Protest voters may also want to avoid voting for Roseanne Barr after her extensive attacks on trans women, and go with one of the other third-party candidates (oh hai there Jill Stein).
Thanks, Li. I was about to post exactly the same advice. I was very upset by the things she said — I had no idea that she held such views.
I received a wonderfully ambiguous letter telling me that my vote probably won’t count due to a paperwork foul-up at the Revenue Office where I registered. Bah, indeed.
Americans can’t register at the polls themselves by showing ID and swearing/affirming? Wow. There’s really nothing about this election that makes me not glad to be Canadian.
It varies state to state. There is not a uniform procedure for voter registration for the nation. Here in Minnesota, you can register on election day at a polling place with either a government-issued ID showing your address, a utility bill or other document indicating your name and address, or another neighborhood resident to vouch for your residence. (And since the slimy ‘voter ID’ amendment failed, it looks like you’ll still be able to do that next election cycle, too!)
Aw, man. That sucks. I remember that you were unconvinced about voting in general, but it still sucks to have the decision taken away from you like that.
Yeah, I mean, I thought I registered in time, but I guess not. I had decided to go to the polls for the local races, at least, and to go third party for the presidential.
Virgil Goode would also be a poor choice, if you’re voting third-party, as he’s even more disturbingly right-wing than Romney.
Frankly, you might not have any other choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdpGd74DrBM&feature=youtu.be
No matter what else happens tonight, a woman has finally been elected statewide in one of the big two offices in Massachusetts (Governor, Senator). The curse is over.
Frankly, I am on your political side. But blatantly saying “don’t vote for this guy” doesn’t respect the diversity of thought that your readership may have.
“Frankly, I believe that water is wet. But blatantly saying “water is wet” doesn’t respect the diversity of thought that your readership may have.” Fixed that for ya 😉
My job isn’t to respect the “diversity of thought” that any rando coming across this blog might have. My job is to advocate for women’s rights and for positions that are best for human rights and social justice. And that is not Romney.
Blast, how dare Jill have the nerve to criticise extremists who lecture women on how their bodies work and how they should be forced to bear their rapists’ babies! She needs to be more mainstream and act ladylike and inoffensive instead!
Okay, seriously, the fuck is it with people barging in demanding Jill not have a goddamn opinion in her own goddamn blog? Disagree with the opinion if you want, all you want! Fuck knows I have on occasion – disagreed loudly and rudely, even. But don’t be the kind of unmitigated boor who marches in here and demands she not express herself because TEH HURT FEEWINGS of people who aren’t wearing their Adult Underthings Of Choice. Sorry, just a bit annoyed, between this and the cross-party marriage post’s comments.
Which isn’t to say that everybody demanding Jill change her opinions is immature, naturally. Just…fucking hell, she’s not actually required to be The Opinionless Fount Of Mercy or whatever.
Right? It’s weird. All these accusations of being “judgmental,” all I can think is “Yes…perhaps you mistake the nature of a political blog?”
Indeed. It’s also interesting how I have never, and seriously, NEVER seen this bawwhawwwing happening in the comments section of a blog post by a man. But of course, suggesting that people perceive women’s opinions differently from men’s opinions doesn’t respect the diversity of thought in the trolls/MRAs/anti-feminists/bigots reading my comment, so I would never ever do such a horrible thing!
Congratulations USAians. The good guy won. It’s fascinating watching your electoral shenanigans from Australia. We don’t use any of those half-arsed voting machines. Just a pencil and a ballot paper you put in a box. We also have a federal electoral commission which means elections are run exactly the same everywhere you go. It makes life so simple and not corrupt.
The problem with doing it one way across the nation is this a republic of many states. Each state does things its own way, unless enumerated specifically in the Constitution. It was set up that way purposefully to avoid the Federal government becoming too powerful over the states.
Well, technically only Federal elections are run identically in each state. Each Australian state/territory tends to have slightly different laws for state and local government elections. Personally, I don’t think it’s unreasonable that national elections be nationally consistent (and yes, we’re a federation of multiple states too).
The House races are a disappointment (not a surprise though) but I’m really awed by just how well progressive female leaders did tonight, how well GLBT candidates did, in races where they were at times written off, if they were ever noticed in the first place. It’s one of the rare times that I almost feel like something might be changing. I’m so proud of this country for not casually accepting the unbelievable level of bile spewed about women over this election cycle. I hope that for just one year, we won’t have to hear “legitimate rape” or “that rape thing” ever again.
Hooray for Gay Marriage and stuff, but double plus mega yay for Colorado and Washington for deciding to stop sending innocent folks to jail for smoking weed. I think, as someone who has been pulled through the legal wringer over weed, that’s the big one.
Good Job, folks. I can’t begin to describe how nervous I was for you. I only hope I’m nearly as excited about my own country’s next election.