Happy Voting Day!

[Christian Liberty]

People are good at voting. They can choose between two options with absolutely no knowledge whatsoever.

Seriously, the most impact an individual voter has is in local elections, but people have no clue as to who to vote for, and they are more than happy to make a choice!

Do you vote for School Board members? Do you know which candidates support or oppose Common Core? Do you know if any of them even care?

Do you vote for Judges? Do you know their records? Do you know if there are any controversies surrounding them?

Is there an important issue in your city? Do you know where City Council candidates stand on those issues?

The Voting Guide is usually no help. It is nothing more than a list of names and candidate statements which often avoid issues.

But voters are more than willing to check the boxes...

I honestly don't know enough about local candidates of politics. THat's probably the stuff I should know about.

Nah... Just pointing out that voting isn't necessarily a bad thing. I wouldn't hang my hat on it, but I wouldn't discourage anyone from the practice. I just don't like the idea that's been spreading here lately that if you cast a ballot, it means you consent to the whims of the majority. That's idiotic.

I agree with you.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Another take:

Dear Ignorant People, Please Don’t Vote Today

Dear Ignorant People,

Please don’t vote today. Don’t exercise your rights today. Don’t participate in the sacred democratic ritual. Just sit on your couch and watch reruns on Bravo, or whatever it is you do with your time. But please don’t vote. Please, dear God, I beg you. Don’t vote.

And realize, friends, that I am not insulting you. The word ‘ignorant’ simply means ‘lacking knowledge and awareness.’ It doesn’t necessarily mean stupid or idiotic. It doesn’t mean bad or evil. It just means that you do not have all of the necessary information to make a considered and thoughtful decision. That’s OK, really. Maybe there’s even something to be said for it. But it doesn’t belong in the ballot box. Not now. Not when there’s so much at stake.
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I wish there was an easier way of doing this. Maybe in the future they’ll invent some kind of Ignorance Test — kind of like the pregnancy kind — where you pee on a stick and it comes up either “+This person has a clue” or “-This dude has no freaking idea what’s going on.”

Until such a thing exists, there needs to be at least some sort of filtration system. We must erect barriers to guard against the Walking Discombobulated, who wish to pounce upon our Democratic System and devour its guts while it screams in helpless agony.

Alas, there is nothing to protect it. We are exposed and vulnerable. They are all invited in: the perplexed, the uninitiated, the illiterate, the obtuse and the benighted. The gates are opened and they stream in by the thousand to eat our country’s soul and take Election Day selfies.

Indeed, we don’t just make it possible for ignorant people to vote, we encourage it.

The idea has taken hold that voting should be the easiest, most comfortable, most uncumbersome thing you do all year. The future and fate of our entire nation hangs in the balance and we think it ought to be decided with the same energy and effort it takes to soil your underpants. If any semblance of purpose or competence is required of this apathetic mass known as the American electorate, we stomp our feet and shout that a great injustice has taken place.

Maybe it is an injustice. Maybe every single human being, no matter how willfully dense and repulsively complacent, should have the exact same power and responsibility as even the most in-tuned, eager, and knowledgeable citizen. Maybe a man who pays attention, pays his bills, and pays his taxes ought to be weighed precisely the same as a man who has never in his life paid any of those things. Maybe that’s ‘fair.’ I don’t know.

But what I do know is that it’s not how any Democratic system, including our own, was ever meant to function. And I do know that it leads invariably to disaster and ruin.

It’s not your responsibility to vote just for the sake of voting. It’s your responsibility to stay engaged and apprized of the national situation — and then vote. If you haven’t completed the first step, do not proceed to the second. Dear God, please, do not proceed to the second.

This is a conspiracy, don’t you see it? A conspiracy. An honest-to-goodness conspiracy. The Powers That Be know that active and enlightened voters are the greatest threat to their oligarchy. They also know that they cannot (yet) physically prevent those primed and savvy individuals from casting a ballot, so instead they drown the informed votes in a sea of bewildered ignorance.

They carry in the Oblivious and the Self-Satisfied, and pour their incomprehension all over our nation’s polling places until the smart votes are sufficiently diluted. It is a brilliant scheme, and it has paid dividends for them.

That’s why the elites in government love “get out the vote” campaigns like this one, starring a rapper and a B-list feminist celebrity.

If you need Lil John and Lena Dunham to tell you to vote, then you shouldn’t.

As a matter of fact, if you are even a fan of either person, then you shouldn’t (remind me later because that needs to go on the entrance exam).

Ignorant People, the greatest service you can provide today is staying as far away from a voting booth as possible. Your nation is calling on you, Ignorant People. It needs you, in this moment of great consequence, to do the right thing. And, in this case, the right thing is nothing.
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More: http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/dear-ignorant-people-please-dont-vote-today/

 

[staerker]

Sadly, it looks like Ron Paul didn't actually cure anyone's apathy. He may have sent it into remission for awhile, but that's about the extent of it.



It is overcoming the sense of futility that separates heroes from bystanders.

Apathy? You mean, aware of the truth, and in staunch opposition. Ron Paul deserves much credit for guiding me here, for curing my naivety.

 

[Root]

I'm feeling mighty patriotic, I might even vote twice today.

NSFW

^^ Thread winner ^^

Non-Voting Archive (pages and pages of articles)
Original article (Editor's pick)
http://www.strike-the-root.com/vote.html

"How does it become a man to behave toward this American government to-day? I answer that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it . . . . What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn."
--Henry David Thoreau

"The fate of the country...does not depend on what kind of paper you drop into the ballot-box once a year, but on what kind of man you drop from your chamber into the street every morning."
--Henry David Thoreau

Do not strike at Root however. He will shoot back if provoked.

 

[specsaregood]

How hard have you guys voted so far ? I can't stress it enough, vote harder!

I voted so hard I brought my assistant along. He loves pushing those buttons and yelling "I win" everytime the X shows up on the screen.

 

[Lucille]

I ended up not voting. Thanks for the inspiration, all!

 

[Suzanimal]

I ended up not voting. Thanks for the inspiration, all!

Have a free yard sign Lucille.

 

[green73]

I ended up not voting. Thanks for the inspiration, all!

Have a free yard sign Lucille.

Freedom has never been so beautiful!

 

[Lucille]

LOL ^That is awesome. You post the best stuff, Suz!

 

[phill4paul]

 

[heavenlyboy34]

I ended up not voting. Thanks for the inspiration, all!

y/w ~hugs~

 

[heavenlyboy34]

 

[mad cow]

Even though Ron and Rand Paul,Massie,Amash,C4L,GOA,NAGR,etc.,all of whom I have donated money to in the past,constantly send me emails encouraging me to vote for this candidate or that candidate perhaps they and I have been wrong all along and the correct path to liberty is Strongly Worded Posts Of Disapproval?

I confess that I have been lax in my SWPODs compared to many here,there are some who have been here for years less than I have with thousands of more SWPODs than I have written and others who have been here as long as I with 10s of thousands more SWPODs than I have amassed.I must POST HARDER from now on!

You should confine your SWPOD's to websites where there is at least a large segment of fellow members who share your views on the importance of SWPODs if you want to accumulate the all-important rep points,however.

So remember,

MOAR SWPODs AND POST HARDER!

MOAR SWPODs AND POST HARDER!

MOAR SWPODs AND POST HARDER!

 

[brandon]

Today was the first election I haven't voted in since I turned 18. Just was no one of interest in my state.

 

[HVACTech]

I rested well this morning. I filled out my ballot a few days ago. I'm going to vote so fucking hard that all the poll workers will feel it. (Over the next day or so I will be anxiously to see if any of my imaginary candidates are at least mentioned. Mr Giggles FTW! )

I once knew a girl like you..

 

[specsaregood]

Today was the first election I haven't voted in since I turned 18. Just was no one of interest in my state.

There wasn't anybody I wanted to vote FOR, but a few I wanted to vote against.

And I sure as hell wasn't gonna sit at home when there was a ballot measure to change the state constitution to all courts to arbitrarily deny bail to anybody it pleased.

 

[HVACTech]

Today was the first election I haven't voted in since I turned 18. Just was no one of interest in my state.

nothing interesting in the state of a statist?
thats rich!

 

[Terry1]

Very low turn-out today at the school gym which is within walking distance for me.

 

[HVACTech]

Very low turn-out today at the school gym which is within walking distance for me.

it took me all of 15 mins, (includes drive time) to vote.
I had to stand in line and it was raining.
I only voted Republican once.
(I still have not forgiven them for what happened in Tampa.)
I have never in my life, seen, (noticed?) Libertarians on the ballot.
and this time, I voted for them all!

Tom Cotton meets Rand Paul. should be interesting.

 

[green73]

The Associated Press Makes its Prediction

Thomas DiLorenzo

It’s always amusing to observe how slavishly devoted the media are to their fellow cultural Marxists in politics. The latest Associated Press headline that popped up on my computer speaks of a “sour mood” that is supposedly “sweeping the country.” AP says this based on a few exit polls showing support for Republican candidates. But of course they ain’t seen nothin’ yet in terms of sourness. Just think of how “sour” all those foolish Republican voters will be when they realize that their beloved candidates are no different from their “evil” Democrat opponents.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/the-associated-press-makes-its-prediction/