Hmm we're getting ready for a federal election here. Being able to pre poll, or vote early I made a move and got the job done. My back dislikes many things, and standing around in queues tends to be one of them. But
as usual I see no one worth voting for... we have the regular left and right parties labour and liberal respectively who in this day and age
are almost photocopies of each other... as well as assorted other crackpots. So I say, "The Informal Party" needs your vote.... VOTE [1]
for the Donkey. :P
Just to note, our Donkey has no relation to a party, its merely a vote that is either numbered from 1....x down the page, or an informal vote, which is either blank, or you add your own electee, like Don Key. :)
Spec the disenfranchised.
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Hmm we're getting ready for a federal election here. Being able to pre poll, or vote early I made a move and got the job done. My back dislikes many things, and standing around in queues tends to be one of them. But as usual I see no one worth voting for... we have the regular left and right parties labour and liberal respectively who in this day and age are almost photocopies of each other... as well as assorted other crackpots. So I say, "The Informal Party" needs your vote.... VOTE [1] for the Donkey. :P
Just to note, our Donkey has no relation to a party, its merely a vote that is either numbered from 1....x down the page, or an informal vote, which is either blank, or you add your own electee, like Don Key. :)
Spec the disenfranchised.
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Aren't Donkeys Democrats and Rhinos Republicans?
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Aren't Donkeys Democrats and Rhinos Republicans?
Aren't Donkeys Democrats and Rhinos Republicans?
Aren't Donkeys Democrats and Rhinos Republicans?
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Aren't Donkeys Democrats and Rhinos Republicans?
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When people talk about donkey votes, they talk about invalid votes purposedly cast in an invalid state as a protest.
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I thought it was effluents.....but the answer is, you either didn't read, or don't believe the message... no, we don't have democrats or republicans... not being a republic....
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What country are you from then?
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The best way to protest is Australia is to vote for minor parties (and NOT
boraxman wrote to The Millionaire <=-
Aren't Donkeys Democrats and Rhinos Republicans?
$ The Millionaire $
Voting is compulsory in Australia, so even if you don't want to vote
for anyone, you still have to turn up to a voting booth and have your
name checked off. I don't know what happens if you just walk out then without submitting a ballot, but for those who are in a position of
having to cast a vote, and not actually wanting to do one, a 'donkey
vote' is a way out.
The best way to protest is Australia is to vote for minor parties (an
But then you're generally voting for the crackpots, and those you might otherwise call morons, but that'd be a slight to all the real morons or even low grade morons out there.
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boraxman wrote to The Millionaire <=-
Aren't Donkeys Democrats and Rhinos Republicans?
$ The Millionaire $
Voting is compulsory in Australia, so even if you don't want to vote for anyone, you still have to turn up to a voting booth and have your name checked off. I don't know what happens if you just walk out the without submitting a ballot, but for those who are in a position of having to cast a vote, and not actually wanting to do one, a 'donkey vote' is a way out.
Being in Oregon...the whole state has been voting by mail for around 20 years. Myself...not a Democrat or Republican...but a member of the Progressive party, Means I couldn't vote for candidates of either of these two parties because of what they call a closed primary allows you
to either vote for those in the party you are registered with. Other states have open primaries where anyone who is registered can vote for whoever.
My question is...does the government allow you to vote by mail or
absentee (can't vote in person...so you vote beforehand)?
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My question is...does the government allow you to vote by mail or absentee (can't vote in person...so you vote beforehand)?
difference isn't as much as it appears. The Liberals APPEAR smarter and more professional.
Voting for the "crazies" scares them, and they should be scared of us.
The Millionaire wrote to Spectre <=-
Oops. Elephants are Republicans.
boraxman wrote to ACMEBBS <=-
On 13 May 2022 at 01:44a, ACMEBBS pondered and said...
Being in Oregon...the whole state has been voting by mail for around 20 years. Myself...not a Democrat or Republican...but a member of the Progressive party, Means I couldn't vote for candidates of either of these two parties because of what they call a closed primary allows you
to either vote for those in the party you are registered with. Other states have open primaries where anyone who is registered can vote for whoever.
My question is...does the government allow you to vote by mail or
absentee (can't vote in person...so you vote beforehand)?
Yes, you can vote beforehand in person or by mail if you're not going
to be available to vote on the day.
Spectre wrote to ACMEBBS <=-
My question is...does the government allow you to vote by mail or absentee (can't vote in person...so you vote beforehand)?
Yes they do, there are limitations, by being somewhere else on the day, overseas or interstate, and health concerns. You can vote in person
early at pre poll stations or get a postal ballot. In practice the limitations are minimal, they only ask you if you feel you qualify for early voting, no one actually checks the details of why.
Being in Oregon...the whole state has been voting by mail for around 20 years. Myself...not a Democrat or Republican...but a member of the
Oops. Elephants are Republicans.
RINO = Republican in name only.
But a rhino **does** sort of look like a cross between an elephant and a donkey.
difference isn't as much as it appears. The Liberals APPEAR smarter more professional.
They appear to shoot themselves in the vegetables slightly less often,
but whether that's because they're smarter or just lucky I don't know.
Voting for the "crazies" scares them, and they should be scared of us
Being the good ol' two party preferred system though, most of those preferences will still ultimately filter through to one of the two main parties, or if you're an unlucky labour contender to the greens... so you've either got to preference everyone or just give it a miss..
Spec
Yes they do, there are limitations, by being somewhere else on the da overseas or interstate, and health concerns. You can vote in person early at pre poll stations or get a postal ballot. In practice the limitations are minimal, they only ask you if you feel you qualify fo early voting, no one actually checks the details of why.
Thank you for the information.
Especially in some of the more backward parts of the USA...the fundamentalists are doing everything they can to make sure that
non-WASP's can't do this. For instance...in the past when I lived in Oklahoma...you could request an absentee ballot...but they would throw a fit for anything but being elderly or in the hospital. From what I hear...things haven't changed much. ... What is mind? No matter! What is matter? Never mind! - Homer S. --- MultiMail/Win v0.52
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Nightfox wrote to ACMEBBS <=-
Re: Re: boring stuff...
By: ACMEBBS to boraxman on Fri May 13 2022 01:44 am
Being in Oregon...the whole state has been voting by mail for around 20 years. Myself...not a Democrat or Republican...but a member of the
That's cool. I'm also in Oregon. :) I thought it was funny to hear people in other states debating about allowing voting by mail, and
people saying they worry that voting by mail could make it easier to commit voting fraud. In the last 20 years, I haven't heard of Oregon running into a major case of voting fraud (at least if there was, it
seems nobody has said anything).
boraxman wrote to ACMEBBS <=-
take it all with a grain of salt. Politics there seems incredibly
toxic and the society very divided, with two ideological camps, each framing facts through their own lens.
Thank you for letting me know you're here as well. Of all the places I've lived...have found Oregon has been the one place where I've been happy the most. Don't get me wrong...things aren't perfect...but having lived in the Bible Noose and other places like that (such as Idaho/Oklahoma/Texas)...the only other place I would head to in a heart beat would be outside the US. Would love to be in person with Avon or where my ancestors originally came from (UK/Switzerland & such) in the 17/18th century.
ACMEBBS wrote to Spectre <=-
Especially in some of the more backward parts of the USA...the fundamentalists are doing everything they can to make sure that
non-WASP's can't do this. For instance...in the past when I lived in Oklahoma...you could request an absentee ballot...but they would throw
a fit for anything but being elderly or in the hospital. From what I hear...things haven't changed much.
Nightfox wrote to ACMEBBS <=-
Re: Re: boring stuff...
By: ACMEBBS to Nightfox on Sat May 14 2022 12:18 am
Thank you for letting me know you're here as well. Of all the places I've lived...have found Oregon has been the one place where I've been happy the most. Don't get me wrong...things aren't perfect...but having lived in the Bible Noose and other places like that (such as Idaho/Oklahoma/Texas)...the only other place I would head to in a heart beat would be outside the US. Would love to be in person with Avon or where my ancestors originally came from (UK/Switzerland & such) in the 17/18th century.
I was born in Oregon and grew up here. But I have some ancestry from Europe as well (UK, Ireland, Germany, Russia).
I'm basically happy here. Also, a main reason I've stayed in Oregon is that most of my friends and immediate family are still here.
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to ACMEBBS <=-
ACMEBBS wrote to Spectre <=-
Especially in some of the more backward parts of the USA...the fundamentalists are doing everything they can to make sure that
non-WASP's can't do this. For instance...in the past when I lived in Oklahoma...you could request an absentee ballot...but they would throw
a fit for anything but being elderly or in the hospital. From what I hear...things haven't changed much.
Come to California. Everyone gets a mail-in ballot, and you can drop
it off in a ballot box if you don't want to use the postal service.
Re: Re: boring stuff...
By: ACMEBBS to Nightfox on Sat May 14 2022 12:18 am
Thank you for letting me know you're here as well. Of all the places I've lived...have found Oregon has been the one place where I've been happy the most. Don't get me wrong...things aren't perfect...but having lived in the
ACMEBBS wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Same thing here. The local libraries keep their outer lobbies open
around the clock with a drop box during election time.
Re: Re: boring stuff...
By: ACMEBBS to boraxman on Fri May 13 2022 01:44 am
Being in Oregon...the whole state has been voting by mail for around 20 years. Myself...not a Democrat or Republican...but a member of the
That's cool. I'm also in Oregon. :) I thought it was funny to hear people other states debating about allowing voting by mail, and people saying they worry that voting by mail could make it easier to commit voting fraud. In t last 20 years, I haven't heard of Oregon running into a major case of voting fraud (at least if there was, it seems nobody has said anything).
Nightfox
ACMEBBS wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Compared to other places I've lived...seems like they go out of their
way to make voting easy. The only thing I don't like is the closed primaries.
ACMEBBS wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Compared to other places I've lived...seems like they go out of their way to make voting easy. The only thing I don't like is the closed primaries.
Primaries, in general, are a problem that needs to be solved.
If you have open primaries, it's too easy for people in the opposing party vote for the least qualified candidate - effectively causing good candidates be "primaried out".
The closed primaries are more secure, but if you aren't a registered member the party, you can't vote for any candidates.
Here in Michigan, our problem is that the Democrats have a closed primary an the Republicans have an open one. I think you can see the problem there.
It's no wonder that in many elections, my choice is between Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum.
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poindexter FORTRAN wrote to ACMEBBS <=-
ACMEBBS wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Same thing here. The local libraries keep their outer lobbies open
around the clock with a drop box during election time.
I worked in local government for a stint, and the library people got
my highest respect. I've never seen a government organization as
focused on helping people.
I don't mean the end result, as one could argue that there are local
government organizations doing a lot of good for people. But, they
often seemed like they're punching a clock and following a process.
The library organization was focused on making tax dollars help
people.
My manager referred to them as "county-run homeless shelters". I
didn't last long there.
Dr. What wrote to ACMEBBS <=-
ACMEBBS wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Compared to other places I've lived...seems like they go out of their
way to make voting easy. The only thing I don't like is the closed primaries.
Primaries, in general, are a problem that needs to be solved.
If you have open primaries, it's too easy for people in the opposing party to vote for the least qualified candidate - effectively causing
good candidates to be "primaried out".
The closed primaries are more secure, but if you aren't a registered member of the party, you can't vote for any candidates.
Here in Michigan, our problem is that the Democrats have a closed
primary and the Republicans have an open one. I think you can see the problem there.
It's no wonder that in many elections, my choice is between Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum.
ACMEBBS wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Can see that. On the other hand...there have been times when I didn't
have internet access or didn't want to go home to get away from the garbage going n.
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to ACMEBBS <=-
ACMEBBS wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Can see that. On the other hand...there have been times when I didn't
have internet access or didn't want to go home to get away from the garbage going n.
Libraries are a great place to get some head-down quiet workspace,
too.
Can see that. On the other hand...there have been times when I didn't
have internet access or didn't want to go home to get away from the garbage going n.
Libraries are a great place to get some head-down quiet workspace,
too.
It may be different in different countries but in the US republicans
are usually represented by elephants. |03->
Republicans are elephants....
The library organization was focused on making tax dollars help
people.
My manager referred to them as "county-run homeless shelters". I
didn't last long there.
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