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Subject: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: Mrrzy Date: 24 Jan 12 - 02:25 PM I voted in the Republican primary (US), not being a Republican, just to write in Stephen Colbert? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: Amos Date: 24 Jan 12 - 02:28 PM No, it would not be a bad thing. Prong 'em every chance you get. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: katlaughing Date: 24 Jan 12 - 02:46 PM In Colorado, one is not allowed to vote in a party primary unless they are a registered member of said party. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: GUEST,999 Date: 24 Jan 12 - 02:48 PM Colbert would be a step up, and then people would have someone to vote for in the next election. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: Gurney Date: 24 Jan 12 - 02:54 PM Would it be a bad thing if we didn't vote them in, but cast the vote for the one that you DIDN'T want. The candidate with the least votes entered office. I must explore this thought further. We would get some complete nonentities, rather than salesman types. Hmmm. :-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: Little Hawk Date: 24 Jan 12 - 03:17 PM The American election process is so utterly corrupt already, Mrrzy, that I really doubt anything you do could possibly make it much worse. ;-D And after all, why not imitate the most evil and ammoral practices of those you despise in an attempt to bring them down? Hell, it's what Capone and Luciano did, right? And they made good money! (I'm talking tongue in cheek...) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: Rapparee Date: 24 Jan 12 - 03:33 PM "Amoral" only has one "m". An ammoral is an extinct type of microscopic plant once found in the seas of the Paleocentric. Write in the name of Gary Trudeau or Norman Schwarzkopf or Beavis N. Butthead, or anyone who's been kicked off American Idol. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: gnu Date: 24 Jan 12 - 03:41 PM Is there a way to write in a name in a fereral election? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: GUEST,999 Date: 24 Jan 12 - 04:27 PM Left to right in a neat cursive style, gnu. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: gnu Date: 24 Jan 12 - 04:37 PM 9... I thought, here in Canuckistan, we gotta vote for one of the peeps on the ballot. If I CAN write in a name in a nice cursive style, I am gonna write "Not that fuckin smirkin son of a bitch suckass piece a shit Harper!" |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: Little Hawk Date: 24 Jan 12 - 05:47 PM That's a lot like what I'd like to write in there. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: katlaughing Date: 24 Jan 12 - 05:53 PM Don't hold back, gnu. It's good to get it out.:-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: GUEST,999 Date: 24 Jan 12 - 06:21 PM Maritimers: they're always so darned polite. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: Ed T Date: 24 Jan 12 - 06:22 PM Why don't USof A folks just vote,and get on with life? Seems like the actual terms should be much longer, because all the pre election BS takes up so much time and pretend-news space (as if much of it is actually news to anyone but the political party junkies and their pretend-news hang abouts:) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: Greg B Date: 24 Jan 12 - 06:49 PM I thought about the same thing, registering Republican just to make a statement with my vote, then changing my registration back. My parents, staunch Democrats, did that in 1972 to give Pete McCloskey (sp?), a very progressive Republican, a boost against Richard Nixon. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 24 Jan 12 - 07:54 PM A bit of clarification for our non-Yank friends.... How primary elections are run in the US is determined by the legislatures of the individual states. Some states have "closed" primaries where one may only vote for candidates from one's own party (and independents don't get to vote at all). Other states have "open" primaries where any registered voter may vote for any candidate from any party. Occasionally, in open primary states, a voter may cross party lines and cast a "spoiler" vote for a weak candidate of the other party. For example, since Obama is running unopposed, his name is the only one on the Democratic primary ballot and voting for him has little real meaning. So, in an open primary, a registered Democrat may vote for whatever Republican he believes will fare worst against Obama. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: Mrrzy Date: 24 Jan 12 - 09:00 PM Virginia has open elections - we don't register by party and anybody registered can vote in all elections. I just usually don't vote in the "other" primary... but this time I have someone I'd actually like to see get a lot of votes. Plus Virginia will only have Ron Paul and Mitt Romney, anyway, nobody else is eligible. THAT will be fun, too, since Newt will have to do a write-in campaign if he wants to be mentioned at all. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: gnu Date: 24 Jan 12 - 09:18 PM kat... I WAS holding back BIG time. But this is about Yankee poloitics. If I could write in a Canuck PM and I could write in Colbert, I would. Or Stewart. Or Maher. Bill Maher... now, THERE is a Prime Minister. Never could be a president but I would vote for him as Canuck PM in a heartbeat. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: GUEST,999 Date: 25 Jan 12 - 12:15 AM Bob and Doug McKenzie. I figure it's time and there's an added benefit: Bob could handle the six to six hours and Doug could handle the other six to six hours. Every other day Doug does the 12 - 12 and Bob does the different 12 to 12. That's a twofer, eh? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: Jack the Sailor Date: 25 Jan 12 - 12:51 AM You Canadians do realize that you can't vote for Harper directly? You can only vote for your member. While Harper is one of the biggest "members" in the history of Canada. I'm pretty sure that he is not your member. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: Little Hawk Date: 25 Jan 12 - 01:10 AM If he (Stephen Harper) was my member, I'd consider amputation! 999 - I'd suggest Lynn Miles...except she doesn't deserve to be saddled with that job. Hell, she deserves way better than that! ;-D What I'd really like her to do (if I could afford it) is help me produce my next CD, cos hers are pure gold. The Doug and Bob idea is entertaining, and I think they do deserve a shot it at...then again, how about Ricky and Julian from Trailer Park Boys? And Bubbles for Minister of the Environment. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: Little Hawk Date: 25 Jan 12 - 01:22 AM Oh, and put Mr Lahey in charge of the LCBO... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: gnu Date: 25 Jan 12 - 03:20 PM JtS... I think most Canucks understand that. I mean, the voting and especially the member thing. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: Little Hawk Date: 25 Jan 12 - 05:10 PM I never met one who didn't understand it. But I don't know everyone in Blind River, eh? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: Ebbie Date: 26 Jan 12 - 11:28 AM Just for amplification: When one writes in a candidate, remember to also create a 'box' below all the printed boxes and check/tick it for your candidate. They won't count it, otherwise. As for Mickey Mouse, Attila the Hun, et cetera, write-ins, forget it. They don't count them or set them aside or anything else interesting. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp Date: 26 Jan 12 - 11:49 AM And that is a damn shame, cos if they did, King Kong woulda won in this votin' district last year. - Chongo |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: Charmion Date: 26 Jan 12 - 01:29 PM No, gnu, you can't vote for a write-in candidate in a Canadian federal election. Besides, in some ridings (mine, for example), a ballot with a write-in option would be as long as your arm. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: GUEST,Wesley S Date: 26 Jan 12 - 02:02 PM I recall that the Republicans were encouraged to cross over and vote in the Democratic Presidential primary in Texas four years ago. I can't remember who it was they wanted them to vote for to screw up the election but quite a few of them did it since it's such a red state. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: gnu Date: 26 Jan 12 - 02:34 PM "...a ballot with a write-in option would be as long as your arm." Ahhh... one box??? I don't understand. Of course, the new electronic stuff might not be able to accomodate such. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: Crowhugger Date: 26 Jan 12 - 02:43 PM Acknowledging that we can't write in a Prime Ministerial vote, if Ebbie's right about extending the boxes to write in an MP or other candidate, I'm thinking about how to ensure the (Canucki) computers would read it. The business side of the ballot is printed black background with paper-coloured lettering, and the spot where one marks the X (IIRC it has to be an X according to the instructions) is a paper-coloured circle in the middle of a black square. So definitely yes 9er, the legible, left-to-right cursive is essential to name the candidate. Then to have it count, it appears one may also need the ability to colour inside the lines. We'll be sure to bring our own black magic markers, cuz it'll be a pain to do it with the dull little crokinole pencil they provide. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: Bobert Date: 26 Jan 12 - 09:18 PM Think I'll vote in the Bull Moose Party primary... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Would it be a bad thing if... From: Ebbie Date: 27 Jan 12 - 12:37 AM Crowhugger, when a ballot has a written in candidate, the machine spits it out and it is read 'manually'. |
