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I Voted!
Posted: October 29th, 2008, 10:30 am
by kaci_beeler
I did, I voted!
This was my first time to vote in a presidential election.
My voting machine had a blinking red "vote" light that beeped at you.
Re: I Voted!
Posted: October 29th, 2008, 10:44 am
by Justin D.
kaci_beeler wrote:I did, I voted!
This was my first time to vote in a presidential election.
My voting machine had a blinking red "vote" light that beeped at you.
A red light? Oh no! You did it wrong!
Posted: October 29th, 2008, 11:01 am
by Wesley
I voted the first hour of the first early voting day so that I could go ahead and officially wash my hands of this filthy, nasty election.
Plus, that was just two more weeks I got to stop listening to jack all about the election. I'd already voted, none of the stories really mean much to me now.
Posted: October 29th, 2008, 11:08 am
by gene
I voted to re-elect Justin Davis as President of Omaha.
Who voted straight party and who went down the entire ballot?
Posted: October 29th, 2008, 11:10 am
by erin
i voted like a mofo. it felt awesome.
Posted: October 29th, 2008, 11:16 am
by Wesley
I wound up voting straight ticket (for the first time ever), but I did so by going through the entire ballot and clicking on the party I wanted in each race, not with the straight ticket button (nor will I ever use that button).
I did break with my party on Prop 2, though, so I guess straight party only so far as candidates go, but on the Propositions I went a different direction and did not support my party's stance.
Posted: October 29th, 2008, 11:20 am
by Roy Janik
Wesley wrote:I wound up voting straight ticket (for the first time ever), but I did so by going through the entire ballot and clicking on the party I wanted in each race, not with the straight ticket button (nor will I ever use that button).
Same here. AND agreed. That damned straight ticket shit has no place on the ballot.
Posted: October 29th, 2008, 12:00 pm
by Justin D.
gene wrote:I voted to re-elect Justin Davis as President of Omaha.
Who voted straight party and who went down the entire ballot?
I appreciate your vote and promise to make you proud of my administration, which consists solely of me and me.
Posted: October 29th, 2008, 4:04 pm
by Roy Janik
The most awesome election-related video I've seen yet. Add in a few more sound effects and a backbeat, and you've got a Negativland piece:
http://video.236.com/services/link/bcpi ... 1885473979
You've really got to pay attention... to words.
Posted: October 29th, 2008, 5:29 pm
by Justin D.
Voted a few hours ago. It was easy and fast. No waiting at all at one of the early mega-voting centers across from Lamme's Candies on Airport Blvd.
Posted: October 29th, 2008, 6:34 pm
by Jeff
Roy Janik wrote:Add in a few more sound effects and a backbeat, and you've got a Negativland piece:
AAaaagghhh! You said Negativland!!! My favorite Nonradioheadband!
Posted: October 29th, 2008, 9:01 pm
by eboknee
I'm going to vote tomorrow.
I had to study what the propostions were.
During the primaries I voted for the first time.
However I voted blindly and regreted not seeing what was on the ballot before hand.
Actually it's interesting because on San Antonio's ballot, we're voting for extending term limits of members of city council. And my Texas Politics teacher is a member of the city council herself. So she's giving me every reason to vote in her favor...but I'm still digging at why possibly not.
And I have to stage a debate about term limits as well; I'm on the team that argues there are cons in the extentions. So I hope she doesn't carry any bias towards us because we could be influential to undecided persons in our class.
I'd like to be in favor of an extention, if only that extention came with stronger checks and balances for the council members and raise in pay.
Posted: October 29th, 2008, 9:13 pm
by eboknee
Roy Janik wrote:Wesley wrote:I wound up voting straight ticket (for the first time ever), but I did so by going through the entire ballot and clicking on the party I wanted in each race, not with the straight ticket button (nor will I ever use that button).
Same here. AND agreed. That damned straight ticket shit has no place on the ballot.
I'm kinda paranoid about voting on a str8 ticket.
A friend of mine was saying either during Kerry or Gore, democratic str8 tickets were thrown out as if they were provisional votes.
Her paranioa=My paranoia.
And then ex-GOP operative Allen Raymond was on the latest Real Time With Bill Maher and explained how he and the GOP in the 00s disenfranchised millions of black voters.
Posted: October 29th, 2008, 10:05 pm
by Asaf
I voted mostly my party with the occasional third party vote in smaller offices to help build up their viability.
We sooooooo need more than a two-party system.
Posted: October 29th, 2008, 10:09 pm
by bradisntclever
I voted earlier today at the Hancock Center. There was hardly anyone there. In fact, aside from a small herd of the elderly, I found myself in line between members of the Austin band Voxtrot.