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For all the blood spilled to give Americans the greatest form of government
the world has ever known and the right to elect individuals at every level of
office, county, state or federal and people don't even bother to vote. I guess
they would rather belly up to the bar and bitch about what a lousy job the new
governor is doing or the city council, but they don't even participate.
Perhaps people will vote on the way home, but by then it's time to pick up
the kids, stop at the grocery store, stop at the bar, accidents on the freeway,
didn't make to the polls in time. Always some excuse.
Here in Big Spring with major constitutional amendments on the ballot and
with weeks of early voting, a whopping 2% of voters, 413, have gotten to the
court house to cast their vote. This is a small town, not like the major cities
in Virginia and the beltway with monstrous traffic jams (which I have been in
several times). You can drive anywhere in this town in 5-6 minutes.
There's simply no excuse. Constitutional amendments to the Texas State
Constitution affect everyone. But, you can guarantee at lunchtime the hog swill
joints will be packed.
No better on the left coast:
LIVE UPDATES: Early Turnout for Virginia Governor's Election: 'A
Trickle
Like I said before: The Demorats make sure their people get to the
polls:
UPDATE (11:12am EST) Alexandria Turnout Mixed. Mike Flynn: I voted in my
precinct in Alexandria City around 9:30am. Just under 30% of the precinct had
voted by then. My precinct generally has a higher turnout than the rest of the
state. My precinct is overwhelmingly Democrat.
Well, one can hope for a better outcome by the time the polls close.
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