So short of complaining to slashdot how much I can't believe McCain was elected president by 100% of Americans how can the average Joe get this fixed?
I'd say a great first couple of steps is to
1. Call or go down to your Town Hall and make 100% sure you are eligible and registered to vote. After hearing so many stories about Republican volunteers independently challenging voters as they reach the poll you really can't be too sure. Make sure you are all set for the election, and better yet, bring proof with you to the poll.
2. While you are on the phone with your town hall / election office why not find out if they are using electronic machines and see if they are actually being verified. Remember, this is Your election. You want your vote to count, so let them know how important it is to you. Ask questions, be informed, challenge flakey answers.
3. We've all heard of jerks on voting day saying you Need to show ID to vote or the like. You Should Not have to bring ID (maybe in some states) but.... you have to ask yourself, do you want to vote or cause a scene. Usually they are mutually exclusive as some people have found out (being arrested). Why not have your election office / official in your cell's contact list for the day. It's a quick thing to step outside and make sure the right people are told that the few are doing illegal things and or hurting the voting process in your precinct. Worst comes to worst, you can show some ID and get your vote in. Fix the mistakes when you aren't on a deadline (to vote).
4. Oh, and make sure you know what the extra ballot questions are. I personally know people that have gone and voted on the extra questions not really know anything about them.:P
By being a smarter voter maybe crap like this will stop.
-Peace!
The good thing about inserting ogg theora and ogg vorbis in the html spec is that 'standards compliant' browsers will need to support it. This act incredibly fosters adoption of ogg and could lead to other companies / technologies following suit. Imagine all those phone / media players supporting ogg, any device meant to connect to the web actually. Instead of web sites inserting windows media items that don't play so well in non-M$ OS's, ogg would have a bit of the upper hand.
Who wants to go to a website and find out you need to download and install their proprietary codec (M$ only of course) to view their media.:P I had to install the divx media player the other day. PITA. If there is one recommended format then we can consolidate all the plugins as well.
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So short of complaining to slashdot how much I can't believe McCain was elected president by 100% of Americans how can the average Joe get this fixed? I'd say a great first couple of steps is to 1. Call or go down to your Town Hall and make 100% sure you are eligible and registered to vote. After hearing so many stories about Republican volunteers independently challenging voters as they reach the poll you really can't be too sure. Make sure you are all set for the election, and better yet, bring proof with you to the poll. 2. While you are on the phone with your town hall / election office why not find out if they are using electronic machines and see if they are actually being verified. Remember, this is Your election. You want your vote to count, so let them know how important it is to you. Ask questions, be informed, challenge flakey answers. 3. We've all heard of jerks on voting day saying you Need to show ID to vote or the like. You Should Not have to bring ID (maybe in some states) but .... you have to ask yourself, do you want to vote or cause a scene. Usually they are mutually exclusive as some people have found out (being arrested). Why not have your election office / official in your cell's contact list for the day. It's a quick thing to step outside and make sure the right people are told that the few are doing illegal things and or hurting the voting process in your precinct. Worst comes to worst, you can show some ID and get your vote in. Fix the mistakes when you aren't on a deadline (to vote).
4. Oh, and make sure you know what the extra ballot questions are. I personally know people that have gone and voted on the extra questions not really know anything about them. :P
By being a smarter voter maybe crap like this will stop.
-Peace!
The good thing about inserting ogg theora and ogg vorbis in the html spec is that 'standards compliant' browsers will need to support it. This act incredibly fosters adoption of ogg and could lead to other companies / technologies following suit. Imagine all those phone / media players supporting ogg, any device meant to connect to the web actually. Instead of web sites inserting windows media items that don't play so well in non-M$ OS's, ogg would have a bit of the upper hand.
:P I had to install the divx media player the other day. PITA. If there is one recommended format then we can consolidate all the plugins as well.
Who wants to go to a website and find out you need to download and install their proprietary codec (M$ only of course) to view their media.
Just my two cents.