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Assuming there's nothing stopping you from legally voting

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[–] miak@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

When all of the candidates on a ballot are going to actively work against my values, why would I vote for any of them? That said, I have written in choices before, but it's a lot of work to do when literally no one will be taking notice of that vote.

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[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago (4 children)

My state only does mail-in (AFAIK) and I don't have a stable address.

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[–] Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

I'll preface this by saying that I am Canadian, not American, and I do always vote. I will find a way to make a choice and vote in our next election, but lately have been understanding why someone might not:

Everyone who has even a remote chance of winning has at least one position that I find entirely unacceptable. Like, I cannot in good faith vote for this person because this issue is an absolute deal-breaker for me. If I'm throwing my vote away by writing someone in, why even leave the house?

[–] stiephelando@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 months ago

I once couldn't vote because I had to rush to my dying grandfather the day before the election. Apart from that I have voted in every single election.

[–] Kangy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm from the UK, I don't vote simply because I don't trust the shit politicians come out with during election periods and because of this I worry I will vote the wrong way. Time and time again promises are made and you never really seem to see the difference.

For example, and please correct me if I'm wrong, but it's been promised since Brexit more money will go into the NHS to release the pressure on the service. Yet the NHS seems to be in the worst condition currently it's ever been in.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The NHS is bad by design. You can't convert a great system to whatever the shit is in the US that makes. Avery select few people very rich. You first need to break it down by pulling money out of it, pull more money out of it, more still, then when it starts breaking down, complain about how badly it works and propose this wonderful new system that will fix all of that! Privatize everything and then move to whatever shit they have in the US and get rich

[–] iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I mean, look at how great privatizing the rail system has worked out in the UK!

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[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because our system is so broken it's like playing TF2 in 2020.

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[–] bss03@infosec.pub 2 points 5 months ago

I've given up. Especially with my new address (same state), I don't think any of the races are even close.

I voted as hard as possible until (and including) 2022, but Dobbs hurt, and this latest round of SCOTUS rulings and it is going to be harder to get to a voting station. It just doesn't feel worth it.

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