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Voters In Many States Must Register By October 6

Posted by kdawson on from the there-is-no-late dept.

Will F. Johnston writes "Voters in AK, AR, AZ, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, IN, KY, LA, MI, MS, OH, PA, TN, TX, and VA must register to vote by tomorrow, October 6, in order to vote in November. Other deadlines coming up soon: IL and NM are October 7. MT is Oct. 6, but you can do same-day registration at the elections office. UT is also Oct. 6, but you can register in person until the 20th."

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  1. Re:Please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Alternative: find the stupidest person you know, find out who he or she is voting for, then register with the specific intent to counter that vote with your own.

  2. Re:And just one other reminder by Kandenshi · · Score: 3, Funny

    In fact, if I pick the winner I LOSE when it comes to politics.

    All that self-righteous "Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos/another guy" that I love so much goes out the window if I actually voted for the shmuck. That's why I try to make sure I pick someone who's unlikely to win, but still seems like the sort of guy I like.

    Usually, I do a write-in vote for Santa. Sure /. might harp on his love for surveillance that goes beyond regular wiretapping... but he brings me presents!

  3. Re:Tomorrow? by SpacePunk · · Score: 2, Funny

    In most states, you can still vote Republican even if your address is a cemetary.

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  4. Re:Please by DrLang21 · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is poor logic. Stupid people do not vote based on any intelligable information, and therefore it can not be assumed that they are not voting for the most qualified candidate. Instead, you should make the decision for them. Find out who they are voting for, and if it is in opposition to your informed decision, hit them with your car right before election day. Since people with informed decisions will be voting for a variety of candidates, this line of reasoning has the benefit of simply removing all stupid people from the voting public.

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  5. Re:Please by halcyon1234 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Since people with informed decisions will be voting for a variety of candidates, this line of reasoning has the benefit of simply removing all stupid people from the voting public.

    But if you remove all the stupid people, you run into two problems:

    1. You won't have anyone left to run for office
    2. The two remaining people will be forced to run. They will have to vote for themselves, and thus deadlock the country
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  6. Don't Listen to him! by scenestar · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mccain 08!

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  7. Re:Please by powerlord · · Score: 4, Funny

    There's a unit of measurement to be found here...

    Represented constituents per Airbus?

    Airbuses per proportion of representation?

    We might have to use a derivative...

    Sorry ... we use Boeings here. Can you give me the conversion rate?

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