Originally posted by: biggiesmallz
There is not a reason not to vote!!!!! Worse come to worse write your name in the box as a write in canidate! Or someone else you feel is qualified!
At the very least you got off your ass and voted!
Peace!
Vote or Die!!!
There are plenty of reasons not to vote. In a perfect world everyone would be aware of every candidate and issue being voted on in any given election and would participate. Unfortunately that isn't always possible. You may disagree, but I feel it is better to abstain from voting for a candidate or issue you aren't informed about, be it the President of the United States or for a local judge. Not voting is better than voting for the guy with the best/shortest name, or who is listed first on the ballot. :roll:
Secondly if there is no candidate you find suitable there is nothing wrong with abstaining. Conciously deciding not to cast a vote in spite of being informed of the issues in an election is just as much a vote as anything. There is a difference between people too lazy to be bothered with going to the polls or who are ignorant of the issue at hand, and a person skipping one vote on the ballot because they aren't satisfied with the options given them. We're all adults here and are capable of making that kind of decision. We certainly don't need you to hold our hands, and if you think writing your own name in for the candidate is an intelligent alternative, again I have to :roll: at you.
Voting for the sake of voting isn't a virtue. There is a reason voting isn't compulsory.
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