Should some people NOT vote?

[Matt Collins]

Stupid, ignorant and greedy voters are much easier to BUY.

So thou with the most money wins the election?

 

[Matt Collins]

who leave most of the ballot blank if they don't know anything about the other candidates. They said they could be making a problem worse if they pick randomly. I was really impressed.

We need more voters like this!

 

[Matt Collins]

Get out the vote movements are idiotic.

Except they are used as a tool of campaigns to help win.

 

[Todd]

I certainly sometimes think about a world where everyone can't vote

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. -- Winston Churchill

I'm not quite sure how that belief fits in with Liberty for all though.

 

[Theocrat]

Always For the Greater Good, Not the Lesser of Evils

One of those two will win, we ( America ) will lose. YOUR CP will merely be lumped in with all of the other "also rans".

That's sad but true, my friend. At least I can rest with a clean conscience after the election, knowing that I've voted for principle and moral decency.

 

[Truth Warrior]

So thou with the most money wins the election?

U.S. Federal government bought and paid for DECADES ago!

Still hate that "Quote" button, eh?

 

[Mini-Me]

IQ testing would do the trick. Weed out those who are under 80-85. On top of that the voter should at least read at a Jr. High level in their main language. Convicted violent felons must be barred as well.

Imagine how many Los Angeles voters would be purged just based on the reading one. Yes! I swear to God that a shitload LA folks tend to be functionally illiterate. If it were a state it would have to be second to Mississippi in illiteracy.

I disagree with barring convicted felons from voting, bearing arms, or anything else. If they're free from prison, they've served their time. Restrictions like this only give politicians incentives to make every minor offense a felony...if they could, they'd make posting on this forum a felony. Some day, they might...posting here may eventually be considered "aiding and abetting homegrown extremist groups," or something like that.

 

[Mini-Me]

Don't outright statist U.S. citizens have a "right" to vote?

If we are to be "ruled" by any elected officials in any capacity - limited or not - then yes, every single individual certainly has a right to have a say. My point was that eligibility tests purposely filter out voters that the state itself does not want voting.

 

[Truth Warrior]

If we are to be "ruled" by any elected officials in any capacity - limited or not - then yes, every single individual certainly has a right to have a say. My point was that eligibility tests purposely filter out voters that the state itself does not want voting.

I think it's more a party issue than a state issue. From whatever source, it's still just more divide and conquer, power and control.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

agreed.
If you aren't paying any net taxes, you are already leeching off the system. You should certainly not have any more voice in trying to vote other peoples money into your pockets.

If you accept that premise, then you should also accept that only property holders/voters are subject to the laws they pass directly or via representative. Agree?

 

[libertythor]

People who think these simple voter registration requirements are too difficult and disenfranchise should not only not vote, but be expelled from the US.

Check out these requirements: http://www.co.durham.nc.us/departments/elec/Voter_Registration.html

A freaking mobile phone or sewer bill!! How hard is that?

Acceptable forms of identification include:


A North Carolina driver’s license with current address


A utility bill with name and current address
-A telephone or mobile phone bill
-An electric or gas bill
-A cable television bill
-A water or sewage bill


A document with name and current address from a local, state, or U.S. government agency, such as:
-A passport
-A government-issued photo ID
-U.S. military ID
-A license to hunt, fish, own a gun, etc.
-A property or other tax bill
-Automotive or vehicle registration
-Certified documentation of naturalization
-A public housing or Social Service Agency document
-A check, invoice, or letter from a government agency
-A birth certificate


A student photo ID along with a document from the school showing the student’s name and current address


A paycheck or paycheck stub from an employer or a W-2 statement


A bank statement or bank-issued credit card statement

 

[Truth Warrior]

That's sad but true, my friend. At least I can rest with a clean conscience after the election, knowing that I've voted for principle and moral decency.

As can I, knowing that I have not been any party to, nor willing participant in our continued enslavement process, by the state, by principled not voting.

 

[Knightskye]

John Stossel makes a really good point!

But I think older voters would have given the same answers.

Anyone else catch the cover of the book they showed?

 

[Truth Warrior]

John Stossel makes a really good point!

But I think older voters would have given the same answers.

Anyone else catch the cover of the book they showed?

I LOVE that title and book cover.

"We shall get nowhere until we start by recognizing that political behavior is largely non-rational, that the world is suffering from some kind of mental disease which must be diagnosed before it can be cured. " -- George Orwell

 

[Knightskye]

I LOVE that title and book cover.

"We shall get nowhere until we start by recognizing that political behavior is largely non-rational, that the world is suffering from some kind of mental disease which must be diagnosed before it can be cured. " -- George Orwell

Good quote.

 

[mediahasyou]

No one should vote. Says Philosophy of Liberty: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z1buym2xUM