i just got my ballot in the mail, yay! in oregon we have an all-mail ballot system. we don't have polling places. i don't know how this ever started but it saves a lot of time/money i think. not that the polling people are paid, but in terms of gas and time and all that good stuff. so we get our ballots a couple weeks before election, then fill them out and mail them in. it's great. they all get tallied on election day and on november 4th we will see who the next president will be.
everyone probably knows who i'm voting for president. it's no secret, obama is the man. i haven't opened the ballot yet but as soon as i do, i'm filling it out and sending it in. my vote needs to count. i have no idea who is running for other offices, besides jeff merkley. that's only because i've seen so many ads. there are a ton of ballot measures and none that really stand out. i know there is one that affects nurses so i'll definitely vote on that one. the verbage in those things is so hard to understand.
the only one i do know for sure is president. this year it is as crucial as ever to vote. the economy is in the dumps, something has to be done about the "war" in iraq, national spending has to change to support meaningful social programs, and we need someone we can trust and that has the brain to lead this country. we need change! if you didn't catch sarah palin on SNL, it's funny stuff! tina fey is dead on, i think maybe palin is impersonating her.
she was a good sport but i can't figure out why she wanted to do it. it's not gonna sway voters that way. interesting tactics, maybe they are getting desperate. in any case, what an exciting and scary election. there is a lot at stake and i'm anxious to find out what will happen. will i have to move to another country or am i going to be safe here? what kind of mass cover-up/scandal will happen this year? what kind of bs is the GOP going to pull out at the last minute? we will see.
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tru dat... i registered for absentee voting this year, got my ballot in the mail which is great because, yeah, those questions are damn hard to figure out. so i figure this way i can take my time, do my research and make a good choice.
and i am doing my research this year, well, there's a lot to consider, and since i now actually understand a good deal of what's going on and what i read, i feel like this is probably the first year that i'm really going to make a damn well-informed decision (kinda sad considering i've been voting for like 8 years already).
but, the downside to knowing more and doing more research, is knowing more. case in point, i tried to keep up with all the debates this year (the presidential ones, the mayoral ones, even the ones about the constitutional convention and rail transit), but i kinda hate watching them because after i watch i end up not wanting to vote for anyone because they either get really childish with the insults and wahtever or just sound really dumb... well, really human i guess. but it's kind of sad to see how the candidates are really just people right?
anyway, but i am glad that i have some kind of info now... plus, it makes those snl sketches WAY funnier after you've seen the real thing (and seeing how it's really not that different!).
I thought about absentee voting because my friend does it and loves it but I really like going to the polling place. It's exciting to stand in line and go in the booth and everything. Yeah, I'm weird.
I totally agree with you about Obama. It's scary though because although he's ahead in the polls, a lot of the people who actually vote are Republican supporters. Look what happened during the last election.
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