Primary complaints

[unterhund]

Today is primary election day here in Utah. I don't live in the district with the (apparently) most newsworthy race, but I'd like to rant anyway. Feel free to ignore the post from here on out.

A Deseret Morning News poll found that among registered voters who would definitely or probably vote . . . wait a minute. "Probably?!" What do you mean, "probably?!" Go vote! You want your opinion heard? Hit the ballot box! (Or touch screen.)

I don't want to hear you complain that your vote doesn't count. The only way your vote doesn't count is if you don't use it! Even if you pick the losing side of the issue -- behavior with which I'm intimately familiar -- the winning side will know that not only is there still opposition, they'll have a count of how many people disagree with them. Your vote matters!

If you're one of those who believe the process is rigged, I doubt I can do anything to convince you otherwise. But if you don't vote, don't gripe to me about the results. As far as I'm concerned, if you didn't vote, you're part of the group responsible for what happened.

"Probably!" :(

Thank you for your indulgence, fellow EDCers.

[pipedreams]

Only voters have the right to complain. I exercise both rights.

todd

[LowWorm]

I always thought the "My vote doesn't count" excuse was kind of funny - since no one has more than one vote, I guess that means no one's vote counts. And how they really decide elections is by who is wearing the nicer outfit on election night. :-X

[PJ]

A few years back we were camping in a state campground. After a beer or 7 the discussion turned to politics. One of my friends bragged that he has never voted in his life ( he was about 32 at the time ). I looked at him and said "Thank you." He got kind of offended and asked what I meant. I told him something to the effect that the fewer people that vote makes my vote count that much more "Vote one get one free", or something like that. The discussion veered off to another direction, like who gets to walk to the ranger station and buy some ice, and I pretty much forgot about it. Later on that summer he mentioned that he had registered to vote thanks to our little discussion. Now he's cancelling out my votes in the elections but that's the way it goes.