11-07-2006, 07:21 AM
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Well, it's started ...
The elections are on. I heard on the news this morning that in New York alone, 76,000 deceased people are still registered and 2,000 have already voted.  :
I wonder how Chicago is doing? 
Isn't democracy wonderful when you don't even have to quit voting just because you die.  |
11-07-2006, 07:59 AM
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Vote early and often!
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11-07-2006, 11:22 AM
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But I always have to wonder about these statistics and how accurate they are.
Several elections back here in Maryland, there were reports of numerous "dead" voters voting. Cries of election fraud from the loser. Turns out, almost every one of the "invalid" votes were legitimate voters, who nearly had their votes discounted. Why? They committed the "fraud" of having similar names to deceased people.
Took a lot of digging through the news stories to find out what the real story was.
It was a British politician who said "War is too important to be left to the Genreals" (He was referring to the shitty job Haig was doing as commander-in-chief of the BEF during World War I).
As true as that is, it must also be remembered that politics are too important to be left to the politicians.
And news stories are too important to be left to the news media.
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11-07-2006, 11:38 AM
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gekkogecko,
Ouch!
... but true.
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11-07-2006, 12:37 PM
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I voted absentee 
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11-07-2006, 02:35 PM
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Leo was right
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Was the 46th person to cast a ballot at my voting site today. Then again, there's only about 700 people in this town so there are probably only another 50 or so who will end up voting here. Not sure if any of the 45 people prior to me were dead or not though.
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11-09-2006, 01:42 AM
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Carpe diem
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Originally Posted by dicksbro
76,000 deceased people are still registered and 2,000 have already voted.
Isn't democracy wonderful when you don't even have to quit voting just because you die. |
DB...have you not heard of reincarnation? I assume each of these people came back as a...voter. (I'd prefer to come back as a voyeur) |
11-09-2006, 03:10 AM
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"I'd prefer to come back as a voyeur"
I did.
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