Vote or Die

[Pete]

Just a friendly reminder to get out there and vote if you can!

[loaf]

I can't vote.

No I'm not a criminal.

I just can't because I don't have a Texas license and they don't let you vote without a Texas license. I can try and prove my address I guess but I'm at work so idk.

Edit: I'm actually a criminal, just not a felon.

[Pete]

If you had a utility bill you might be able to, but I don't know about voting laws

[loaf]

I'm also not registered in Texas. Utilities aren't in my name also. Well ,at least the gas bill is but i dont get mail from them as i choose paperless.

[Pete]

Ah that sucks. It's one of those things that nobody ever really considers to change until right before the election, like car insurance and vehicle registration.

[Clint]

I can't vote, because I have a chicken salad sandwich waiting for me at home, so there's just not enough time. I have to prioritize what's most important, and that chicken salad sandwich is at the top of my list.

[Michael Swayne]

As with every other election, I voted absentee. I do not trust the people that run my polling place. That's a bad thing to say about my relatives, but it's true.

[Pete]

What don't you trust about them, Michael? I'm legitimately curious to learn about individual voting experiences.

I voted in the gymnasium of my local middle school, which was a 10 minute walk from my house. I filled out my ballot in pen and then deposited it into a scanner that apparently read and swallowed my ballot.

I was more surprised and confused by how many people who voted that couldn't understand the voting instructions in English, or that voting information was mailed to me I'm literally 10 different languages.

It also kind of bothered me that I didn't even have to present any form of identification or proof of address. I just told them my address at the front desk, they told me my district table to go to, and then I just had to tell them my last name. I signed my name next to the registered signature of mine and got my ballot. There were some people who I was more than curious as to their status, especially since they couldn't speak a lick of English and were practically dressed as caricatures of immigrants.

Now my vote won't mean shit in my state, but it's my vote to cast. And yes, I voted to make America great again.

[Taco-Calamitous]

I voted 2 weeks ago. like, as soon as I got my ballot. I just filled that fucker out and put it in the drop box.

FUCK YEAH OREGON.

PS. I'm definitely drinking today, because fuck this shit.

[Pete]

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I am right there with you, mostly with the drinking.

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It applies to both women with pms and this election

[Michael Swayne]

How one votes should be as private or as public as the voter wants it to be. The poll workers are known to tell people how each person voted, as if it is any of their business. It is worse when they are related to you, because if it becomes known to the rest of the family that you voted in a way that isn't in line with the rest of them, then you have to hear about it at the family dinner on Thanksgiving. It is not a good time.

So, I vote absentee, because it just easier that way. I know my vote will be counted, unlike those people that vote a provisional ballot. I would hate to be one of those people this year.

[Pete]

Oh wow, that sounds awful.

So what would the scenario be at your local polling station? Handing in a Scranton with a pen or #2 pencil, or punching chads directly to someone who could view it? Wasn't there some kind of box to drop it in?

My dad did absentee voting when he was in the hospital, and it was a typical ballot, with full privacy, placed in a special envelope that was collected by registered voting staff.

[Taco-Calamitous]

Some pretty funny shit tonight, I gotta say.

[Rocky]

reminder that we could of had this guy in office

Throwback: Gary Johnson Fakes A Heart Attack Over Weed - YouTube

[Clint]

Despite that I chose to eat a chicken salad sandwich rather than vote, I'm glad things turned out well for our future president, Donald J. Trump. I knew the American people were smart enough not to elect a dirty, lying criminal into office. Hopefully all those people who promised to move to Canada if Trump won will leave.

[che]

I voted for Johnson, trying to get that 5%. Sadly, only came to 3%. No way I could have felt great about voting for either Hillary or Trump. And before you say I wasted my vote, Kansas is always red. It was like 64% in favor of Trump. And Trump and Hillary's votes combined were half what Obama received. People didn't even show up. What an awful election, and while I don't think either would get a second term, I also honestly didn't believe Trump would get elected, either. So say he does get two terms, I'm gonna be 38 when that's over. Yikes.

I blame Loaf for not voting.

edit: feel free to delete this if too political. I didn't read any rules before posting, lol

[Taco-Calamitous]

che felt the Johnson.

#feelthejohnson was the best hashtag of the elections. Also, this was my favorite take:

[Michael Swayne]

And now there is a petition for the electors to change their votes from Trump to Clinton when they officially decide who will become the President next month over on Change.org. All this coming about after Clinton won the popular vote. While I respect the system in place, and will most likely go along with whatever actually happens (because here in the backwoods of Ohio, government doesn't really affect our lives THAT much), I still think it is an antiquated system that definitely needs changed or removed to fit this day and age. After all, we are not the same country we were 200+ years ago.

[Pete]

I voted for Trump. I live in one of the bluest of blue areas. I'm voted for Trump because he isn't Hillary and it felt like a legitimate "fuck you" to the current state of affairs in this country. The protests going on are exactly the bullshit that I feel a lot of Trump voters voted against; the hateful sjw type who tried so hard to turn straight white men into the enemy.

My vote for Trump isn't a vote for racism, sexism, rape or bigotry. Those things are all terrible and should not exist in this day and age. My vote was against the special snowflake generation, who gets participation trophies because they took a crap, or who has to invent genders and sexualities to get attention. You're not a gender fluid quasi pansexual corn muffin. You're a 19 year old college freshman and an idiot.

These protests are exactly that, a bunch of millennials who are crying because they didn't get what they want. The real irony is that these people are going out and protesting against hate, but Trump supporters are being attacked physically, which, if I recall, attacking someone for their political beliefs is a hate crime.

Trump isn't going to send the police and military to round up and execute gays and Muslims. Not only is it ridiculous and unconstitutional, but there are good people in this country who would never allow that to happen.

[che]

Nah, it's way beyond that. The working class people of America are sick of the system they can't change. I'm pretty sure everyone, no matter Republican or Democrat (or whatever the hell us 3rd parties are ) feel like they're all corrupt and can't change it. Trump is the wrench in the spokes. So what if his policies (what are they, exactly? because the debates didn't help, another problem!) aren't what we agree with - - it's about sending a message to the people in power who are greedy as fuck. Can you impeach a Vice President, though? Pence is ridiculous.

[Alpha]

I'd vote to get rid of the stupid electoral college; I agree with President-elect Trump: Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy."

[Heartless Angel]

I suppose I would have to know what you intended to replace it with before I could weigh on on the college. If you'd advocate a direct democracy, I'd have to disagree. The U.S. is big. We've got an assload of people, but more importantly, they're spread out across a large area, essentially living in several distinct cultures. A direct democracy would virtually always depend solely on a handful of major cities, while completely ignoring the perspectives of anyone not living in them. While I don't like to see the votes of those cities counting for less, it would be equally disastrous to our electoral process to see every perspective other than those of residents of our most populous cities ignored. This is one of many reasons why our government is a republic, and not a true democracy. Originally we were intended to be a confederacy, of completely independent state governments, but we then decided to go the republic route for the advantages of a strong central government, but we did this in a way designed NOT to make the concerns of any one state go unheard over the voice of the majority. You could argue that that's why every state has equal representation in the senate, regardless of population, but in our government, that's really pretty small. We have the house, which is represented by population, the executive branch, and the SCOTUS. Under a direct democracy, the most populous cities would have complete control over the House, the presidency, and because the president nominates the justices, the SCOTUS. 2 Senators against having no say in any other aspect of our government would be terrible for anyone not living in a big city, and in response to this, no candidate would ever have to consider or appeal to any concerns not present in those cities. A single subculture would completely silence the rest of the nation.

Are there problems in our electoral system? Absolutely, the winner take all system in particular is a travesty. Without that, candidates would actually have to consider states that they presently can just dismiss as either a sure thing or a waste of time. The concept of having a human elector go to cast the vote of the people they're supposed to represent is also pretty stupid, considering literally nothing binds them to actually vote in accordance with the will of the people they're supposed to represent, I think the most harsh penalty for that in any state is a 1000 dollar fine. While they've never actually changed the results of an election, it's pretty fucking ridiculous that 500 random assholes could overrule the votes of millions.

[Taco-Calamitous]

There was one time in 1836 wherein the electoral voters from Virginia refused to vote for the Vice President with the majority vote in their state, because he had an extended relationship with a slave, apparently.

[Heartless Angel]

There have been around 150 electors that abstained or voted against the will of the people, but never enough to change the winner.

[Clint]

I still think it is an antiquated system that definitely needs changed or removed to fit this day and age. After all, we are not the same country we were 200+ years ago.

The electoral college ensures that rural states have an equal say in the election, otherwise whichever candidate wins New York, Miami, LA, or any other major metropolis, would automatically win the election. And the will of a few cities doesn't represent the will of the entire country. Donald Trump won the popular vote in something like 30 states, and that's why he won the election, despite losing the overall popular vote.

I'd vote to get rid of the stupid electoral college; I agree with President-elect Trump: Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy."

An electoral college would indeed be a disaster for a democracy, but America isn't a democracy, it's a representative republic, and electors are our representatives for the election process.

[Pete]

Literally 4 cities shouldn't determine an election, and that's why we go with the electoral college. My city is almost always democrat, either because of rich liberals or poor democrats. Everyone else voted republican.

It literally broke down to economic standing.
Poor people still want their handouts.
Rich people don't care because they really aren't affected
The middle class just wants to keep their jobs and take a smaller dildo up the butt in terms of taxes

[Taco-Calamitous]

I've tried to explain the electoral college a few times to some different people. They accused me of being anti-democracy. They were like, "What if YOUR cause won popular vote but lost the electoral college?" And I was like, "What if you weren't such a douchebag? But we're not dealing in hypotheticals, here." And then I stopped talking to them (I didn't really call the person a douchebag, but yeah).

I could stand to be more patient, I suppose.

[LauriJ]

Trump will turn the USA upside down. You can count me on that.