Tommy, that is the worst thing that could happen at this point.Quote:
Originally Posted by T-Bird76
Why on earth should uninformed people cast votes? How will that help this country?
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Tommy, that is the worst thing that could happen at this point.Quote:
Originally Posted by T-Bird76
Why on earth should uninformed people cast votes? How will that help this country?
[quote=Tom_Turner]Tommy, that is the worst thing that could happen at this point.Quote:
Originally Posted by "T-Bird76":1961c
Why on earth should uninformed people cast votes? How will that help this country?[/quote:1961c]
Tom American's aren't as stupid as we think.....
Didn't Ronald Reagan win New York State?Quote:
Originally Posted by RDU-JFK
On the contrary, it works exactly as it was intended to work. There's a reason we have 2 Senators from each state but a different number of House Reps based upon population.Quote:
Originally Posted by RDU-JFK
Yes, it is the system, and a neccesary trade-off in view of the greater good ....Quote:
Originally Posted by RDU-JFK
Well, you are outvoted I suppose. What -- .. Not happy with Marty Markowitz and Charles Barron? LOL.... cheer up..if the lower east side elected Antonio Pagan after all those years, (yeah, he's long gone now I think..) anything is possible..Quote:
Originally Posted by RDU-JFK
Tom
[quote=T-Bird76][quote="Tom_Turner":28f13]Tommy, that is the worst thing that could happen at this point.Quote:
Originally Posted by "T-Bird76":28f13
Why on earth should uninformed people cast votes? How will that help this country?[/quote:28f13]
Tom American's aren't as stupid as we think.....[/quote:28f13]
I am not calling my fellow Americans stupid, but how will they vote in their best interests - or god forbid, the commonweal - (now theres a word we don't see everyday), if they're ill-informed.
I could type all night [don't worry, I won't] about "rocking the vote" and "Making a Difference" but they're just slogans.
Tom
I knew you'd pull out the vote aqui joke again...
I said it on the radio earlier in the morning as well actually. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by yaas
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Originally Posted by Tom_Turner
hahaha the only thing Markowitz does is speak at Junior High School graduations and greet people on the highway signs as they drive into brooklyn.
*shakes head in disapproval*Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil D.
lol
It's great reading all this political debate, because it truly shows how much of a democracy we are and how much many of us care about this country. We can argue about who of two or more completely different people would make a better leader and better serve us, but at the end of the day, regardless of who wins, we come together as Americans.
It's sad that only 35% (a number mentioned earlier in the thread) of Americans exercise their right to vote. Just think of how different thing may be if 100% of people voted!
In any case, I voted about 3 weeks ago via Absentee Ballot.
Here's my question to you all. If we're trying to increase voting participation, why make people go to polls and vote? Why not just send them a ballot in the mail, or have them vote online. I guarantee you we'd see a huge jump in the number of voters, because all they'd have to do is open up a letter, mark their choices, seal the letter and drop it back in the mail, instead of having to go to a polling place and wait on line to vote...
I do understand that fraud and technology limitations currently are the biggest factors in why we don't do this, but we're getting to a point where almost anyone's identity can be verified online. So is there anything stopping us, from maybe 5, 10, 15 years down the road, going over to an online voting system? Do you think something like this would be accepted by the American people, and do you think they'd have trust in it? In an ideal world, it would be the perfect solution to increase voting numbers. But in the realistic world, would it work? Would certain political parties allow this to happen, or favor it?
Just some of my thoughts...
Online voting just presents way too much of a possibility for fraud. 15 year-old kids who can't even vote would know about online voting than half the people designing the software. Hackers around the US and the world would see it as a challenge to hack and rig elections, and they would most likely succeed. Instead of giving just the polling volunteers access, you're giving the world access. Anything is possible.
I saw one state gave an incentive by giving away $1Million dollars to a lucky voter. This might work in more states.
Anotherpossibility for a place like NYC, is to have anyone from any part of the state to be able to vote at any polling place. So instead of going to PS 193 in Brooklyn, I could vote at lunchtime in lower manhattan, using a closed-circuit computer, of course.
Not only that but the GOP proved you don't have to carry CA or NY to win.Quote:
Didn't Ronald Reagan win New York State?
As you said, "Fraud" which exist even today, but, if you start mailing out voter ballots, the increase in voter fraud would simply increase...Quote:
Originally Posted by USAF Pilot 07
If people are lazy to vote, they are lazy to vote.....
Not only that, but, that is why the Electoral College exist today, if we went with the Popular vote, all you would have to do, is win California, throw in New York, & you are halfway there (a little exaggeration).Quote:
Originally Posted by NIKV69
With the Electoral College, you are forcing the Presidential Canidates to pay attention to each of the 50 States.