Don't normally post political stuff, but good luck with the election guys.
Quote from: Willybomb on November 03, 2020, 04:53:06 AM
Don't normally post political stuff, but good luck with the election guys.
What goes down in the USA affects all us outsiders whether we like it or not... good luck on many fronts.
dave
It has been miserable, just looking to a conclusion at this point ...
My early voting experience included demonstrators clogging the sidewalks and parking lots of the polling location with endless horn honking of support coming from the street. Demonstrators were waving their candidate's campaign flags, Confederate battle flags, with a few Gadsden flags mixed in. Oddly missing was the American flag.
I'm glad my early voting experience was fairly painless (other than wrist strain from filling in the bubbles for 49 judges).
Didn't want to mail it in, so, drove to city hall and dropped it off. About 5 minutes to get there, about 2 minutes to figure out where the box was (in a sub-basement, apparently the county recorder doesn't get to see daylight), and about 10 minutes trying to get out of the parking lot. Yay rush hour.
Took about 2 days to get confirmed as received, and a day further to get the signature verified.
Aaaand tomorrow I get to put the sticker on. Huzzah.
My nerves are shot. I am exhausted. Voted early in person about a week ago. Hiding inside today. I have never feared that a US election may result in violence until this year.
Quote from: EBK on November 03, 2020, 11:49:35 AM
I have never feared that a US election may result in violence until this year.
I don't like to speak politics as it is too touchy of a subject however, THIS^^^ is truely a sad thing. It is shameful that people have to live like this. Worried about possible violence after an election. Businesses in cities all around the country are boarding up their properties in anticipation of this. Truely shameful that grown ups cannot control their actions and act accordingly. Peaceful protest is something that should be had if you disagree with results and that is what we are being told al the time. "They are all peaceful protestors" however, the reactions from the community expose the hypocrisy. They all know that there are those who will cause mayhem and destruction. So sad!
I had a really pleasant (early) voting experience. Nice day, only waited about 45 minutes, talked to the lady in front of me (not about politics). There was a goofball in line wearing a QAnon t-shit and I wondered if they might not let him in (I guess it's debatable whether or not that constitutes a political display which you are not supposed to do in a voting line) but no one bothered him. No yelling, confrontations, or any of that nonsense. Hendersonville is really conservative but mostly pretty chill. I guess we'll see if that holds after today however things go.
Also, let's not get too far into the weeds with this discussion. At least not yet.
Sadly I can only perceive that it will end in violence.
Personally I hope Biden wins, I think it will be extremely intriguing whether the trojan horse theory works out.
I mailed in my ballot from overseas a while back. Did eventually get confirmation it was received. We were a little worried for a while that there wouldn't be any outgoing mail, because it's been spotty since April, but it worked out.
It would be sad to see any violence come of this. I really hope it doesn't come to that. I'm way ahead of the states as far as time so I'm going to be checking the news first thing in the morning.
I dropped my ballot off at the drop box a few weeks ago. It was pretty uneventful and I'm fine with that.
Quote from: Matmosphere on November 03, 2020, 02:16:28 PM
.......I'm way ahead of the states as far as time so I'm going to be checking the news first thing in the morning.
Are you from the future, will you know before we do???
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Quote from: jimilee on November 03, 2020, 03:54:50 PM
Quote from: Matmosphere on November 03, 2020, 02:16:28 PM
.......I'm way ahead of the states as far as time so I'm going to be checking the news first thing in the morning.
Are you from the future, will you know before we do???
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Sorry but, this made me laugh WAYY too hard ;D
As dave said, this vote affects everyone, also outside the US, and I have been following with some interest.
I hope everyone can cast their vote in a fair and orderly manner without fear of Covid, annoying or even aggressive protestors/enthusiasts of either party or riots in the aftermath. One thing I can actually agree with Trump is his "vote, vote, vote" message he's putting out over the last weeks. I think that the possibility to vote and to be able to rely on fair results should be taken as a civic duty, if that's the right term. Still far too many places where this is not the usual thing.
it's also gonna be the first thing I'm checking tomorrow morning.
I voted in person today. Just a mere hour and 45 min wait.
Quote from: Aentons on November 03, 2020, 08:07:47 PM
I voted in person today. Just a mere hour and 45 min wait.
Me too, but we were lucky to be in and out in about 15 minutes! Would have waited all day if I had to, though.
Quote from: jimilee on November 03, 2020, 03:54:50 PM
Quote from: Matmosphere on November 03, 2020, 02:16:28 PM
.......I'm way ahead of the states as far as time so I'm going to be checking the news first thing in the morning.
Are you from the future, will you know before we do???
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Damn, you are onto me.
I might be saying to much but...... 256 stage phasers will become a reality within the next ten years.
Quote from: m-Kresol on November 03, 2020, 06:32:19 PM
it's also gonna be the first thing I'm checking tomorrow morning.
The tally as of tonight won't mean anything. There are an extremely high number of absentee ballots. Check back in like a week and a half.
Has been a horrible experience and city of Chicago and Homeland were both advising to shutter key sites at midnight last night thru Wed night. We've devolved into a 3rd world country. This isn't how democracy or freedom of expression works. It's a platform for assholes.
That said I voted early two weeks ago (I think, time is sort of irrelevant lately) and was a peaceful 10 minute wait and all the folks around me were very cool. I wanted to get in early in case I got hit by a bus, this is likely the most important ballot I've cast.
The whole electoral college instead of popular vote just pisses me right off.
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Quote from: jimilee on November 03, 2020, 11:47:32 PM
The whole electoral college instead of popular vote just pisses me right off.
Well, it's basically one state away from being a thing of the past. There are several states that are not swing states that haven't signed it, including some like Minnesotta that are, let's say, "politically predisposed" in the aggregate to support such a thing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
The electoral college is severely misunderstood and demonized by tyrants who are devoted to mob rule. When electors began to lump their votes for the state popular vote winner, rather than by district, Hamilton, Madison, and Jefferson were appalled and considered another amendment, but it was too late by then.
The United States is not a democracy, but a republic. Democracies follow the will of the mob, while a republic [supposedly] defends the rights of the minority. Our system of limited government was designed to secure and protect the rights of the people, not to hand out and remove rights on a whim. The electoral college, much like the senate, are purposefully undemocratic, to ensure that each states' sovereignty is respected, and minority rights are not trampled by a few megacities. Small states that sign on to the National Popular Vote compact are voting to cede their citizens voices and sovereignty to the same big cities that hate them and call them flyover country.
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The United States is more than a handful of crime and poverty infested corrupt cities dominated by the techno-Bolsheviks, and the electoral college is the only thing standing in the way from those same cities dominating the entire country.
P.S. I voted for Trump, not that it matters here in Kommiefornia. But I still had to ensure I voted against all the insane tax increases and regulations the Dems and their Public Employee Union stooges put on the ballot.
Quote from: skyled on November 04, 2020, 03:51:58 AM
P.S. I voted for Trump, not that it matters here in Kommiefornia. But I still had to ensure I voted against all the insane tax increases and regulations the Dems and their Public Employee Union stooges put on the ballot.
This is exactly the kind of shit I requested we not devovle in to.