[geeks] CCW for Ohio!

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Sat, 13 Dec 2003 @ 02:29 -0500, Phil Stracchino said:

> If you'd asked that question fifty or forty years ago, I think you'd
> have found most Americans were not only *willing* to perform their civic
> duty, but took pride in doing so.  These days, it's considered a good
> voter turnout if more than half of the registered voters bother to vote,
> and that's before even considering the ones who couldn't even be
> bothered to register.  

I'm against high voter turnout right now.  Too many morons who don't
bother getting informed.

I'm sick of local groups bussing voters out on election day, who haven't
even spent a moment thinking about the candidates.

In the last election, I didn't vote precisely because I didn't know
very much about the candidates.  I believe that casting a basically
random vote is worse than not voting at all.  Or worse, voting for the
candidate the people who drug you out of your house *want* you to vote
for.

The election previous to that, I only voted for 2 out of 5 positions,
because I strongly believed that none of the candidates for those
3 positions were qualified to bag groceries.  I wish we could vote
no-confidence in elections, to indicate we find none of the candidates
acceptable.

Then again, I have some pretty radical ideas for changing the voting
system, partially to help break the two-party system.

> After all, if they register to vote, they might be called upon (no
> more than once in each ten years) to serve jury duty.

I was called on twice in 5 years.  The first time was circuit court, the
second time was for federal service.

My first time was expensive, costing me several hundred dollars.  If it
had been a protracted case, I could not have afforded to serve.

The inefficiency of our society and workplace is making it hard to serve
or do other civic duties.

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