Disappointing voter turnout in my precinct.

Platapus · 11-04-10, 06:05 PM

Once again I was an election official during this election. Had a blast. I can highly recommend it. Working 17 hours straight to make democracy work

It makes you feel good.

By the end of the night, we only had 38% of the registered voters in my precinct (about 3800) vote. 1382 was the exact number.

I think that is pretty sad.

There are people around the world begging for a chance to vote and we don't.

There are people literally risking death and in fact dying while standing in line to vote in some places in the world. But we won't get up early or risk missing our evening TV shows to be bothered to vote.

We have thousands of dead military who died to ensure that we have the right to vote and who would probably prefer not being dead in order to vote, but we won't risk standing in the cold in order to vote.

It just saddens me to see such low voter turnout.

Everyone likes to bitch about the government, but I guess it does not bother them enough to vote.

No wonder why our representatives feel that they are not accountable to the citizens, evidently the citizens (at least 60%) really don't care about how our government is run.

And that makes me sad also.

11-04-10, 06:05 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,380 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Disappointing voter turnout in my precinct. Once again I was an election official during this election. Had a blast. I can highly recommend it. Working 17 hours straight to make democracy work It makes you feel good. By the end of the night, we only had 38% of the registered voters in my precinct (about 3800) vote. 1382 was the exact number. I think that is pretty sad. There are people around the world begging for a chance to vote and we don't. There are people literally risking death and in fact dying while standing in line to vote in some places in the world. But we won't get up early or risk missing our evening TV shows to be bothered to vote. We have thousands of dead military who died to ensure that we have the right to vote and who would probably prefer not being dead in order to vote, but we won't risk standing in the cold in order to vote. It just saddens me to see such low voter turnout. Everyone likes to bitch about the government, but I guess it does not bother them enough to vote. No wonder why our representatives feel that they are not accountable to the citizens, evidently the citizens (at least 60%) really don't care about how our government is run. And that makes me sad also. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.