote for Kerry. Ah well...

I am, however, voting for one Republican - Frank Cousins for County Sheriff (yes, we still have sheriffs)

[MOBIUS]

Originally posted by MarkG

It depends on the state.

you mean i can show up and say that i'm chegitz guevara and i vote for you?

and you people are arguing that you have real elections going there?

The whole voting process in the US is archaic and moronic...

Just look at the whole electoral college thing, it defies reason!

Bush would rather amend the constitution to prevent gay marriage than do something about the US voting system...

[MOBIUS]

As for some people having to queue up to six hours to vote in some places, that is a total farce!

I have NEVER EVER even had to queue to vote in this country and we generally have a better turn out. Perhaps I have been lucky or something but I've voted about half a dozen times in various elections (local/national) in different places at different times, so I would have thought I'dve hit a queue by now...

[The Emperor Fabulous]

Originally posted by MarkG

It depends on the state.

you mean i can show up and say that i'm chegitz guevara

If you walk in and say you're Chegitz Guevara, I just hope they give you a running start before they get the straightjacket on you (after you vote, of course.)

[The Emperor Fabulous]

Originally posted by MOBIUS
As for some people having to queue up to six hours to vote in some places, that is a total farce!

I have NEVER EVER even had to queue to vote in this country and we generally have a better turn out. Perhaps I have been lucky or something but I've voted about half a dozen times in various elections (local/national) in different places at different times, so I would have thought I'dve hit a queue by now...

1.) are you in a big city?
2.) how can you say that there is a bigger turnout than what we'll have this year? the votes haven't even been counted yet, and everyone's predicting this will be on eof the biggest years
3.) what the **** is a "queue"?

[loinburger]

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
2.) how can you say that there is a bigger turnout than what we'll have this year?

IIRC, he's Australian, and over there they're required to vote.

[Asmodean]

I'm amazed at two things here:

1) You actually don't have to show any ID, when you vote

2) The long lines that you guys report. How many places can you go vote?? One per city????

Asmodean

[MarkG]

also, can you explain this thing about voting two weeks early?

[MOBIUS]

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous


1.) are you in a big city?
2.) how can you say that there is a bigger turnout than what we'll have this year? the votes haven't even been counted yet, and everyone's predicting this will be on eof the biggest years
3.) what the **** is a "queue"?

1) Most of my voting has been done in London
2) True, but they are expecting it therefore there should be no queues.
3) I suspect you now know damned well what a queue is by now... What's 'Imperial'? Oh wait, that was that archaic British measuring system found only in the US...

[MOBIUS]

Originally posted by Asmodean
1) You actually don't have to show any ID, when you vote

Don't tell that to the terrorists...

[Solver]

Yeah, all that registering to vote is difficult stuff. Why can't they vote like we do here - here we just go, show the passport, cast the ballot, and are done. No prior registration, no voting certificates or whatever...

[Gangerolf]

I've never shown an ID when voting either. But we do get a voting card thingie in the mail prior to the election and you have to bring it along to the polling place. No registering or anything like that though - everyone 18 or older gets a voting card in the mail.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
I've never shown an ID when voting either.

TERRORIST!!

[GePap]

Stop making our democracy look bad in this thread!

Use the other one

[Gangerolf]

shhh