Disappointing voter turnout in my precinct.

[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by the_tyrant

why can't people internet vote or phone vote?
It would increase voter turnout drastically

Use absentee ballots if you want to vote on your own time. And the issues are too complicated for many (me) to understand well by design, just like taxes. This confusion allows people to be swayed by sound bites and red herring points. I try to avoid that by never reading anything sent in the mail except the voter guides for both the significant parties. The tripe goes from the mailbox to the recycling instantly.

[Platapus]

I used to hate voting in California in the 80's

We used to have issues worded thus,

Should the State Legislation be prevented from enacting legislation that would reverse the remanding of the exception to the law restricting tax expenditures increases to no more than an increase of 4% from the 1980 proposition xx which was not enacted.

HUH????

[Ducimus]

OH good christ, the attack ad's here suck. You NEVER hear anything positive. EVERYTHING is negative. But since california has this proposition system where's props are passed by the people, and props can only be removed by a majority vote of the people. Governer can't do jack about it.
The states constitution needs to be tossed out the window and rewritten.

Hence the unoffical fun name, " The peoples republic of california", and with as many special interests as we have here, funds get diverted every which way from props. (aside from illegal immigration, probably one of the biggest reasons californas broke) The attack ads are henious, and constant.
That's just the propositions.... never mind the candidates. Im willing to bet poor voter turn out is for two reasons:

1.) A belief ( which i share), that Sh*ts screwed anyway, doesn't matter who gets into office.

2.) Majorly turned off by attack ads. The republicans really need to get away from the constant rhetoric. No solutions, no practical talk, just rhetoric. Democrates offer solutions at least, but then they do some crap thats a little too bleeding heart for my tastes.

Insert carlin clip here.

[August]

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

Use absentee ballots if you want to vote on your own time.

I have a problem with absentee ballots for everyone. It's just too easy to collect votes by bribe and trickery.

Let every voter make his own decisions in a private voting booth away from outside influences and at least be sober enough to walk on his own into a polling place and go through the mechanics of voting.