Judge strikes down Nevada’s 'none' voting option

[JohnnyRingo]

7. You don't have to feel sorry for me, I'm already a Democrat

I can't imagine having a candidate that is not overwhelmingly a good choice, but perhaps it's geographical.

Here near Youngstown I've always been passionate about my choice of representatives. Once, Jim Traficant ran from prison so I suppose that may have qualified as "none" for some people, but I supported our current Dem Congressamn, Tim Ryan, and he'll get my enthusiastic vote again in November, as will Sherrod Brown. Had those malcontent old coots who voted for Traficant voted for the viable Democrat instead of their stupid "Free Traficant" candidate, Ryan would have won by a landslide like he did four years later.

I've never been any less passionate about my options for federal elections either, and don't approve of those who voted Nader as the "none" candidate because "there isn't a sheet of paper's difference between the two parties". That's how we suffered through two crippling Bush terms.

This political apathy that spurs people to cast protest votes like "none of the above" have driven us to a place where we have to pick one side or the other and stand for it. Maybe it's just my Steel Valley democratic union roots, but in an election with two parties on the ballot, there's always a motivated choice.