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United States Election: Nov 6, 2012 |OT| - Barack Obama Re-elected

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ivysaur12

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A blast from the past:

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krypt0nian said:
Popular vote % is meaningless.
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And yet Obama will still win it by 1-2% points.
 
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ElectricBlue187

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Arjen said:
I am seriously baffled and shocked by al the reports and stories in here that voting is so hard.
Shouldn't that be a top priority to the goverment? Make sure the federal goverment handles the voting proces and make sure it happens good and fast?
Or am just talking like a commie now?
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When more people bother to vote a certain party tends to lose, this creates an incentive to make voting not easy
 
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ZootedGranny

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Was 6th in line at 5:15 here in Kansas City, and got out of there at 6:08. Had I waited until 5:30 to show up, I probably would've been in the early 100s or so.
 
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Gucci Messiah

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Arjen said:
I am seriously baffled and shocked by al the reports and stories in here that voting is so hard.
Shouldn't that be a top priority to the goverment? Make sure the federal goverment handles the voting proces and make sure it happens good and fast?
Or am just talking like a commie now?
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One party wants to make it easier to vote and the other wants to make it harder, especially in urban areas.

I honestly cannot stand the figure heads of the GOP who use scare tactics to get good people to make misinformed decisions.
 
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killer_clank

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I know the US has a far larger population, but what is with these queues? In the UK I walk in and out in 5 minutes, then again I do vote in a small village. How far do you generally have to travel to vote in the US? Maybe they should set up more polling stations?
 
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Officerrob

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Arjen said:
I am seriously baffled and shocked by al the reports and stories in here that voting is so hard.
Shouldn't that be a top priority to the goverment? Make sure the federal goverment handles the voting proces and make sure it happens good and fast?
Or am just talking like a commie now?
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You are making complete sense (or being a commie according to half of America). Elections are handled on a state level at that is what leads to this mess
 
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Frankfurter

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El_TigroX said:
Saw a few people get snared in some straight up "provisional ballot" bullshit - the poll worker didn't lie, but she definitely didn't tell the truth.

She said, "You can file a provisional ballot and it will be collected with the votes today"

She should have added "And it likely won't be counted unless it's a statistical tie, and even then, it likely won't get counted because some political party will find a way to reject it."
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ZootedGranny said:
Was 6th in line at 5:15 here in Kansas City, and got out of there at 6:08. Had I waited until 5:30 to show up, I probably would've been in the early 100s or so.
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cuevas said:
They didn't even ask to see my ID :/
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Seriously, what the hell is wrong with the democratic process in the United States?
 
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Cinders

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Just got done in Missouri. Took me about 30 minutes; was the only one under 25 in line.

Romney is going to win MO, so I voted for Gary Johnson just to mess with the system.

The most important race in this state is probably McCaskill-Akin (which is still embarrassingly close) so...

+1 for McCaskill.

And now to sit back and enjoy the show.
 
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Krauser Kat

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+1 for bams in Cook County. LOL. Ill just put my grain of sand right here. like 35 judge reappointments and other stuff. 2 pages long if you do a straight ticket or know exactly who you are going for it takes 15 minutes.
 
Acheteedo

Acheteedo

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Good luck America, the future of your politics is at stake (i.e. how much politicians can lie/mislead and get away with it).
 
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seanoff

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Arjen said:
I am seriously baffled and shocked by al the reports and stories in here that voting is so hard.
Shouldn't that be a top priority to the goverment? Make sure the federal goverment handles the voting proces and make sure it happens good and fast?
Or am just talking like a commie now?
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this

in australia voting is on Saturday so it doesn't get in the way of work.

and

once i have never had to wait. turn up, check in, vote, piss off. 5 minutes at most.
 
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HylianTom

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I'm being tempted.

I've recently become a godfather. I spoil this baby rotten, lavishing her with lots of gifts, etc.

My brother-in-law (her father) is a die-hard Republican, and it seems like he's gotten to my sister, who knows that I consider a Republican vote a stab in the back. She's getting more and more hillbillyish, complete with openly racist commentary whenever politics comes-up.

My temptation: If Obama wins.. that baby might be getting an Obama onesie snuck-in with her pile of Christmas presents. :)
 
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antipod

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seanoff said:
this

in australia voting is on Saturday so it doesn't get in the way of work.

and

once i have never had to wait. turn up, check in, vote, piss off. 5 minutes at most.
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Same here in Sweden except it's on a sunday. Having to vote in the middle of the week seems kind of stupid.
 
Interfectum

Interfectum

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Tossed in my vote for Obama in SC... not that it matters really. My vote is basically a statistic as it'll go all republican from local to federal. =/
 
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Vestal

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Relix said:
I am not voting for the President of the US but I am so terrified Romney could win. Damn.
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?!?! Then why are you not voting for him? Look I understand people have convictions and feel like they voted for x/y/z independent candidate because it fits more with their views. However if you are terrified that Romney will be elected, why are you voting for someone other than Obama?
 
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Godslay

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Here we are. Wife and I are voting Obama and Heitkamp.

Did my part for the popular vote, and Senate. Let's hope these two pull it off!
 
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piratepwnsninja

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Rebel Leader said:
Will you post what they are saying, Names retracted of course.
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I'm on my iPad ATM, copy/pasting isn't the easiest on here. Suffice to say that most of them are family or friends I made when I was a youth minister at a southern baptist church, so you can probably guess a lot of what is getting posted. Ranging from "this country can't survive 4 more years of Obamtard." to slightly more derogatory remarks. My favorite though are the people saying, go vote! Then reply to themselves, for Romney.
 
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