Reason(s) "I" don't or won't vote:

[pinkies up]

"I voted last time"
(Ignent a$$ folks...)

[AKA2D '91]

Originally Posted by TonyB06

good for you.

I wondered about my good friend AKA2D'91's opening this thread today; wondered if she was engaging in some GC voter suppression.

Naw. Not trying to suppress the vote, but I wanted to see what other EXCUSES people hear or had heard regarding why others do not vote.

[MsFoxyLoxy77]

Excuse 1 for not voting: Too sleepy

Me: Shannon wake up its 5:30
My sister: I'm sleepy...
Me: Get up
My sister: Why are you waking me up?
Me: It's November 7th...it's election day we have to go and vote.
My sister: Oh...(yawns and begins to nod off again)
Me: Shannon get up.
My sister: Leave me alone...go vote for both of us.
Me: I'm calling mom if you don't get up...(a few minutes pass Shannon does not get up)
Me speaking with mom: Mom I'm leaving Shannon...the polls are closing in less than an hour and she acts like she's too sleepy to vote.
Mom on loudspeaker: Shannon get up and go vote or else...you know we vote in this family...Now I sent MsFoxyLoxy to go and pick you up...I don't want to hear another word because if you don't vote you don't have a say in your future...(Mom goes into a speech about how black people fought for the right to vote)...Shannon you have a choice are you going to get up and vote?
My sister: I'm up mom...I'm up...you know I was going to vote...I told MsFoxyLoxy77 to just give me a few more minutes of sleep...and she acts like I wasn't going to get up....
We take my car and off to the polls we go. THE END

Excuse 2: Not applying for voter's registration card
Me speaking with a friend of my 18 year old sister...(they're the same age). Me:Jay are you going to vote today?
Jay: I didn't get my voter's registration card yet.
Me: Really how long ago did you apply for it.
Jay: Apply...I didn't know you had to apply for it. I thought they just sent one to you in the mail after you turned 18.
I'm trying not to laugh and mad at the same time.
How many other 18 year olds think "they" are just supposed to send one in the mail. Is this why Florida is a "RED" state?

[mccoyred]

Originally Posted by MsFoxyLoxy77

[B]
Excuse 2: Not applying for voter's registration card
Me speaking with a friend of my 18 year old sister...(they're the same age). Me:Jay are you going to vote today?
Jay: I didn't get my voter's registration card yet.
Me: Really how long ago did you apply for it.
Jay: Apply...I didn't know you had to apply for it. I thought they just sent one to you in the mail after you turned 18.
I'm trying not to laugh and mad at the same time.
How many other 18 year olds think "they" are just supposed to send one in the mail. Is this why Florida is a "RED" state?

This is funny and sad at the same time. I guess that is why most states enacted Motor Voter laws. I THINK this question is even on your license RENEWAL form, too, right?

[bigburly]

I had a co-worker yesterday tell me that her husband didn't register to vote because he hated to apply everytime he moved. She said this with some sick sense of pride. Since she was registered to vote, this nut called her and told her who to vote for. I just shook my head.

[southernelle25]

"There's no black candidate."

[southernelle25]

Originally Posted by southernelle25

"There's no black candidate."

Not a problem in November!! Obama '08!!

[Senusret I]

This is a true story which I probably shouldn't be telling, but I think someone can learn from it.

My friend pursued membership in my APhiA chapter. One of the requirements of membership is proof of voter registration. Among many other concerns, I found out all of two weeks before the application deadline that not only did he not have a voter registration card, but he hadn't voted in over five years.

I laid him out something awful and ultimately decided he wasn't ready for me to sponsor him. He is not an Alpha to this day.

I mean..... how are you going to be voteless, hopeless, and trying to pledge MY frat?

[tld221]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

This is a true story which I probably shouldn't be telling, but I think someone can learn from it.

My friend pursued membership in my APhiA chapter. One of the requirements of membership is proof of voter registration. Among many other concerns, I found out all of two weeks before the application deadline that not only did he not have a voter registration card, but he hadn't voted in over five years.

I laid him out something awful and ultimately decided he wasn't ready for me to sponsor him. He is not an Alpha to this day.

I mean..... how are you going to be voteless, hopeless, and trying to pledge MY frat?

that is interesting, having to be a registered voter and all.

[tld221]

ive heard "i dont know how to work the machine."

[rbm]

"Most people in my district are Republicans so my vote won't count anyway." This is sucky but has some logic to it- at least in the general election. Wouldn't matter for me though-I want so much from this country but can't perform a simple duty?

[KAPital PHINUst]

This one came from my former roommate when I was in college:

"Voting is just picking the lesser of two evils"

I tell him: You don't like a particular candidate, write somebody in that you find to be the most qualified. While they may not count the vote in the tally, you get to exercise your civil duty and (possibly) make a statement regarding your selection.

[ComradesTrue]

I get so annoyed at people so lazy as to take a few minutes out of their lives to cast a vote. There is no excuse good enough.

In Nov 2006 my husband and I were living in Nashville. Tennessee had one of the hotest contested senate campaigns that year- Bob Corker and Harold Ford Jr were literally in a dead heat to replace the seat that had been held by Bill Frist. The winner would not only affect our state, but would swing the party balance in the entire Senate.

I hauled my 39 weeks pregnant a$$ self to the polling place at 6:15 am... to wait in line outside for 45 minutes IN THE POURING RAIN. We knew the doors would not open until 7, but we were determined to vote that day, and we had to be at work by 7:30. This was the sacrifice we had to make to have our voices heard.

You do what you gotta do. Enough with the lame excuses.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by tld221

that is interesting, having to be a registered voter and all.

It's a brilliant idea.

Originally Posted by Kapital Phinust

This one came from my former roommate when I was in college:

"Voting is just picking the lesser of two evils"

I tell him: You don't like a particular candidate, write somebody in that you find to be the most qualified. While they may not count the vote in the tally, you get to exercise your civil duty and (possibly) make a statement regarding your selection.

I generally feel like all politicans are full of guamguam but I still vote for "the lesser of the evils" instead of writing in Donald Duck or Ralph Nader. I'd rather "give" my vote to the lesser evil than "take" my vote away by voting for someone who has no chance in hell of coming close to winning.

I'm slightly more optimistic with this election but I still don't believe in putting faith in candidates.

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

This is a true story which I probably shouldn't be telling, but I think someone can learn from it.

My friend pursued membership in my APhiA chapter. One of the requirements of membership is proof of voter registration. Among many other concerns, I found out all of two weeks before the application deadline that not only did he not have a voter registration card, but he hadn't voted in over five years.

I laid him out something awful and ultimately decided he wasn't ready for me to sponsor him. He is not an Alpha to this day.

I mean..... how are you going to be voteless, hopeless, and trying to pledge MY frat?

Delta tried this and ran into legal issues. First of all voting is a right a person may or may not excercise. You cannot mandate it. Second of all states such as MN do not issue voting registration cards. Third having a card does not ensure a person will vote anyway.