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Sylvia H's avatar

I am in my seventh decade and I have been voting since I was about 19.

I have never felt that the ballot offers me a viable choice. I either either like the candidate or the party, but I almost never approve of both.

People are reduced to voting strategically to get a person “in” in order to get somebody else “out.”This doesn’t make any sense.

Possibly, if we had a different system where you had to make so many percent to get in power and no deals could be negotiated between second and third stringers, the system could be restored.

Boycott the ballot is a sensible movement that will give people a viable choice: none of the above!!!

don findlay's avatar

If a MAJORITY of voters disapprove of ALL the puppets, parties and financial corruption in the political system, it should remove the legitimacy of the government's authority and right to rule over us. We certainly shouldn't be forced to pay taxes to fund programs and policies that we don't support. We need a "None of the Above" option to reign in rouge governments and tyrannical psychopaths.

Strategic voting is like choosing between being beaten with a hammer or a baseball bat. We shouldn't have to endure either one.

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don findlay's avatar

If you MUST vote, then just write "NOTA" (none of the above) across the face of the ballot. With electronic voting you'd have to leave everything blank and just walk away. An incumbent wouldn't have secured the legitimate right to rule in the current session.

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Aug 10, 2024
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don findlay's avatar

That's good to know. Thanks for looking into that.

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don findlay's avatar

Supporting the internationalists is like signing a deal with the devil... beneficial in the short term but deadly at the end.