I voted! Have You?

Folks. I am not going to start a discussion about who should be President. I just want to say that if you are eligible to vote, then get out there and do so. It is our responsibility as American citizens to excersize the right to vote. We owe it to ourselves, and those people who defend our right to do so everyday with their lives. I won't name names but there are many on this forum alone, and I wish to thank them for their service which allows me the freedom to vote and without the threat of persecution.

There is too much at stake in this election for anyone to sit back and be complacent. If I am not mistaken, there is a chance that two Supreme Court Justices may be selected in this administration. They may or may not hear a case in the future that would effect our right to keep reptiles throughout this great nation. They will be appointed by the Chief Executive Office (President) so Yes, your vote matters. Do your part and God Bless America.

I voted early on Friday! And being in Florida, every vote counts!


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Voted for the first time! Felt so proud! Got a pic too! ;p

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Originally Posted by kevinb

Voted for the first time! Felt so proud! Got a pic too! ;p

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Ha. It'll stop feeling special pretty soon when the disappointment sets in. Even if the person you voted for wins, I can just about promise you you'll end up disappointed by them in some way. That said, voting is something you just have to do, because without voting, you lose the right to complain about the results. :)

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Just voted a little bit ago. :)

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Originally Posted by olstyn

Ha. It'll stop feeling special pretty soon when the disappointment sets in. Even if the person you voted for wins, I can just about promise you you'll end up disappointed by them in some way. That said, voting is something you just have to do, because without voting, you lose the right to complain about the results. :)

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I'm not really sure that this is true. I think if someone doesn't vote then they can complain about the results because they chose not to choose. However if you vote for someone and they get in, you really can't complain about what that politician does, afterall, you voted for him. Also, if you vote but your candidate doesnt get in, you still really can't complain too much because you did vote for "someone" which means that you believe in the system as a whole and are willing to accept that your candidate not getting in is part of the system.

My civic duty has been performed. :salute:

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Voted for the first time! Felt so proud! Got a pic too! ;p

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OK do you have wild dreads only on the back half of your head that you style with wire or gel in that shape?


Or am I still drunk from last night?

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Originally Posted by olstyn

Ha. It'll stop feeling special pretty soon when the disappointment sets in. Even if the person you voted for wins, I can just about promise you you'll end up disappointed by them in some way. That said, voting is something you just have to do, because without voting, you lose the right to complain about the results. :)

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I felt special mainly because I was finally of age to vote. It's like a right of passage, I was only 16 when the last election was held. So I felt privileged. .

I voted

But let me say this please don't go and vote if haven't read up on both candidates (and I mean past that partisan news media crap) blind voting doesn't benefit anyone. It only takes 30-40 minutes of research to get an understanding on what the candidates stand for. If you can't be bothered to do that you don't deserve to vote.

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Originally Posted by MrLang

OK do you have wild dreads only on the back half of your head that you style with wire or gel in that shape?


Or am I still drunk from last night?

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Hahaha. Your the second person to ask that, as I posted this on Facebook too. It's a wreath made of saplings behind my head giving the illusion that I have dreads....I wish I really did have dreads though :(

I for one did not vote this year, and for two reasons.

1) I didn't feel that either candidate was worth casting my vote for. In my opinion one is a complete liar and the other has proven ineffective at getting things done. This is the third presidential election in which I have been old enough to vote and I decided that I wasn't going to be reduced to picking the lesser of two "evils."

2) Kansas will always cast its electoral votes for a republican. If I lived in a state where it was going to be close I may have voted.

It used to be in the army that officers wouldn't vote because no matter who the president was we followed his orders, no questions asked, because we raised our right hands and swore to do just that. Being in Afghanistan I was sheltered from all of the political BS this time around and the election somewhat snuck up on me, however I still made the choice not to vote. That said, I absolutely will still hold whoever the winner is to their duty to do what is best for this nation and all of her citizens. If they drop the ball on something important then they need to own up and admit that they screwed up and then fix the problem, as it is what they expect us to do in the military. Something that I noticed this time around that wasn't as much of an issue last time given how much social networking has grown in the last 4 years is the use of FB to voice one's political opinions. I saw so much ignorant, racist and hateful crap that it nearly made me physically sick at times and it honestly caused me to change the opinions of many of the people that I am FB friends with.

I can not wait until tomorrow when all of this crap is over and done with.

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Trouble and I voted :D This was actually my first time voting, too (bad citizen, bad).

Not yet! Going after the munchkin gets out of school. :)

I voted! Just need to drop off the ballot at a polling place. (I live in a mail-in district, no assigned polling place, but didn't get the ballot in the mail in time.)

I just vote for the first time today. I didn't vote because I feel my vote matters, I voted because if the person I don't want to win wins I can at least say I did my part to try to stop it.

I wanted to add:

Besides the big presidential part of the election....

On a local level I HAD to vote for my city council. There are some very significant changes that will be made to the city I live in, that will have an extremely significant impact on life for all residents in the city, depending on who is elected to the city council. Couldn't skip the election for that reason alone.

This state also has a number of propositions I wanted to make sure I gave my input on. These propositions covered a number of topics, including GMO food labeling, the death penalty, three strikes law, insurance company charges, and more.

I'm not fully convinced my vote counts for much in the presidential part of the election, but I do feel it has more weight in the local part of the election.

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Yessss, I voted! I'll also be taking my friend to the polls in about an hour.

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Originally Posted by gsarchie

I for one did not vote this year, and for two reasons.

1) I didn't feel that either candidate was worth casting my vote for. In my opinion one is a complete liar and the other has proven ineffective at getting things done. This is the third presidential election in which I have been old enough to vote and I decided that I wasn't going to be reduced to picking the lesser of two "evils."

2) Kansas will always cast its electoral votes for a republican. If I lived in a state where it was going to be close I may have voted.

It used to be in the army that officers wouldn't vote because no matter who the president was we followed his orders, no questions asked, because we raised our right hands and swore to do just that. Being in Afghanistan I was sheltered from all of the political BS this time around and the election somewhat snuck up on me, however I still made the choice not to vote. That said, I absolutely will still hold whoever the winner is to their duty to do what is best for this nation and all of her citizens. If they drop the ball on something important then they need to own up and admit that they screwed up and then fix the problem, as it is what they expect us to do in the military. Something that I noticed this time around that wasn't as much of an issue last time given how much social networking has grown in the last 4 years is the use of FB to voice one's political opinions. I saw so much ignorant, racist and hateful crap that it nearly made me physically sick at times and it honestly caused me to change the opinions of many of the people that I am FB friends with.

I can not wait until tomorrow when all of this crap is over and done with.

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You do know that you can vote for other parties as well, right? You're not limited to two choices.

Here is a list of all of the candidates that you can vote for:

President Jill Stein, Cheri Honkala (Green)
President Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson, Luis J. Rodriguez (Unaffiliated)
President Gloria La Riva, Filberto Ramirez, Jr. (Unaffiliated)
President Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan (Republican)
President Barack Obama, Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (Democrat)
President Virgil Goode, Jim Clymer (Constitution)
President Gary Johnson, James P. Gray (Libertarian)

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Originally Posted by gsarchie

I for one did not vote this year, and for two reasons.

1) I didn't feel that either candidate was worth casting my vote for. In my opinion one is a complete liar and the other has proven ineffective at getting things done. This is the third presidential election in which I have been old enough to vote and I decided that I wasn't going to be reduced to picking the lesser of two "evils."

2) Kansas will always cast its electoral votes for a republican. If I lived in a state where it was going to be close I may have voted.

It used to be in the army that officers wouldn't vote because no matter who the president was we followed his orders, no questions asked, because we raised our right hands and swore to do just that. Being in Afghanistan I was sheltered from all of the political BS this time around and the election somewhat snuck up on me, however I still made the choice not to vote. That said, I absolutely will still hold whoever the winner is to their duty to do what is best for this nation and all of her citizens. If they drop the ball on something important then they need to own up and admit that they screwed up and then fix the problem, as it is what they expect us to do in the military. Something that I noticed this time around that wasn't as much of an issue last time given how much social networking has grown in the last 4 years is the use of FB to voice one's political opinions. I saw so much ignorant, racist and hateful crap that it nearly made me physically sick at times and it honestly caused me to change the opinions of many of the people that I am FB friends with.

I can not wait until tomorrow when all of this crap is over and done with.

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The "lesser of two evils" Still defines a 'better' candidate. Most people don't get the choice to help choose their 'boss'. Reading this from one of our own soldiers is somewhat disappointing to me. Nonetheless...Thank you for serving. Without people like you, there may not be any voting at all.

Done and done! The line to drop off your finished ballot was the only line I had to stand in. (30min line) I feel that if I stand in a line for more than 10min I should get to go on a ride. Even if its only sitting me down in a chair a spinning me dangit.

Mini rollercoasters at all polling offices! You get one free ride after turning in your ballot! Yay!

37 years old and voted for the first time ever. We had medical marijuana and making it legal to sell booze in this dry county on the ballot

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I for one did not vote this year, and for two reasons.

1) I didn't feel that either candidate was worth casting my vote for. In my opinion one is a complete liar and the other has proven ineffective at getting things done. This is the third presidential election in which I have been old enough to vote and I decided that I wasn't going to be reduced to picking the lesser of two "evils."

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I respect your right to do as you chose. That is the beauty of this country and I know you will follow your Commander in Chief. I am just and trying to understand your position/philosiphy. This election will be very close. Close enough in fact that a "no vote", may essentially be a vote in the incumbent's favor. In the words of Geddy Lee "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice."

You state the incumbent has proven himself an ineffective leader. Reminding you that he did this with the benefit of a same party, controlled congress to start and should have been doing as much in his power as possible to positon himself favorably for reelection. How do you see his effectiveness going forward as a lame duck? Do you consider not voting to change the situation, the same as giving your permission for the President to continue to be ineffective?

I don't seeing it being the "Lesser of two evils" unless both are known or unknown entities. That is not the case in this election. One is a known entity and one is not. At least as it pertains to the presidency. We can presume to know what the new candidate will do, but won't really know and can't, unless he is given the chance to do so. And yes, that may be regrettable four years from now. However, we know exactly what the incumbent has and has not done, as it is a matter of record and now and forever a part of our history. In my opinion, that is regrettable today. And forgive my presumptiousness, but I interpret your words to sound like it may be yours too. Can you really expect an incumbent will do better second term, when there is even less incentive for him to do so?

Again, I do not wish to impose my choice for President on anyone in this forum. Vote your party, your will, your heart, whatever. I am simply asking if you believe that not voting is really the best choice?

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Originally Posted by rlditmars

In the words of Geddy Lee "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice."

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You get a gold star for mentioning him. :gj:

Voted -- another Floridian here, it was kind of vital so my husband and I were lined up at 6:40 a.m. with the rest of the dayshift world :)

I did not care for either candidate. I abstained from the vote. If I were to vote it would have been for Gary Johnson. The Libertarian party has been the better one for a long time, but it will never gain enough ground until other parties are allowed to take part in the debates.

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I did not care for either candidate. I abstained from the vote. If I were to vote it would have been for Gary Johnson. The Libertarian party has been the better one for a long time, but it will never gain enough ground until other parties are allowed to take part in the debates.

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UGGGH! This was the year man! If we can get 5% votes in an election we get all the benefits of the other two parties next election. Including participation in the debates. You should have gone and voted for Johnson :( way better than not voting. If I was not in a swing state, I would have voted for Johnson. Let's hope Johnson get's the 5% he was after this year. Then maybe in 4yrs we can get a Libertarian in the running for real.

Every vote counts....


As long as you are in one of the important states :p

I voted, and I'm pretty bummed I didn't get that cool sticker.

did my voting early here in Ohio, looking good so far :)

I voted...but Oklahoma is always a Republican state so it didn't need my help lol. The sad thing is that SOOOOOOO many people voted with absolutely NO idea what the person they voted for is all about...not opening a can of worms.

/Canadian

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Folks we have a winner! I know some of you might not be happy, but at least some people are!

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Folks we have a winner! I know some of you might not be happy, but at least some people are!

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What do you know that I don't??? We are watching coverage right now.

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What do you know that I don't??? We are watching coverage right now.

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They are 99.99% sure Obama will be re-elected. The Empire state building is glowing blue for his win.

Our local news is saying Obama won.

/sarcasm on
Yayyy
/sarcasm off

Edit: sorry for that, disappointed.

Congratulations to the POTUS, he might not have been my choice, but he's the man for the next 4yrs and I will respect him for that.

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They are 99.99% sure Obama will be re-elected. The Empire state building is glowing blue for his win.

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Your pm's are full....;)

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Your pm's are full....;)

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I just cleared it out!

Yeah. Hopefully the next four years can be spent trying to negotiate rather than being on the offensive or the defensive.

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Originally Posted by rlditmars

I respect your right to do as you chose. That is the beauty of this country and I know you will follow your Commander in Chief. I am just and trying to understand your position/philosiphy. This election will be very close. Close enough in fact that a "no vote", may essentially be a vote in the incumbent's favor. In the words of Geddy Lee "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice."

You state the incumbent has proven himself an ineffective leader. Reminding you that he did this with the benefit of a same party, controlled congress to start and should have been doing as much in his power as possible to positon himself favorably for reelection. How do you see his effectiveness going forward as a lame duck? Do you consider not voting to change the situation, the same as giving your permission for the President to continue to be ineffective?

I don't seeing it being the "Lesser of two evils" unless both are known or unknown entities. That is not the case in this election. One is a known entity and one is not. At least as it pertains to the presidency. We can presume to know what the new candidate will do, but won't really know and can't, unless he is given the chance to do so. And yes, that may be regrettable four years from now. However, we know exactly what the incumbent has and has not done, as it is a matter of record and now and forever a part of our history. In my opinion, that is regrettable today. And forgive my presumptiousness, but I interpret your words to sound like it may be yours too. Can you really expect an incumbent will do better second term, when there is even less incentive for him to do so?

Again, I do not wish to impose my choice for President on anyone in this forum. Vote your party, your will, your heart, whatever. I am simply asking if you believe that not voting is really the best choice?

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You are absolutely right in all of this. I am from KS and that is where I am registered to vote, and if you look at the numbers it was approximately 60% Mitt, 40% Obama, which in reality is the largest reason for my not voting in the federal portion of the election. The main reason that I would never have voted for Mitt is because of how he can't seem to stand his ground on any important position. He went from mainly middle of the aisle to complete right and to me it was apparent that it was done to win votes. Ultimately, Mr. Obama doesn't have as much control over what everyone blames him for, and he is being blamed for things that came about when the republican controlled the senate and the house under George W.

To those that are disappointed that someone in the military didn't vote, I would like to offer an explanation and then ask why you feel that way. Even if I chose not to vote, that privelege, along with many of the priveleges in this country (that most people feel are rights but in my opinion are mistaken, beacuse even just being an American is a privelege), are things that I have made a conscious choice to defend, with my life if necessary. I would hope that given this choice that I have made that people could see that I view these things as worth defending, whether or not I chose to partake in them. Another reason that I didn't vote is that I am not livinig where I coudl vote and to register to vote in a place where I will only be temporarily doesn't really interest me. Why does being stationed in Colorado Springs for 3 years give me the right to chose how the government will make choices that could and likely will have impact long after I leave? I leave that to the citizens of Colorado Springs. I also am not home to know what is going on with local governments enough to make an informed decision. I hope that helps clear that up a bit.

Just noticed this thread.
I'm a university student so I had my ballot mailed to me a few weeks ago. I couldn't go back home to vote at my usual place.

Congrats America. I do believe you did the right thing! It makes me glad that Romney lost a lottttt of votes from women.

America has spoken. :)

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Congrats America. I do believe you did the right thing! It makes me glad that Romney lost a lottttt of votes from women.

America has spoken. :)

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Not good news for the reptile hobby. Liberals have a history of creating big government, and big government loves to make rules for us to follow. I was hoping for Romney, but I'm glad that at least the government is gridlocked for now.

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Not good news for the reptile hobby. Liberals have a history of creating big government, and big government loves to make rules for us to follow. I was hoping for Romney, but I'm glad that at least the government is gridlocked for now.

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As much as I love reptiles, unfortunately something, like my rights and social views are most important to me :(.


I'm not American, so it doesn't matter to me! I'm just happy for my sisters down south.

I guess I'm one of the few who was happy with the election results.
But I also come from a very blue state. :/


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Yay. I can't wait to get fined because I can't afford insurance :)

It would have been awesome if someone asked about the python ban at the town hall debate :p

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Originally Posted by satomi325

I guess I'm one of the few who was happy with the election results.
But I also come from a very blue state. :/


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Your not alone ;)

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