tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post833771947367749223..comments2024-03-08T05:08:55.233-05:00Comments on EYE ON MIAMI: How to increase voter turnout? No Vote, No Light … by gimleteyeGeniusofdespairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105559930040615945noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-29174961182240930202014-11-27T22:29:33.391-05:002014-11-27T22:29:33.391-05:00Sorry, if they are too stupid to understand the im...Sorry, if they are too stupid to understand the importance of voting I'm happy with them staying away from the poles. Which is worse, low turnout or low information voters? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-58131675163328253012014-11-27T22:28:14.088-05:002014-11-27T22:28:14.088-05:00Sorry, if they are too stupid to understand the im...Sorry, if they are too stupid to understand the importance of voting I'm happy with them staying away from the poles. Which is worse, low turnout or low information voters? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-90173728430649698642014-11-26T01:09:26.889-05:002014-11-26T01:09:26.889-05:00You know, that is the problem in Ferguson. People...You know, that is the problem in Ferguson. People are not registered to vote, and those who are, are not voting. For a city that is 60% Black, the elected officials, City administration, the police force, the judicial system are all White. That is the problem there. They need to immediately begin massive voter registration drives. At the same time they need to pull together a progressive Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-26101342011594956972014-11-23T22:51:40.206-05:002014-11-23T22:51:40.206-05:00We have to confront the reality of who we are. We...We have to confront the reality of who we are. We are a democracy of the concerned, living in a country where the majority of the people are unconcerned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-13105733489803953692014-11-23T20:23:04.545-05:002014-11-23T20:23:04.545-05:00Democracy as presented to us by the founding fathe...Democracy as presented to us by the founding fathers over time has devolved into just a theoretical construct. Huge numbers of the voting age population who are eligible to vote are not registered to vote, we will call them x. We see the largest voter participation rates in presidential elections when 50% of the registered voters nationwide show up to vote. So x + 50% means that the vast Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-90770827475822539452014-11-23T20:07:52.951-05:002014-11-23T20:07:52.951-05:00Though the though of President Palin stirs a sharp...Though the though of President Palin stirs a sharp bowel movement in me the thought of another Clinton or Bush in the WH makes me want to barf a la exorcist. <br /><br />G.O.D. RIGHT NOT EVERYONE SHOULD VOTECATOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-77719578367565027542014-11-23T17:14:46.781-05:002014-11-23T17:14:46.781-05:00I have an idea. What about a NO VOTE TAX. Everyo...I have an idea. What about a NO VOTE TAX. Everyone who is eligible to vote, and does not register, and then does not vote, would have to pay this tax.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-67251878907852860402014-11-23T10:41:59.237-05:002014-11-23T10:41:59.237-05:00From the very beginning of this republic voting wa...From the very beginning of this republic voting was meant to be for the privileged male. This attitude has not changed for the rabbit right til today.<br />Other bones of contention:<br />Redistricting, utterly corrupt.<br />Winner take all, leaving minority's begging and treated like Palestinians in their own land.<br />Fraudulent & misleading posting of ballot questions.<br />Candidate Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-74725607165886120702014-11-23T10:22:18.266-05:002014-11-23T10:22:18.266-05:00LOL Steve wouldn't have voted for Obama only b...LOL Steve wouldn't have voted for Obama only because he was black? <br /><br />So how do you feel about the millions who voted for him only because he IS black including a lot of liberals and virtually every black in the country. <br /><br />Sort of makes the point about the stupidity of the voter. <br /><br />However there is a phenomenon known as wisdom of the crowd. Google it.. basically Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-83302054488040607612014-11-23T09:02:05.698-05:002014-11-23T09:02:05.698-05:00The freedom to be stupid is an American virtue... ...The freedom to be stupid is an American virtue... We cannot penalize those who do not vote... It would be unpatriotic to do so... Our country was founded on the basis of rebels who were being persecuted and sought freedom...<br /><br />I do believe in the cost savings of going to an all mail system. It really is is a great opportunity for everyone to save time and money...<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-23073256004743520692014-11-23T08:32:28.758-05:002014-11-23T08:32:28.758-05:00You DO NOT WANT EVERYONE VOTING. I knew a guy name...You DO NOT WANT EVERYONE VOTING. I knew a guy named stupid Steve. I worked with him and called him that. His most famous quote "Hitler ain't a bad guy." Anyway while questioning stupid Steve about The Supreme Court (he did not know what it was), I said "Do you vote?" He said "No." I said that is the most responsible thing you can do. I am proud of you.<br />To Geniusofdespairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105559930040615945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-32786032665540022952014-11-23T00:42:36.374-05:002014-11-23T00:42:36.374-05:00You know, I hadn't thought of food stamps. Bu...You know, I hadn't thought of food stamps. But that might be something only first class citizens could get. Voting would be a small price to pay to get food. That would work with very poor people, but what about medical doctors, nurses, teachers, professors, business people, engineers, accountants, and a whole lot of other middle class Americans?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-72139413713356527592014-11-22T22:57:17.996-05:002014-11-22T22:57:17.996-05:00A separate study, requested by the presidential co...A separate study, requested by the presidential commission from the nonpartisan Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, noted state-by-state voting problems and highlighted issues in Miami-Dade as well as in Orlando’s Orange County and Tampa’s Hillsborough County. Among them: insufficient electronic poll registries to check-in voters at precincts, cramped early-voting sites in small Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-79306364772502009042014-11-22T18:32:12.644-05:002014-11-22T18:32:12.644-05:00Proportional representation. Then your vote counts...Proportional representation. Then your vote counts.<br />I am an immigrant and I've voted every election since I became a citizen, always the lesser of two idiots. I firmly believe the US is wasted on native born Americans.Conchscooterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08016331487463993200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-10664653561343399292014-11-22T18:17:38.675-05:002014-11-22T18:17:38.675-05:00at the very least make the November Presidential a...at the very least make the November Presidential and Mid-term elections a paid holiday -- I don't think that requires an amendment -- and then have lots of public service announcements about voting. Maybe stores (coffee shops, yogurt places, etc.) could give people free lattes or something if they come in wearing one of the I voted stickers. That might be a better use of some of the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-36380959862235343322014-11-22T18:16:58.497-05:002014-11-22T18:16:58.497-05:00What the libs really want to impose is no vote no ...What the libs really want to impose is no vote no food stamps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-60632987854549250132014-11-22T17:16:39.117-05:002014-11-22T17:16:39.117-05:00We can do what we want. Take away as many freedom...We can do what we want. Take away as many freedoms as we want, because you don't vote! You don't count, are invisible, and don't exist. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-70537191421229991562014-11-22T16:58:30.047-05:002014-11-22T16:58:30.047-05:002014 GENERAL ELECTION INVALID WRITE IN NAMES, ORAN...2014 GENERAL ELECTION INVALID WRITE IN NAMES, ORANGE COUNTY FLORIDA<br />INVALID WRITE IN NAME:<br />?/ABSTAIN/NA/NEITHER/NONE/NO<br />OPINION/NO VOTE/NOBODY/NONE OF THE<br />ABOVE/NEW ONE/ANYONE ELSE<br />US REP 8, US REP 9-11, US REP 10-12, GOVERNOR-73, AGRICULTURE-29, FL REP 46-39, SCHOOL-401, TOTAL 565<br /><br />JEB BUSH US REP 10-1, GOVERNOR-58, FL REP 46-5, SCHOOL-13, TOTAL 77<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-87786142062992823882014-11-22T16:15:26.416-05:002014-11-22T16:15:26.416-05:00I don't think people should be forced to vote....I don't think people should be forced to vote. If you have maybe four different classes of citizenship, those who do not wish to exercise the voting franchise would be 4th class citizens. And certain things would be available to them, and certain other things wouldn't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-37514141751259157002014-11-22T16:11:38.599-05:002014-11-22T16:11:38.599-05:00YOU ALL ARE F*&^ING? NUTS?
Force people to vo...YOU ALL ARE F*&^ING? NUTS?<br /><br />Force people to vote? REALLY?????<br />Rather that cutting off peoples electricity, threatening to chop their nuts off or fining them into destitution for not voting for the "lesser of two evils" why not just ad a choice NOTA (None of the Above). Maybe just maybe more people will show up to show their displeasure with all the idiots those of us Get A Gripnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-91133265646148949892014-11-22T15:10:46.877-05:002014-11-22T15:10:46.877-05:00Compulsory Voting
(Like Compulsory Tax Filing)
M...Compulsory Voting <br />(Like Compulsory Tax Filing) <br />May Be The Answer<br /><br />It is indeed sad to witness the low voter turnout in the USA after all the years of wars, deaths and injuries that many citizens have endured for that precious right to vote. We tolerate a 50% attendance at the polls, while other newly democratic countries receive 80-95%. It is compulsory for all citizens to Harry Emilio Gottliebnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-59666811792069582082014-11-22T15:06:35.104-05:002014-11-22T15:06:35.104-05:00Only massive advertising campaigns can get the vot...Only massive advertising campaigns can get the vote out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-24602139707436029532014-11-22T14:36:14.599-05:002014-11-22T14:36:14.599-05:00Yes.
I have voted in every election great and sma...Yes.<br /><br />I have voted in every election great and small since I have become voting age. I am now middle-aged. If the turn-out is 1% in Miami-Dade County, I am in it. People like me have carried the load for this community for a very long time, while others have been non-concerned and irresponsible. <br /><br />Since only the people who vote really count, and that is a small group of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-57727915536920731102014-11-22T14:20:16.217-05:002014-11-22T14:20:16.217-05:00It would take a constitutional amendment to put th...It would take a constitutional amendment to put that in place. So a new immigrant who just becomes a new citizen, could skip over the majority of existing Americans who don't vote and don't count, and become a 1st class citizen by simply voting in every election?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-13450003623289975942014-11-22T13:45:43.848-05:002014-11-22T13:45:43.848-05:00I see what you mean. People who only vote every 4...I see what you mean. People who only vote every 4 years in presidential elections should be second class citizens because they don't participate in the full franchise. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com