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CrispyQ

(36,226 posts)
27. That's why our county now uses the DVM as well.
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 03:53 PM
Feb 2017

If you drive, you can be called for duty.

on edit: our county, not country.

Why Do So Few Vote In US? [View all] eniwetok Feb 2017 OP
From a quick survey around the office... Zoonart Feb 2017 #1
Yep my mother is like that TNLib Feb 2017 #14
Yep. GoCubsGo Feb 2017 #21
I know someone like this too. I didn't realize there were so many. nt chowder66 Feb 2017 #23
That's why our county now uses the DVM as well. CrispyQ Feb 2017 #27
PA picks registered drivers now Freddie Feb 2017 #39
Yes, the jury system definitely needs to look elsewhere for bodies Warpy Feb 2017 #56
We're too rich and too content. randome Feb 2017 #2
FYI, lower-income Americans are considerably less likely to vote than higher-income Americans. YoungDemCA Feb 2017 #20
They might have the hardest time voting on a Tuesday. alarimer Feb 2017 #45
+1,... and the KGOP knows this uponit7771 Feb 2017 #51
+1, this is the science in human behavior !!! Its been relatively peaceful for the last 30-40 yrs uponit7771 Feb 2017 #50
This country has always made it hard to vote. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2017 #3
sure... not here in MA... but we do have a long history of voter suppression... but eniwetok Feb 2017 #9
agreed gopiscrap Feb 2017 #34
Election day should be a paid holiday, with proof that you did actually vote! putitinD Feb 2017 #29
No. Not a paid holiday. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2017 #47
Here in Michigan, schools are all closed on election day, because they are all polling places. putitinD Feb 2017 #48
I have often voted in schools that stay open for the election. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2017 #54
They don't like the adults that just walk in the door around the students, no way of screening putitinD Feb 2017 #55
There are registered pedophiles everywhere. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2017 #57
the school where I vote has one main entrance, then a very open floor plan, and the gym is putitinD Feb 2017 #59
That's unfortunate. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2017 #60
The system discourages voting. Americans have been taught to value working/money above citizenship. haele Feb 2017 #4
yup gopiscrap Feb 2017 #35
As a former election judge, I don't think it's as low as announced Yupster Feb 2017 #5
fair point! unblock Feb 2017 #8
an election judge? eniwetok Feb 2017 #15
But there are a ton of non-registered people who don't vote. Ace Rothstein Feb 2017 #19
You were looking at the rolls of registered voters bigbrother05 Feb 2017 #37
so many reason.... unblock Feb 2017 #6
There are many reasons gratuitous Feb 2017 #10
I'm sure there are more extensive academic reviews of the issue and you're right to talk BeckyDem Feb 2017 #7
Electoral college has convinced people their vote doesn't count. Initech Feb 2017 #11
EC is part of a larger system of voting weighting... eniwetok Feb 2017 #16
Presidential elections haven't been the big deal here for some time Retrograde Feb 2017 #40
Yeah I'm in Orange County. Initech Feb 2017 #44
We just had State School Superintendent election Tuesday jodymarie aimee Feb 2017 #12
If you don't care who wins, why vote? yallerdawg Feb 2017 #13
I'm reminded of class consciousness eniwetok Feb 2017 #22
IMO it's for a combination of two reasons GliderGuider Feb 2017 #17
Not casting a vote is casting a vote for Phoenix61 Feb 2017 #25
Of course it is. GliderGuider Feb 2017 #26
Lucky you Phoenix61 Feb 2017 #30
I agree. GliderGuider Feb 2017 #43
if Trump votes are your standard... eniwetok Feb 2017 #32
many people just don't care Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #18
Great question, I have no answers, curious as to what others think. Yo_Mama Feb 2017 #24
People have bought the myth that their vote Phoenix61 Feb 2017 #28
your post glosses over the obvious defect in US system... eniwetok Feb 2017 #36
I don't think it glosses over anything Phoenix61 Feb 2017 #38
thanks for a perfect example of defeatism... eniwetok Feb 2017 #52
Because when elections are free and easily accessible, Democrats win. JTFrog Feb 2017 #31
ignorance, laziness gopiscrap Feb 2017 #33
I think one of the bigger factors is ymetca Feb 2017 #41
why do other nations have rates into the 70-80%? eniwetok Feb 2017 #49
Gerrymandering is one factor. moondust Feb 2017 #42
Imo many do not think it does any good. truebluegreen Feb 2017 #46
The EC discourages people Calculating Feb 2017 #53
Obviously can't speak for everybody Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2017 #58
I was a nose holder... eniwetok Feb 2017 #61
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