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Nov 04, 2008 14:40

NQH and I got up at 5:45 this morning to go vote. Polls here open at 6, and our local station is only a 5 min walk from the house, which is nice. We got there just around 6 to find a line through the parking lot, down the street, and around the corner. Part of the reason we wanted to vote so early is so we wouldn't have to wait in line and could ( Read more... )

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quintos November 4 2008, 20:21:52 UTC

lol, and that's why I vote absentee.

Also because I live abroad.

But NQH voted for Nader? O.o I don't think I've ever known anyone who had voted for Nader. And I may not know NQH, but this is the closest I've come to knowing someone who has voted for Nader.

evareia November 4 2008, 20:51:38 UTC

Lol. I voted absentee in '04 since I had just moved and hadn't switched my voter registration. It was really nice to vote in my living room - no getting up early, no lines. :)

NQH votes for Nader because 1) Nader is much more economically and socially left than Obama; and 2) because he dislikes the 2-party system we're locked into, and this is his way of protesting. I remind him every 4 years that his protest is largely futile because the US will never embrace a 3rd party until we go to a direct-election system, but he doesn't care.

I actually prefer Nader's (or another Independent or Green) views on most issues, but since I'm in a "battleground state" I'm not taking any chances that McSame/Painful will get elected.

quintos November 4 2008, 21:01:19 UTC

Yes yes, the two party system is shit, I readily agree (people don't fit into one of two categories, or even one of three), but still, hopes of changing it? Smaaaaall.

The UK has three parties, for example (at least that I know of, there might be more minor ones that have the odd seat in Parliament), but the Liberal Democrats don't have a hope of getting the MP seat, just seats in Parliament, so it's kind of a 2.5 party system.

But high five! I considered claiming my dad's address as my own instead of my mom's, because he lives in Florida so my vote would have more (or less, lol) of a chance of counting. But I realized that after I registered soooo maybe next time? lol. But YAY for being in a battleground state and voting for the good guy!