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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. Register and consider the Green Party Candidate by Hulkster · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hulk for President!

    Vote here for the SMASHING Big Green Guy because you don't want to make him angry - you wouldn't like him when he is angry ... ;-)

  2. Please by Apple+Acolyte · · Score: 2, Insightful

    only register and vote if you have an intelligent vote to cast!

    --
    Part of the hardcore faithful who believed in Apple long before it was cool again to do so
    1. Re:Please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      You can't deny someone else's vote because you can't know that he doesn't know.

      But as a voter, you can know that you don't know, so you can refrain from voting and expect a better outcome that way. Totally different.

    2. Re:Please by TheLink · · Score: 2, Insightful

      "That's because those of us in the states live in a republic and our UK mates live in a constitutional monarchy"

      And so what if you in the USA don't live in a "Real Democracy"?

      The last I checked in USA 2004, 99% of the voters voted for either of "The Two" AND Bush got _reelected_ AND this time round his party still has a fighting chance, rather than say "Not One of the Two" party.

      So unless the elections got completely diebolded it sure smells like DEMOCRACY to me. It's not perfect, but that's a good enough representation of the People's Will for me.

      If you don't like the results, go take it up with the voters.

      If you voted for a candidate you actually didn't want, well that's your problem. There ARE other candidates, it's not just the Two that the media and voters keep assuming.

      At the rate the USA is going, it's not so different from China which has only One Party ;). Just think of McCain and Obama as candidates of rival factions in the same Party that has ruled the country for decades.

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  3. And just one other reminder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    A vote for the lesser of two evils is still a vote for evil.

    Your vote is not restricted to just two candidates, and your vote is not like a bet on a sporting event. If you pick the winner, you don't get anything.

    1. Re:And just one other reminder by Idiomatick · · Score: 2, Insightful

      If you don't vote for the lesser evil you throw your vote away and you will get~ the greater evil. I'm AMAZED how many people can keep saying DON'T VOTE after bush got in the second time. The margin was 600 fucking votes, if you voted for the lesser evil then you wouldn't have bush now and would be up at least a trillion dollars and hundreds of lives. Please don't believe in the terrible logic. Unless you want McCain to get in ... *shudder*

  4. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Insightful

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  5. We all know who to vote for. by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Kibo for President!