Voters In Many States Must Register By October 6

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."

Comments

Register and consider the Green Party Candidate

[Hulkster]

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 ... ;-)

Please

[Apple Acolyte]

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

Re:Please

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:Please

[TheLink]

"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.

Re:Please

[DrLang21]

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.

Re:Please

[halcyon1234]

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

Re:Please

[powerlord]

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?

Re:Please

[socsoc]

it sure smells like DEMOCRACY to me.

As long as we have the electoral system, it's painfully obvious that it's not a democracy.

Re:And just one other reminder

[Kandenshi]

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!

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We all know who to vote for.

[Tubal-Cain]

Kibo for President!

Re:North Dakota Doesn't Require Registration

[inKubus]

If you look at the history of the American democracy, there have been hyjinx in literally EVERY election since the start. There are stories of candidates sending wagons to the barrooms, and giving whisky to anyone who would vote for him. Registration is meant to curb the old "wheel them across town to vote again" trick. The problem isn't registration, it's general voter apathy. The thing about democracy is that the system only works if everyone votes. Luckly, we have layered upon the democracy a representative government, wherein you pick a good guy from your local area to represent you. The problem of course is that the good guy is most likely going to be more than 50% financed by corporations rather than individuals. Not always the case but often. Such is the state of affairs. 99% of the money in the hands of 1% of the population does that. The Republicans have moved from favoring the representatives to blantant corporatism--making corporations the government. It has been pointed out that this is exactly what happened in the 30's in Italy. It's affected the balance of America, because previously the subjugation of democracy has led to smaller government. Now, with democracy down AND a larger government (specifically homoland security), the political stability of the country is much lower. Now, we still have the 3 tiers, and not everyone in congress and senate has been bought by the immortality lobby yet. And really, the most important thing to you should be your local area. So, if you're going to worry about it, worry about local issues first, and move up as you go. Local can also mean on the internet, in your local network area (IE, your regular habitat). Be a leader and see the world change around you. Be a follower, and you'll see it change, but probably not to your liking.

Re:Tomorrow?

[SpacePunk]

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

Re:And just one other reminder

[compro01]

It's a Simpson's reference.

Re:Tomorrow?

[icebrain]

Err, you can register to vote before you turn 18, so long as you register within 6 months of your birthday and you will be 18 by or on election day.

I know because I did it several years ago.

Don't Listen to him!

[scenestar]

Mccain 08!

IQ is a standard normal, so average = median

[Chemisor]

> No, half of the people in this country are at or below median intelligence.

IQ is based on the assumption that intelligence distribution is normal. In the normal distribution, the average is the same as the median, and yes, half the people in the world have below-average intelligence. That does not mean that half the people in this country have below average intelligence, because IQ averages vary by country. If you look at the table of IQs by country (which are averages, BTW), you'll see that the US has the average IQ of 98, meaning that slightly more than half the people in this country have below-average intelligence: 55.3%. By comparison, in Equatorial Guinea, where the average IQ is 59, 99.7% of the population has below average intelligence. You can get the numbers by calculating the error function with this calculator, 59 is 41/15(SD)=2.73(3) standard deviations.

Re:And just one other reminder

[Idiomatick]

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*