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I Am Not Voting

I know that there are many people who will judge me if I ever admit to them that I'm not voting. I once told my friend and her face looked as if her favorite whale died. She told me that she understands I have the right to not vote but that I shouldn't exercise that right. But I can't stand Hillary and I don't want Trump to be the face of this country. So if I don't agree with either of them, why would I vote? I don't want to regret anything so I'm choosing to stay out of it. I don't care if people guilt me by telling me that people hundreds of years ago people died for this right. Back then, they had better candidates. Since I live with my parents, I'll have to lie to them and tell them what they want to hear. But if they force me towards voting with them, I'll either leave it blank or add in my personal choice for president- Kiefer Sutherland! :)
Picklebobble · 56-60, M
You should always vote.
Too many before you fought and died to ensure that right was given to you.
There are three things you should do.
Either: spoil your ballot paper
Vote 'None of the above'
Go online to both main party websites and let them know why you didn't vote.
World politics is in a mess at the moment.
Same is true here in the UK as it is elsewhere in Europe.
Partly because of a lack of vision anywhere in the world. No new ideas, just re-hash of the old ones!
And partly because the Middle East is still a mess even after twenty years of being involved it.
Picklebobble · 56-60, M
@JewStar4Life: Your vote is anonymous.....Or it should be !!
Hardly democratic if it isn't !!
JewStar4Life · 31-35, F
@Picklebobble: Ok. Just checking. It just freaks me out that I have to hand my ticket to someone. I just worried he'll read it and tell me to fill it in.
Picklebobble · 56-60, M
@JewStar4Life: You have to actually hand your ballot paper over to somebody ???
We don't ! There'd be uproar if we had to do that !!!
In England. You take your voter card with your name and address on to the polling station.
You show the folk at the desk your name, address and voter no.
They cross it off their list and give you a ballot sheet with the names of all those seeking your vote.
The names are listed along with the party they represent and a big square box next to their name.
You go into a booth. Pick a pen. Put your X next to the candidate you want to vote for. Then fold it in half and take it to a big metal paslocked box with a slot at the top to put it in.
Polls close at 11:00pm
After that, independent verifiers come in and empty the boxes counting for each candidate.
Once it's done it's checked a second time and the Returning officer responsible then has to report the result.
Yeah i totally get you. With the US election its like "Do you want the shit sandwich? or the shit sandwich?".
JewStar4Life · 31-35, F
Creative way of looking at it. lol
bigbrady · 22-25, M
I believe it is the Turd Sandwich or the Giant Douche lol
thinkincubes · 41-45
Some time ago I posted something on facebook... It was about Bernie Sanders, how I was impressed with a politician for the first time after a lifetime of disappointment, about hope, about change... People got mad at me because in my post I mentioned voting 'blank' before... 😢
JewStar4Life · 31-35, F
We have our right not to vote. If we don't believe it a candidate, we shouldn't vote based on principle. Something tells me this year will be the year where a large population won't vote.
thinkincubes · 41-45
I wouldn't if I lived there, that's for sure. This line-up of candidates... lol.
JewStar4Life · 31-35, F
@TragicMonkey: Yeah, it's embarrassing for our country.
RoboChloe · 26-30, F
Spoil your vote. If you don't know what that means: 1) your education system has failed you, and 2) look it up.
RoboChloe · 26-30, F
Meh, because people are usually too lazy to bother using the greatest resource known to humanity for any practical purpose.
JewStar4Life · 31-35, F
@RoboChloe: Yeah, people abuse the internet by jacking off to porn unfortunately instead of using it for it's true purpose- educating.
RoboChloe · 26-30, F
Yeah, it's a shame that people spend so little time using the internet to learn. Although we can't always be learning. We gotta have some fun sometimes too.
That's certainly your choice.
I've always believed, personally, that no one who chooses not to vote has any real right to complain about the state of the country.
RoboChloe · 26-30, F
@bijouxbroussard: Okay, okay, I get it, you really, [i]really[/i] want to be right, so much that it hurts you when someone says something you don't like. I misunderstood, I'm sorry. What more do you want from me?
@RoboChloe: I'm sorry. I don't want anything from you. I simply answered the OP's question, and your comments.
@RoboChloe: BB was right , from the start , you just didn't understand the point she was making.
bigbrady · 22-25, M
What do you think about any of the 3rd party candidates like Gary Johnson or Jill Stein?
JewStar4Life · 31-35, F
If I had to choose between them, probably Gary Johnson but there's even things he stands for that I don't agree with. That's the problem. Who knows if I'll [i]ever[/i] vote because I have a feeling there will be no candidate that I will 100% agree with. That if someone makes it, there could be benefits but also bad consequences. That's why voting should be a personal decision. Nothing you should have to explain so explicitly to everyone.
bigbrady · 22-25, M
@JewStar4Life: That makes sense. No one should force you to vote if you don't want to. Those soldiers also died so that you could have the right to not vote too lol
[c=#BF0080]I've never voted.. at all.[/c]
RoboChloe · 26-30, F
That's kinda sad 🙁
[c=#BF0080]It is what it is.[/c]
SW-User
you should vote

 
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