(February 17, 2016 at 10:21 pm)Sterben Wrote: It's more of hassle to vote, if they could get a internet voting system working it would be better. I hate having get dressed and waste gas to do stuff, as does a lot of people. I'd like to vote by mail to avoid having to out to the polling places, to many damn people around. On the plus though, the internet voting system would get a lot more voters. It should be a simple process, make a voting account online then vote. You be done 10 min's or less, a person would not have to request time off from to vote. He or she could do it on there lunch brake.
While I completely empathise with that and can't deny I've felt that way more often than not, I have to say that I do find it really irresponsible. You get one chance every few years to exercise the only real power that you have over those in executive authority, the one thing that all politicians fear, and people find all sorts of excuses for why they can't be bothered. I'm sure there are genuine hardships for many people, which things like postal voting was brought in to alleviate; but generally anyone who makes some lame excuse not to bother are making themselves part of the problem they tend to complain about, instead of part of the solution. Like I said earlier, the right to vote wasn't granted by a beneficent government, it was won for us by people who died in the pursuit of achieving it. Fuck the JC story - these people were genuine martyrs.
Sorry if I come across as über passionate about this. It's something I do feel very strongly about. There's actually a lot I edited out, so as not to sound crazier than I actually am.
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