Vote

[schmoomom]

For the Americans out there...

Six Degrees of Voting

I already voted absentee...it was sent back two weeks ago. Thankfully where we vote is a small town and they will easily count our vote. I just don't get how people don't vote tho. Ireland would have a low turnout at 50% in an election...in the States, we're lucky if we hit 30%. Imagine if there was a huge turnout for this election? Of course, the conspiracy theorist in me would think that the Diebold DRE machines were hacked :-).

Comments

[mollyf.livejournal.com]

I hope there is a larger than usual turnout for this election.

My husband became a citizen in 2001 and has yet to register to vote. I have done everything short of forging his signature on the form. I don't know what the problem is. It's so frustrating.

[ckd]

My in-laws got naturalized, are voting for the first time this year, and live in Ohio, whose new state motto should be "we're the swing state!"

[iuil.livejournal.com]

Depends on the election. There's been referenda here with turn-outs in the 30%s. That's why referenda and local elections tend to get tagged onto general or EU elections, in the hope of upping the turnout.