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Showing Original Post only (View all)I didn't vote, and I don't care! [View all]
Come on, admit it. You didn't really vote today, did you?
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| I didn't vote! My district is so gerrymandered my vote is inconsequential. | |
0 (0%) |
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| I didn't vote! There are no strong differences between the candidates in my district. They all suck. | |
0 (0%) |
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| I didn't vote! The polls in my district are not open long enough to allow me to vote. | |
0 (0%) |
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| I didn't vote! The polls in my district are inconveniently located, or I couldn't get transportation. | |
0 (0%) |
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| I didn't vote! I'm sick, or disabled, and my state doesn't make it easy enough to vote absentee. | |
1 (50%) |
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| I didn't vote! My state enacted voter ID requirements that effectively disenfranchised me. | |
0 (0%) |
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| I didn't vote! There were problems with my voter registration. | |
0 (0%) |
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| I didn't vote! I'm not old enough, or I'm too old to give a damn. | |
0 (0%) |
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| I didn't vote! I was Joseph Heller in my previous life. | |
0 (0%) |
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| Other | |
1 (50%) |
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I left it vague so not as to include people who are lucky enough to have early voting
unrepentant progress
Nov 2014
#2
The point being is that there are a lot of reasons why people don't vote
unrepentant progress
Nov 2014
#4
And complaining about the state of the country, yet not voting is the height of ignorance/arrogance.
Rex
Nov 2014
#9
So you think people who are too sick, don't have transportation, can't get off from work in time...
unrepentant progress
Nov 2014
#10