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Posted by squirrelly on Oct-20-2008 13:20:

Question Who's voting early?

Today starts the option for early voting?

Who's doing early voting.

If you are doing it, how did you choose who to vote for & who is it? (you don't have to tell if you don't want to...)

Who's doing absentee ballots?

huh? Huh? HUH!?

No but seriously...

////EDIT

NO VOTE BASHING

Don't turn this into "so and so sucks, what's your problem?!", please.

This is a simple what issues made you vote for who you're voting for thread.


Posted by squirrelly on Oct-20-2008 13:23:

oh, and I'm voting early, the hubby's voting absentee ballot.

& Obama/health care issues

& I'm not sure who he's voting for... we don't really talk about that (to each his own mentality - although his parents [thoughtfully] brought by 180 pgs of literature as to why NOT to vote for Obama [how sweet] and left it on my desk).


Posted by Ian on Oct-20-2008 13:31:

I'm voting for Al Gore He has a fresh approach.


Posted by Psionic on Oct-20-2008 13:36:

I just threw my absentee ballot in the mail, for Obama/Biden. I'm borderline socialist so it makes sense I vote for them. This is especially true with my views on health care, which I believe should be universal. Also, like many of the newspapers that have recently endorsed Obama say, McCain jeopardized his campaign by picking Palin as his running mate. It was an irresponsible move.


Posted by squirrelly on Oct-20-2008 13:36:

Ian you don't count.


Posted by Ian on Oct-20-2008 13:38:

i never count

About time we got an election here tbh, we're being run by someone who wasn't even elected


Posted by squirrelly on Oct-20-2008 13:38:

Sadly, this is the year when I realized I became an adult , when my main concern with finding a new job was healthcare. Especially when you have a pre-existing condition. I can't get independent healthcare to save my life. Well, I can, but I'd be paying... what'd the guy say?... oh, $1217 A MONTH for it.

Sooooooooooo, this became my main voting concern as well.


Posted by denys envy on Oct-20-2008 13:45:

I'm voting for whoever has the best hookers and blow policy.


Posted by Lira on Oct-20-2008 13:54:

quote:
Originally posted by squirrelly
Ian you don't count.

Wha!? I'm going to boycott this election!


Posted by RJT on Oct-20-2008 13:56:

Re: Who's voting early?

quote:
Originally posted by squirrelly
Today starts the option for early voting?




Really? That surprises me, in Wisconsin it's 28 days before the election, so I voted almost two weeks ago already.


Posted by Lebezniatnikov on Oct-20-2008 13:57:

Re: Re: Who's voting early?

quote:
Originally posted by RJT


Really? That surprises me, in Wisconsin it's 28 days before the election, so I voted almost two weeks ago already.


It varies state by state. VA opened last week.

edit: and I'm voting Nov. 4 - I might be volunteering at a precinct, so it made sense.


Posted by squirrelly on Oct-20-2008 13:58:

It starts today in FL anyway.


Posted by Lebezniatnikov on Oct-20-2008 14:44:

Relevant news:

quote:
Early Voting And Absentee Balloting Favors Obama -- In Multiple Bush States
By Greg Sargent - October 20, 2008, 10:28AM

The Associated Press has a good rundown on early voting and requests for absentee balloting in various key battlegrounds:

* Dems lead in Iowa, with Dems asking for roughly 60,000 more ballots than Repubicans as of last Wednesday.

* Dems lead in Ohio, with about 35,000 more Dems requesting absentee ballots than Republicans as of last week.

* Dems lead in North Carolina early voting, with some 62% of the more than 200,000 who voted last Thursday and Friday being registered Democrats, while only 22% were registered Republicans.

* In Georgia, many of the more than 540,000 ballots that were cast as of Wednesday were in Dem strongholds of metropolitan Atlanta, and blacks accounted for 37% of them.

* In Florida, GOPers hold an edge in absentee balloting, with 220,000 more Republicans requesting absentee ballots than Dems.

All of those states went for Bush in 2004, and if McCain doesn't win them all the map becomes very difficult for him.


http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpo...sentee_ball.php


Posted by Ian on Oct-20-2008 14:52:

quote:
Originally posted by squirrelly
It starts today in FL anyway.


I reckon that FL should've been 2 months ago, to give you time for a recount etc

And Lira, we should boycott it indeed


Posted by squirrelly on Oct-20-2008 14:55:

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
I reckon that FL should've been 2 months ago, to give you time for a recount etc

And Lira, we should boycott it indeed



Posted by gehzumteufel on Oct-20-2008 15:49:

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
I reckon that FL should've been 6 months ago, to give you time for a recount of the recount of the re-recount.etc

Fixed for accuracy!


Posted by tubularbills on Oct-20-2008 16:06:

Re: Re: Who's voting early?

quote:
Originally posted by RJT


Really? That surprises me, in Wisconsin it's 28 days before the election, so I voted almost two weeks ago already.


my friends up in chicago told me the same thing about illinois too; i think.


Posted by MeLLyMeL on Oct-20-2008 17:37:

Waiting for my absantee ballot in the mail.

Hope it comes on time since I run on Cuban time and sent my ballot request late. haha.


Posted by nchs09 on Oct-20-2008 17:44:

Early voting started 2 weeks ago or so here in atlanta too.


Man..... iv never voted before in my life


I cant vote here, and Guatemala does NOT have absentee ballots.... so voting would cost me around 500 dollars :/


Posted by Allied Nations on Oct-20-2008 18:09:

missed the registration deadline and my ballot goes to texas anyways...


next time!




i share a lot of views with both candidates but after living in a system with public healthcare, it would be hard to go back without a job w/ healthcare included.

Obama/Biden supporter, Mccain sympathizer


go canada


Posted by gehzumteufel on Oct-20-2008 18:20:

quote:
Originally posted by Allied Nations
missed the registration deadline and my ballot goes to texas anyways...


next time!




i share a lot of views with both candidates but after living in a system with public healthcare, it would be hard to go back without a job w/ healthcare included.

Obama/Biden supporter, Mccain sympathizer


go canada

Socialized healthcare does not work in massive populations. It has too many caveats to make it worthwhile. Britain is a great example. 60m people and it is crumbling under its own weight.


Posted by Allied Nations on Oct-20-2008 18:23:

quote:
Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Socialized healthcare does not work in massive populations. It has too many caveats to make it worthwhile. Britain is a great example. 60m people and it is crumbling under its own weight.



yeah maybe, but it sure is nice to have it up here


even thought it sucks sometimes- i never have to worry about pulling out my wallet at the hospital, and the wait times can be just as bad in privatized systems.


Posted by gehzumteufel on Oct-20-2008 18:27:

quote:
Originally posted by Allied Nations
yeah maybe, but it sure is nice to have it up here


even thought it sucks sometimes- i never have to worry about pulling out my wallet at the hospital, and the wait times can be just as bad in privatized systems.

The wait times at a hospital yes, but the wait time for a surgery you should have now to prevent worse health complications later, no.


Posted by Allied Nations on Oct-20-2008 18:28:

quote:
Originally posted by gehzumteufel
The wait times at a hospital yes, but the wait time for a surgery you should have now to prevent worse health complications later, no.


probably true... fingers crossed for me!


Posted by gehzumteufel on Oct-20-2008 18:29:

quote:
Originally posted by Allied Nations
probably true... fingers crossed for me!

lol

Really though, Craig, Theresa and I had a good conversation about this when I was in TO. I am basically a fan of a tiered system. One that only a basic level of care would be provided by the government, and the rest would be private healthcare with a similar structure as the US.


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