Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months ago34% of the US population doesn't vote. Why do polticalitcians cling to the idea that these voters can't be reached?message-squaremessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square34% of the US population doesn't vote. Why do polticalitcians cling to the idea that these voters can't be reached?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square47linkfedilink
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoYou don’t actually have to fill out the ballot. You can tell the voting officer that you decline it, you can write profanity on it, or you can vote for your dog. It’s a minor civic duty. Much less onerous than jury duty, lol
minus-squarePsychadelligoat@lemmy.dbzer0.comBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoAnd you should be free to do that by not having to interact with someone your options are shite and I refuse them all is a valid vote, why make it harder for someone to choose that than necessary?
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months ago your options are shite and I refuse them all is a valid vote, why make it harder for someone to choose that than necessary? The only way that’s communicated is by officially declining the ballot. And I agree with the other commenter that it should be easier to do this. By not voting, you’re communicating “They’re all fine; I can’t be assed to pick”.
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You don’t actually have to fill out the ballot. You can tell the voting officer that you decline it, you can write profanity on it, or you can vote for your dog.
It’s a minor civic duty. Much less onerous than jury duty, lol
And you should be free to do that by not having to interact with someone
your options are shite and I refuse them all is a valid vote, why make it harder for someone to choose that than necessary?
The only way that’s communicated is by officially declining the ballot. And I agree with the other commenter that it should be easier to do this.
By not voting, you’re communicating “They’re all fine; I can’t be assed to pick”.
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