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gglynn00

11-04-2008, 11:27 AM

Its 7am on the east coast i think(4am here in California) So voting should be starting right?

Anyways i mailed mine in awhile go so i have already voted.

Did ya vote?

Samesies...I've had to absentee vote the last few years. I don't know why, but I think it's actually easier. Anyway, I'm in Eastern time and voting polls opened @ 6 this morning.

deegraww

11-04-2008, 12:26 PM

Nope...

want2bgreat

11-04-2008, 12:57 PM

i`ll be voting today. im very very interestd in who will win. such a close landslide .

tsmith15

11-04-2008, 01:00 PM

I didn't and I won't.

tokenuser

11-04-2008, 01:18 PM

Nope.
Can't (ineligible - "legal resident alien").
Wish I could.

owlboy

11-04-2008, 01:31 PM

Despite my polling place's lack of stickers YES!

My voting story:

I went to vote at the elementary school next to my house which is that same one I went to from first grade on and the same one my mom took me whenever she went to go vote.

I got there at about 7:30ish and got online for the 39th Election district. Like most of Queens my district contains a lot of immigrants and there are a lot of elderly in my neighborhood. Combine this with a rather ineffectual polling staff and you'll understand that they'll be some difficulties to arise.

Each district has two machines (the old school switch-and-lever that NY will be using for the last time in this election) to it and the No.2 machine either broke down or people needed assistance with at least five times. At least two separate people started arguments with the volunteers. It seemed to take a lot longer than it actually did but I ended up getting in and out in about a half hour and luckily was only about 20 minutes late to class.

Didn't get an I Voted sticker so that sucked but I have my voter card to commemorate my first ballot ever cast. I think next time I'll try volunteering at the polling place.

darksyns

11-04-2008, 01:37 PM

I did!!!

hec207

11-04-2008, 01:55 PM

I did vote. I already know who wins! Redskins lost last nite so the White House is changing party!

tectec

11-04-2008, 01:59 PM

I voted early and I have a ticket to the Obama rally here in Chicago. It's looking like it will be an exciting evening :)

rabidbadger

11-04-2008, 02:09 PM

I voted early and I have a ticket to the Obama rally here in Chicago. It's looking like it will be an exciting evening :)

You should meetup with kowgod, he'll be there, too.

And Yeah, I JUST got home from voting.

joedubbs

11-04-2008, 02:12 PM

Vote this morning before work. The lines weren't bad yet - it took me about a half hour.

Looking forward to tuning in tonight and following the results. As well as the Indecision 2008 on Comedy Central.

cucumberboy

11-04-2008, 03:25 PM

Did anyone who wouldn't have voted otherwise, vote because of Jeff's enthusiastic rants on the show?

If so, that would be awesome.

alaskalonewolf

11-04-2008, 05:12 PM

http://media.tumblr.com/u1M5blewWfmnku2n5Wn7A2Smo1_400.jpg

...and my sphincter is puckered with my fingers crossed.

want2bgreat

11-04-2008, 05:35 PM

i just got back from the polls. somedays im glad to be in the middle of nowere. no lines at the polls.

funkjomamma

11-04-2008, 06:38 PM

I voted and didn't have any lines to wait for either.

az0madman

11-04-2008, 07:16 PM

I had a small line, but didn't take long. 15 minutes to and from.

doowttam

11-04-2008, 07:18 PM

Yep. No line, no problems.

cryonix

11-04-2008, 07:28 PM

Washington is all mail in. So I voted last week... but no sticker :(

maxxx

11-04-2008, 07:31 PM

Voted! Didn't have a line where i went to vote and got a boring " I Voted" sticker :(

rabidbadger

11-04-2008, 07:57 PM

Washington is all mail in. So I voted last week... but no sticker :(

That should be the national way, and you have the coolest avatar ever anywhere of all time the end. :D

mrpopular

11-04-2008, 08:08 PM

ya, I voted.... For that Tiger woods dude. lol

rabidbadger

11-04-2008, 08:08 PM

American pie, tastes like freedom.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/images/2008/11/04/image001.jpg

scoobydiesel

11-04-2008, 08:32 PM

ha thats a sweet pie..get it...sweet....yeah anyways, I didnt get a sticker an that pisses me off. i want a fricken sticker man!

stubadub

11-04-2008, 08:32 PM

I early voted last week and had to wait over an hour. My wife voted this morning and had no wait at all.

msmags

11-04-2008, 09:44 PM

For some reason, they won't allow Canadians to vote in the US election. Dammit. So no, I didn't vote, but I'm waiting for the results with much anticipation. :)

owlboy

11-04-2008, 09:53 PM

ha thats a sweet pie..get it...sweet....yeah anyways, I didnt get a sticker an that pisses me off. i want a fricken sticker man!

I was pissed about not getting too so I made one for myself

http://images.yuku.com/image/jpeg/31415f40a39aaff06adb0965ccb5561589b01eb.jpg

esophagus

11-04-2008, 09:57 PM

For some reason, they won't allow Canadians to vote in the US election. Dammit. So no, I didn't vote, but I'm waiting for the results with much anticipation. :)I made a dash for the border and stole an old lady's voter registration card. There are ways to make your vote count. Even as a Canadian.

scoobydiesel

11-04-2008, 10:28 PM

For some reason, they won't allow Canadians to vote in the US election. Dammit. So no, I didn't vote, but I'm waiting for the results with much anticipation. :)

I would totally let you vote if i could :-p

eso on the other hand....maaaaybe

rokov

11-04-2008, 10:40 PM

I just got back and I was literally the only person there to vote. Considering all of the 2 hour waits that I've been hearing about, I guess I was lucky.

esophagus

11-04-2008, 10:43 PM

I just got back and I was literally the only person there to vote. Considering all of the 2 hour waits that I've been hearing about, I guess I was lucky.CNN tells me those have passed in most places. Although being the only one there probably happens even less.

damnedeyez

11-04-2008, 10:48 PM

Nope.

rokov

11-04-2008, 10:48 PM

CNN tells me those have passed in most places. Although being the only one there probably happens even less.

I think I just live in an apathetic area. My mom voted at the same place at 9 am and she said that it was dead then too.

hobbes

11-04-2008, 10:49 PM

I voted and didn't have to wait in line at all. Sigh, no stickers though.

scoobydiesel

11-04-2008, 10:50 PM

When is the first batch of results going to come in? around 4 PST 7EST ?

damnedeyez

11-04-2008, 10:56 PM

When is the first batch of results going to come in? around 4 PST 7EST ?

I'm one of those oddballs that don't think anything should be announced until 6am...but I don't think they're allowed to call things until the polls close, which is 8pm, I think.

scoobydiesel

11-04-2008, 10:57 PM

ha i dont wanna stay up till 6am. nor am i going to bed in time to be up at 6am.

Anyways 8pm PST?

damnedeyez

11-04-2008, 10:59 PM

8pm local time...so they might start giving out numbers for the east coast in another hour.

I could be wrong, since I think the networks are starting their coverage at 7.

gojira

11-04-2008, 11:55 PM

Yep. Walked in, voted, walked out. I must have showed up at a good time. I had to wait much longer in the last election.

mariot

11-05-2008, 12:37 AM

I did not vote! I registered but choose not to vote. I'm tired of people telling me men/women have fought and died for this right. Well yes... they also fought for me to choose not to.

masherscf

11-05-2008, 12:52 AM

Yep. Walked in, voted, walked out. I must have showed up at a good time. I had to wait much longer in the last election.

I gad to wait longer at the last school budget vote. Last time we arrived 5-minutes after the pool opened and they hadn't set up the voting machine yet. We used emergency ballots. Today, everything went without a hitch.

poltah

11-05-2008, 01:02 AM

I did not vote! I registered but choose not to vote. I'm tired of people telling me men/women have fought and died for this right. Well yes... they also fought for me to choose not to.

What was your reason for not voting?

mariot

11-05-2008, 01:26 AM

Honestly I would have voted for Obama. But Other than that I really hate politics. None of them are in it for the people. I could be wrong. There is probably one of them that actually cares.

scoobydiesel

11-05-2008, 02:29 AM

I remember watching the news on other elections as a kid, this is way cooler as an adult that can vote tho :D

since i got to be a part of it an all.

poltah

11-05-2008, 03:14 AM

Honestly I would have voted for Obama. But Other than that I really hate politics. None of them are in it for the people. I could be wrong. There is probably one of them that actually cares.

That's a really lousy reason in my opinion. None of them are in it for the people? Then you read about the candidates, you watch the interviews, you get a picture about who would, at the very least, be the lesser evil. And then you vote for that guy.

That aside, on behalf of folks like me from Europe (and the guys I've been watching this election with) I'd like to say THANK YOU! Fucking thank you a great big deal.

scoobydiesel

11-05-2008, 03:17 AM

votes are coming in or results whatever an looks like Obama has won.

poltah

11-05-2008, 03:28 AM

votes are coming in or results whatever an looks like Obama has won.

Looks like? He has! President Elect Barack Hussein Obama!
Now the real job begins.

damnedeyez

11-05-2008, 03:39 AM

at the very least, be the lesser evil.

You should never vote for the lesser evil, but for who you want to see in the office.

poltah

11-05-2008, 03:44 AM

You should never vote for the lesser evil, but for who you want to see in the office.

Eh, yes. But if you are presented with the choice of two evils, the one you would want in the office is probably the lesser of those two.

Not saying that I think McCain and Obama were two evils. Just saying that I think that the "I didn't like any of them" is a weak excuse for being to lazy to do the work and get to known the candidates, and get figure out who to vote for. There has to be one you agree with more.

damnedeyez

11-05-2008, 04:07 AM

Eh, yes. But if you are presented with the choice of two evils, the one you would want in the office is probably the lesser of those two.

Not saying that I think McCain and Obama were two evils. Just saying that I think that the "I didn't like any of them" is a weak excuse for being to lazy to do the work and get to known the candidates, and get figure out who to vote for. There has to be one you agree with more.

It's called a write-in.

scoobydiesel

11-05-2008, 04:54 AM

You could write in a vote for Chuck Norris or something

-xcl-

11-05-2008, 05:15 AM

Voted this morning for Obama ( woo and hoo ) waiting to see how Prop 8 rolls out in my state.

scoobydiesel

11-05-2008, 05:18 AM

Prop 8 in cali looks to be Yes'd which I'm not happy about, but that is how people feel...

d0ug18

11-05-2008, 06:43 AM

Yup, voted here in Hi. Big support for President Elect Obama, keeping it in the Ohana.

wideawakewesley

11-05-2008, 11:06 AM

Great news about Obama, f**king terrible news about Prop 8. I can't believe California is so backward thinking.

Wes

poltah

11-05-2008, 11:41 AM

Great news about Obama, f**king terrible news about Prop 8. I can't believe California is so backward thinking.

Wes

Have to agree. I don't get it. I simply do not get it. (The Obama thing I get, the Prop 8 I don't get).

neverendingwhitelights

11-05-2008, 03:16 PM

I hope Obama stays true to the promises he's made (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65I0HNvTDH4).

tokenuser

11-05-2008, 03:34 PM

Great news about Obama, f**king terrible news about Prop 8. I can't believe California is so backward thinking.

WesThere is some debate whether the Californians were backward thinking, or just too stupid to know how to vote correctly.

A vote for YES on Prop 8, the gay marriage proposition, actually meant banning gay marriage. A lot of people apparently voted yes thinking they were supporting gay marriage, when in fact the opposite was true.

msmags

11-05-2008, 04:24 PM

A vote for YES on Prop 8, the gay marriage proposition, actually meant banning gay marriage. A lot of people apparently voted yes thinking they were supporting gay marriage, when in fact the opposite was true.

OMG, that is horrible. And very sad. And probably true.

tokenuser

11-05-2008, 04:30 PM

Yeah, its sad that the people putting forward the proposal get to word it ... and this was deceptive at best.

trsjeff

11-05-2008, 04:56 PM

There is some debate whether the Californians were backward thinking, or just too stupid to know how to vote correctly.

A vote for YES on Prop 8, the gay marriage proposition, actually meant banning gay marriage. A lot of people apparently voted yes thinking they were supporting gay marriage, when in fact the opposite was true.

Sadly, I don't think that was the reason.

-Jeff

jay_ray

11-05-2008, 06:45 PM

Sucks to hear about Prop 8, I suppose they could always make a side trip up here to Canada to be officially married, but great to hear about Obama, I truly believe he will redeem the American image to the rest of the world.

scoobydiesel

11-05-2008, 07:17 PM

Glad about our new president buy saddened by my "friends" true feelings coming out...and about prop 8 being voted yes here in california

cucumberboy

11-05-2008, 07:50 PM

Now one thing I don't get is this: the gay marriage thing in the US, is it about marriage as in a civil union or is it about marriage in church?

rabidbadger

11-05-2008, 08:08 PM

It's really just a civil thing... signing a certificate
but gets ya all the rights of straight couple, church or not. Pretty much the same as what britney got in her 3 day vegas wedding, cause straight folk are all about the "sanctity" of marriage. :rolleyes:

cucumberboy

11-05-2008, 08:26 PM

Well then what's the problem? :P

rabidbadger

11-05-2008, 08:46 PM

Problem is that the churches, specifically the mormons, funded the hatred.

tokenuser

11-05-2008, 09:00 PM

Problem is that the churches, specifically the mormons, funded the hatred.Ironic that the like having multiple wives, so they can get some girl on girl action happening, but need to have a dominant man in the picture as well.

I swear if the proposition was worded positively so that a YES meant support of gay marriage, or that the term "marriage" was not used (since it is an emotional trigger) then it would have passed meaning "Gay marriage OK - we just dont want it called marriage".

royterp

11-05-2008, 09:30 PM

In my oddly Libertarian-esque view, the government shouldn't be in the business of marriage at all for anyone; leave that up to the churches. Government should merely be set up to allow any two persons to be joined civilly and which grants the same rights to everyone.

Setting that extreme view aside, though, I frankly can't see how denying gay marriage is Constitutional. In my opinion banning gay marriage (or adoption or parental rights or whatever) flies in the face of the equal protection clause (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause) of the Fourteenth Amendment. But I'm not a lawyer so, you know, grain of salt and all.

damnedeyez

11-05-2008, 10:32 PM

In my oddly Libertarian-esque view, the government shouldn't be in the business of marriage at all for anyone; leave that up to the churches. Government should merely be set up to allow any two persons to be joined civilly and which grants the same rights to everyone.

Agreed. I think they should get rid of the Marriage term and split it into Civil Unions and Spiritual Unions...Government deals with the civil and can't touch the spiritual and vice versa. Civil would have to be equal (any two non-related adults could be joined) and Churches could deny the spiritual in whatever way they see fit.

Sad about Prop 8...but at least Question 1 here in CT got a 60% No vote.

rabidbadger

11-05-2008, 11:50 PM

what was question 1?

damnedeyez

11-06-2008, 12:15 AM

what was question 1?

State Supreme Court ruled that banning gay marriage was unconstitutional (or something along those lines)...Question 1 was whether or not to hold a Constituional Convention. (I think there was a movement passed in 85 to get the question asked every 10 years or so.) The big push and ad compaign was mostly done by the catholic church after the gay marriage ruling...hence the hot button issue.

Admittedly, it passing wouldn't mean anything specific...as anything would still need to be passed afterwards.

rabidbadger

11-06-2008, 01:14 AM

The supreme court only said sodomy among consenting adults is legal. Nothing to do with marriage. I'm really tired tonight. But I'll find links in the a.m.

damnedeyez

11-06-2008, 01:33 AM

That's not what the news outlets around here said:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/10/connecticut_sup.html

rkolegendkiller91

11-06-2008, 09:52 AM

my. mcmahon for president

scoobydiesel

11-06-2008, 11:22 AM

little late on filling stuff out to vote Rko.

rabidbadger

11-06-2008, 11:57 AM

That's not what the news outlets around here said:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/10/connecticut_sup.html

Oh, sorry I thought you meant SCOTUS. my bad.

wideawakewesley

11-06-2008, 12:48 PM

Agreed. I think they should get rid of the Marriage term and split it into Civil Unions and Spiritual Unions...Government deals with the civil and can't touch the spiritual and vice versa. Civil would have to be equal (any two non-related adults could be joined) and Churches could deny the spiritual in whatever way they see fit.

That's my personal view too. Religions can have their own bigotted rules if they like, but the state should never be prejudice against anyone. There should be no restrictions on civil unions, except that they be between people (and there should be no limit on the number of people).

Wes

tokenuser

11-06-2008, 02:41 PM

... no restrictions on civil unions, except that they be between people (and there should be no limit on the number of people).Now you are just getting greedy.

nshady

11-06-2008, 02:52 PM

I find the proposition eight ruling to be utterly infuriating. How the hell does it affect your marriage if gays can get married too? How flimsy is your relationship if it is threatened by the mere concept of two gays getting married? Not even an actual couple you know, but the mere idea of it? How does it affect you in any way?

I think it's massively hypocritical for two people to be denied marriage and equality to preserve its 'sanctity' and 'integrity' and 'tradition' when there's such increasing incidence of heterosexual couples getting divorced. All we want is equality. The same rights as straight people. Every heterosexual couple knows that divorce is rising, adultery is rising, but straight people get married in the millions every day. All gays want is the opportunity to do the same if they so choose.

And I find it just as frustrating when people say "I don't mind them having a civil ceremony, but marriage is between a man and a woman", or "I don't want to break the tradition." Well, guess what: tradition, by definition, operates to prevent progress. If no-one ever broke with tradition, women would still be housewives, black people would be slaves. Hell, we'd probably be living in caves, hunting for food and sleeping next to fires. Saying that gays can have their own unions is like saying "Women shouldn't be allowed to work. That's a man's job. They can make up their own 'jobs' at home".

Given how ostracised and stereotyped we already are in society, it would be nice, for one of the most significant events of any person's life, to be no different to anyone else.

</off chest>

rabidbadger

11-06-2008, 03:14 PM

re: nshady

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TylvUGJIi_w&feature=relatedd

and also, a little hope from the olden days...

"The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults," ~ Alexis de Tocqueville.

wideawakewesley

11-06-2008, 03:36 PM

http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/obama_11_05/obama27_16804595.jpg

poltah

11-06-2008, 03:36 PM

I don't think anybody outside of the USA consider it special in anyway. The US is a country like any other country in my opinion.
I don't believe in the "Only in America", I do not believe in "The American Dream".

nshady

11-06-2008, 04:16 PM

dolson

11-06-2008, 04:22 PM

None of them are in it for the people. I could be wrong. There is probably one of them that actually cares.

Yeah, but Ron Paul dropped out months ago.

poltah

11-06-2008, 05:05 PM

And one final thought before I hit the sack:

When you look at the stats, as you go up the demographics in term of age, the older you get, the greater proportion who voted yes on the proposition. In twenty years time when all the old people are dead, the bill will be passed, and the younger generations will look at us with the same disgust and incredulity we show today when looking back at the history of segregation or women's rights.

Us as a generation yes. But I'm appalled at how women still are totally oppressed. And STILL I don't see why people think any less of homosexuals. Honestly, it's none of anybody's business weather you want dig on males or females. Honestly, who cares.
As long as you don't go over and grab my crotch, I don't care.

jay_ray

11-06-2008, 05:41 PM

Us as a generation yes. But I'm appalled at how women still are totally oppressed. And STILL I don't see why people think any less of homosexuals. Honestly, it's none of anybody's business weather you want dig on males or females. Honestly, who cares.
As long as you don't go over and grab my crotch, I don't care.

To quote Canada's best Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau, "The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation."

scoobydiesel

11-06-2008, 07:57 PM

i find that picture with the kid very cool :)

royterp

11-06-2008, 08:19 PM

i find that picture with the kid very cool :)

Same here. It's now my desktop wallpaper.

dolson

11-06-2008, 08:41 PM

I heard about an hour of discussion on the radio last night about how Obama is the first black president and blah blah blah. They were making this huge deal out of it. I thought that was pretty racist. He's a person - who cares if he's black? Everyone is equal.

rabidbadger

11-06-2008, 08:59 PM

That's a great sentiment, and why he got elected, but it is still a huge historical and generation change. That's the news, not his skin color. Anyone other than an old(er) white male is a seachange in the USA.

poltah

11-06-2008, 09:14 PM

It is a big deal to me as well. There is a lot of racist people in America. The country has a history filled with racism. It's probable that a good bunch of people wouldn't vote on Obama simply because he's black.

It's a big step for a country like America, to get a black president elected.

I agree that it's a bigger deal because, to me at least, he seems like somebody who would be a good President compared to the last eight years. But you can't really deny the race thing.

esophagus

11-06-2008, 09:23 PM

When people start judging his actual presidency based on race, then it will be racist. For now, the country is just reveling in their progress.

dolson

11-06-2008, 10:07 PM

Well then, if that's how it is... Congratulations USA, on finally growing the fuck up.

To me, it's not a big deal. Maybe because I'm not black, and I'm not racist, so I experience neither side of the oppression personally. But shit, I thought people were past that already.

As a side note, I got the impression that because he is black is the biggest reason he actually did get elected, and not so much what he stands for. If that is the case, then it's reversed racism, and both are equally sad.

I mean, I do get that it's a victory for black people who feel negativity from whites, but the people on the radio, they just kinda harped on it for way too long. I suppose I could have turned it off, but I was hoping to hear more meaty stuff than that.

In any case, he can't be worse than Bush, so here's to hoping he stops stripping away your liberties and stops bullying the rest of the world and other important things.

EDIT: I re-read this, and just wanted to say, I mean no offense to anyone by what I wrote... sorry if I come off that way.

damnedeyez

11-06-2008, 11:07 PM

In any case, he can't be worse than Bush

There's always a possibility that anyone could be worse than anyone else...don't jinx it.

scoobydiesel

11-06-2008, 11:47 PM

There's always a possibility that anyone could be worse than anyone else...don't jinx it.

I hope no one can be worst then bush, I do know its possible. i just hope not to ever witness it.

damnedeyez

11-07-2008, 12:04 AM

I hope no one can be worst then bush, I do know its possible. i just hope not to ever witness it.

Cheney/Clinton 2012? ;>

rabidbadger

11-07-2008, 01:24 AM

dolson

11-07-2008, 02:03 AM

It's a trap. He has a ferret on his shoulder. McCain has a ferret. Ergo, Troll! :eek:

(totally just kidding) :p

Ferrets > Badgers! :)

rabidbadger

11-07-2008, 02:48 AM

oh, now I KNOW you're trolling. Badgers brush their teeth with ferrets after chowing down on hyenas!

tokenuser

11-07-2008, 02:21 PM

As a side note, I got the impression that because he is black is the biggest reason he actually did get elected, and not so much what he stands for. If that is the case, then it's reversed racism, and both are equally sad.You have the right answer, but for the wrong reasons.

The Democrats have traditionally had as their core constituents lower to middle class people of a diverse background. A large problem they have had in the past is getting their power base to get off their asses and vote.

Barack did get a huge boost because of African American voters - but not strictly because he is black, but because they felt they were no longer disenfranchised from the candidates. They had someone they could get behind.

Its a fine line, he got people out voting because he was black, but they were voting for him because the policies of the Democrats are those that would help them (and a lot of others). If the Republicans had an African American candidate, I am not sure it would have made as much difference, because the GOP does not typically have an appeal to African American voters. I dont think Colin Powell would have motivated as strong a turn out of African Americans if he had run for the GOP - despite him being a well regarded politician.

So, he motivated them to the polls, but who they voted for at that point was up to them - but it was an obvious choice.