Election day- can't wait!

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Nathan

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I'm so sick of being barraged by all the (generally repulsive) election advertising everywhere- even on Youtube! All the negative ads slandering some political opponent, half the time when I do my own fact checking that person's not so bad, the slanderer is the one from hell.

What I'm really sick of is all the state proposition ballot measures, I vote no 99% of the time, I figure it's the state legislator's job to write laws, not the voters!

There's just one proposition ballot measure I want to see, the one that bans proposition ballot measures and forces the state legislators to do their job.
 

Wow, I'd hate that, to me the propositions are the way to have democracy and override the bad politicians. In Nebraska the governor was against getting the Medicaid expansion and it took getting it on the ballot to override him, and even then he kept trying to prevent it.
 
HoneyNut said:
Wow, I'd hate that, to me the propositions are the way to have democracy and override the bad politicians. In Nebraska the governor was against getting the Medicaid expansion and it took getting it on the ballot to override him, and even then he kept trying to prevent it.
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I'm glad to hear of cases where ballot measures serve a good purpose. Too often the ballot propositions we see in California are created by out of state special interest $$ groups, seeking to change state law for their own benefit.
 
There are many people here in Australia watching the midterms with keen interest. The very concept of midterm elections is alien to us, as are state elections with ballot proposals. Other things that we find peculiar is the idea of registering your party preference. It makes the idea of a secret ballot pretty meaningless. I guess if Spock and Kirk were Australians Spock would say "It's democracy, Jim, but not as we know it".

I realise that Americans don't understand how we can be comfortable with our system, but we are. Voting is very laid back here, without fretting about voter fraud or physical intimidation at the polls. Did I mention the sausage sizzles and cake stalls?




 
Glad I don't own a television.

The most ridiculous thing about American politics is that nearly all, maybe all bills, are not about a clear objective. They have all sorts of unrelated nonsense stuffed together mostly for paybacks for donors and kickbacks to the politicians.

Then we have scenarios where maybe there is a gazillion dollars in a bill for pink flamingos for Washington DC parks and also a putt putt golf course for senior citizens. Some congress people vote against it because the pink flamingo idea is stupid and a waste. At campaign time their political opponents shout out ... "See, they hate senior citizens, they voted against seniors, voted against the health initiative for seniors (the putt putt golf course).

Yes. It is that ridiculous. Every single election.
 
Don't like that all I have to do is say my first and last name and they hand me a ballot.
No voter ID, no driver's license, they don't check my address, signature, NOTHING!
There is no way they verify I am who I am. Don't like that at all!
 
Gaer said:
Don't like that all I have to do is say my first and last name and they hand me a ballot.
No voter ID, no driver's license, they don't check my address, signature, NOTHING!
There is no way they verify I am who I am. Don't like that at all!
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The conservative Heritage Foundation tracks voter fraud and have only identified 8 individual cases in New Mexico since 1998 ( https://www.heritage.org/voterfraud/search?state=NM ).

I have no objection to asking for voter IDs, I think it is a good idea, however not doing it doesn't seem to have created a big problem.
 
Warrigal said:
There are many people here in Australia watching the midterms with keen interest. The very concept of midterm elections is alien to us, as are state elections with ballot proposals. Other things that we find peculiar is the idea of registering your party preference. It makes the idea of a secret ballot pretty meaningless. I guess if Spock and Kirk were Australians Spock would say "It's democracy, Jim, but not as we know it".

I realise that Americans don't understand how we can be comfortable with our system, but we are. Voting is very laid back here, without fretting about voter fraud or physical intimidation at the polls. Did I mention the sausage sizzles and cake stalls?


I vote for the gal in the skimpy bikini.
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Beezer said:
American politics is a disease.

If your party goes nasty with election ads in Canada, you probably won't do too well at the ballot box.
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On the other hand, your PM is Justin Trudeau, whose approval rating is even lower than Biden's.
 
Pierre Poilievre is the Conservative leader in Canada who will be running to be our next Prime Minister.

He's a smarmy, sniveling little man-child...I can't stand him. And I'm a right-leaning voter. Rona Ambrose was their best bet, but last i heard she married a billionaire and lost interest in politics.
 
I voted by mail last week so now I can sit back and watch. I'll be so glad when political ads are over and I get back to being told to call my doctor.
 
Alligatorob said:
I have no objection to asking for voter IDs, I think it is a good idea, however not doing it doesn't seem to have created a big problem.
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New computers are virtually fool proof. Voters look at the info on them when inspector pulls up their record, confirm name, address, birthdate, and sign.
Inspector compares signatures (in our small town, someone most always recognizes the voter), tablet shows political party, which ballot they should receive, and whether they already sent in an absentee or voted early.
We also receive a card in the mail from the Board of Elections with our info on it. Then, the machine can easily scan the card to verify. If a person needs to show photo ID, passport, etc for proof of identity or residency ( electric bill), there is a space to record it.
If need be, we call Board of Elections to proceed. Usually, we give the voter a ballot, they vote, and sign it, (NOT in the voting machine) we then put it into an envelope, sign and seal that, we keep them in folders to be turned in with the voting equipment, 4 inspectors sign the number of ballots in the the envelop to verify.
Hope this helps for those who question the voting system.
 
Gaer said:
Don't like that all I have to do is say my first and last name and they hand me a ballot.
No voter ID, no driver's license, they don't check my address, signature, NOTHING!
There is no way they verify I am who I am. Don't like that at all!
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I agree !
 

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