Registering to vote is so much harder than it should be

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: Tobolo
It's called a Library. You can drop them off free. It's the big building with the paper stories that dont display on a computer screen. But dear God stay away from the MICROFILM!!!

you know they have computers there too right? In more affluent libraries, even the microfiche archive was digitised.

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: Syringer
On the one hand I don't know if I want a lazy couch potato who won't spend 10 minutes of his time to go out to the store and purchase envelopes/stamps to register to determine who our leaders are--but at the same time in a democracy the more higher the participation in theory, the better it is, and if it's possible to register with a few clicks of the mouse it should be possible.

No, it's not true that more participation is better. From what I hear people saying when election time rolls around, they make their choices based on looks, what party the candidate represents and name recognition. My attempts to start discussions about the issues are met with blank stares. They know nil about what the candidates are for or against. That's why I always hope for rain on election day, because I know they are not going to vote due to the excessive hardship of having to go out in the rain.

 

[tw1164]

I'm assuming you have a driver's license, why didn't you sign up then?

 

[Savij]

Originally posted by: Syringer
No one goes to libraries anymore either..young kids out of college like me don't read, and those that do do it all online or order from Amazon.

Basically my point is I'd say I'm less apathetic than at least half the people my age, at least when it comes to the issues, and if I'm this hesitant in going through this process, I can't imagine the mindset that others go through.

You are just as apathetic as every other douche bag around you:

Every other douchebag: I was going to vote but I didn't because it's too hard.
You: I was going to vote but I didn't because it's too hard.

If envelopes and stamps are all that prevent you from exercising your right to vote, you are a lazy, pathetic, piece of trash.

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: Syringer
On the one hand I don't know if I want a lazy couch potato who won't spend 10 minutes of his time to go out to the store and purchase envelopes/stamps to register to determine who our leaders are--but at the same time in a democracy the more higher the participation in theory, the better it is, and if it's possible to register with a few clicks of the mouse it should be possible.

No, it's not true that more participation is better. From what I hear people saying when election time rolls around, they make their choices based on looks, what party the candidate represents and name recognition. My attempts to start discussions about the issues are met with blank stares. They know nil about what the candidates are for or against. That's why I always hope for rain on election day, because I know they are not going to vote due to the excessive hardship of having to go out in the rain.

The people that will ultimately vote with greatest consistency are the old 60+ y/os who are retired with nothing better to do during the day, and from my experience their only source of news is Fox News which definitely makes them more ignorant than your average mid-20s person who watches no news.

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: Savij

Originally posted by: Syringer
No one goes to libraries anymore either..young kids out of college like me don't read, and those that do do it all online or order from Amazon.

Basically my point is I'd say I'm less apathetic than at least half the people my age, at least when it comes to the issues, and if I'm this hesitant in going through this process, I can't imagine the mindset that others go through.

You are just as apathetic as every other douche bag around you:

Every other douchebag: I was going to vote but I didn't because it's too hard.
You: I was going to vote but I didn't because it's too hard.

If envelopes and stamps are all that prevent you from exercising your right to vote, you are a lazy, pathetic, piece of trash.

Clearly you're smarter, more informed, and probably have a larger penis than me so you can help me clarify this--but where did I say that I wasn't voting

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: Syringer
On the one hand I don't know if I want a lazy couch potato who won't spend 10 minutes of his time to go out to the store and purchase envelopes/stamps to register to determine who our leaders are--but at the same time in a democracy the more higher the participation in theory, the better it is, and if it's possible to register with a few clicks of the mouse it should be possible.

No, it's not true that more participation is better. From what I hear people saying when election time rolls around, they make their choices based on looks, what party the candidate represents and name recognition. My attempts to start discussions about the issues are met with blank stares. They know nil about what the candidates are for or against. That's why I always hope for rain on election day, because I know they are not going to vote due to the excessive hardship of having to go out in the rain.

One of my favorite quotes:
"The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill

Instead of closing bars on election day (most states don't anymore), they ought to make it one long happy hour. That way all of the idiots will go to the bar and forget to vote.

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

WAH

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: AccruedExpenditure
WAH

Speaking of people that are too lazy to vote..

 

[acheron]

I registered in VA when I went to the DMV after I moved here. You check a box on the form, and that's about it. And whenever I've moved, the DMV also changes my voting registration address for me when I get a license with my new address. (Which I can do online, at least until my license expires.) It's not hard at all.

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: Syringer

Originally posted by: AccruedExpenditure
WAH

Speaking of people that are too lazy to vote..

ae also?! we're giving the people in san diego a bad name! im actually out the door right now to pick up a registration card from the post office (my situation is somewhat similiar in that i have stamps and envelopes, but no printer). stupid websites...

 

[Savij]

Originally posted by: Syringer

Originally posted by: Savij

Originally posted by: Syringer
No one goes to libraries anymore either..young kids out of college like me don't read, and those that do do it all online or order from Amazon.

Basically my point is I'd say I'm less apathetic than at least half the people my age, at least when it comes to the issues, and if I'm this hesitant in going through this process, I can't imagine the mindset that others go through.

You are just as apathetic as every other douche bag around you:

Every other douchebag: I was going to vote but I didn't because it's too hard.
You: I was going to vote but I didn't because it's too hard.

If envelopes and stamps are all that prevent you from exercising your right to vote, you are a lazy, pathetic, piece of trash.

Clearly you're smarter, more informed, and probably have a larger penis than me so you can help me clarify this--but where did I say that I wasn't voting

Sorry, my reply was a little simplified. You were bitching and complaining about registering being too difficult and told us how your sister did the work for you.

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: Syringer
On the one hand I don't know if I want a lazy couch potato who won't spend 10 minutes of his time to go out to the store and purchase envelopes/stamps to register to determine who our leaders are--but at the same time in a democracy the more higher the participation in theory, the better it is, and if it's possible to register with a few clicks of the mouse it should be possible.

No, it's not true that more participation is better. From what I hear people saying when election time rolls around, they make their choices based on looks, what party the candidate represents and name recognition. My attempts to start discussions about the issues are met with blank stares. They know nil about what the candidates are for or against. That's why I always hope for rain on election day, because I know they are not going to vote due to the excessive hardship of having to go out in the rain.

The way things work these days, voting by party affiliation may be the most reasonable way of voting. "what the candidates are for or against" is a crock. They pander to potential voters but are not held accountable for what they said during campaigning. There's no way to "really" know what they are for or against, or more accurately, what policies they will enact in office, unless you look at the people who are actually pulling the strings of their sock puppet.

 

[TwiceOver]

I just checked the box on my driver's license application. Didn't seem that difficult.

 

[jai6638]

Whats the point of voting anyways? Isn't it only the electoral votes that decide who becomes president?!

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: jai6638
Whats the point of voting anyways? Isn't it only the electoral votes that decide who becomes president?!

Occasionally, just once in a while, the supreme court or house of representatives decide it.

 

[uberman]

It seems like a hassel, but after completing the literacy test and paying the poll tax I was all set.

But, honestly, you should just go to the Registrar of Voters and register. Try the office in Oakland. Registering on the net should be very difficult to impossible. It is a gateway to fraud.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: jai6638
Whats the point of voting anyways? Isn't it only the electoral votes that decide who becomes president?!

Yeah, well someone has to elect the electors.

 

[jai6638]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: jai6638
Whats the point of voting anyways? Isn't it only the electoral votes that decide who becomes president?!

Yeah, well someone has to elect the electors.

[sarcasm]Did a great job with electors who put Bush in power [/sarcasm]

 

[Soundmanred]

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: jai6638
Whats the point of voting anyways? Isn't it only the electoral votes that decide who becomes president?!

Occasionally, just once in a while, the supreme court or house of representatives decide it.

And sometimes, just sometimes, it's Kevin Costner.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Soundmanred

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: jai6638
Whats the point of voting anyways? Isn't it only the electoral votes that decide who becomes president?!

Occasionally, just once in a while, the supreme court or house of representatives decide it.

And sometimes, just sometimes, it's Kevin Costner.

:laugh:

 

[Gooberlx2]

Meh, Usually I do it at the DMV, but I moved and the voting regsitration people came around my work...so I just filled out the forms with them.

I also registered to receive the mail-in ballot. Not having to stand in line for hours at the poll FTW.

 

[Martin]

It was pretty simple here in Canada.

On election day I went to the school where the booths are, told them I am not registered, showed them some ID and a minute later I was voting. And no, it shouldn't be any more complicated than that.

 

[Nitemare]

hmmm...

go to the dmv

they ask if you would like to register to vote

you say yes

they ask for your license and current address and then give you a paper asking for your party preference

you x or write in your party

you leave and go home and kill that spider

 

[Capt Caveman]

When I moved and had to get a parking permit, next door I could register to vote. Took two minutes.

The OP probably shouldn't vote anyways as he's probably too lazy to study the issues to make an informed decision.