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YES WE CAN. And I Just Did.

Posted October 25th, 2008 by c4chaos in politics

I’m not a very political person. I grew up loathing politics in my country of origin. But as a first generation immigrant and a first time voter here in the U.S., this election is very important to me. I followed it since the primaries. I got to know all the candidates. I watched the debates. I read their web sites. I watched the cable news. I investigated the issues on the internet. I’ve constantly read FactCheck.org. I blogged my heart out on political matters.

As a result, I’ve learned a lot of things in U.S. politics that I never paid attention to before. And for the first time in my life I contributed to a political campaign in exchange for a cool car magnet, and a sense of hope that things will be better than the last eight years of failed G.W. Bush policies and politically brain dead Democratic and Republican parties.

I originally planned to vote on November 4 so I could experience using those hi-tech voting machines at the polls, but I opted to vote by mail instead. I might as well vote early, save gas, and beat the long lines on election day. CONTINUE READING >

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Good for you buddy!

Posted October 27th, 2008 by Corey deVos

Way to engage/enact your lower quadrants!!

Angie and I voted early last Friday in Denver, with absolutely no lines or hassles.  If any of you can, i recommend you do the same--next Tuesday is almost guaranteed to be a debacle, no matter where you are.

Here's a few tips for you all:

- Paper ballots.  Paper ballots are your friends.  And whatever you do, try as hard as you can NOT to receive a provisional ballot, as these have a 99% chance of being discarded altogether.  If that's all they will give you, take it, but try as hard as you can to receive a proper ballot.

- don't wear Obama or McCain gear to the polls, or you may be turned away in certain states (other states will just ask you to remove the clothing/hat/pin/whatever.) 

- consider bringing a spare jacket or windbreaker to loan to people who cannot vote due to an Obama/McCain t-shirt

- consider taking a digital camera with video recording to document cases of people being turned away from the polls, for whatever reason (particularly in the big cities, where this could become a real problem--document the voter's story, take the voter's name, and upload the video to YouTube.)

- bring a "cheat sheet" that will radically help you make your decisions.  Do not wait until the ballot is in front of you to make your decisions, especially since the ballots this year tend to be HUGE.  Here's the site i used, which was extremely helpful:  http://voterguide4.politicswest.com/?sfr

- to state the obvious, bring proper identification, as well as the voter verification card that should have been mailed to you.  If your license or ID card does not have the correct address on it, you can usually write the correct address to the back of your ID.  Some states require you to use an official sticker.  Make sure all this is up to date, and just to be safe, it can't hurt to bring a utility bill with you with your proper address.

- check to confirm that you are indeed registered--don't let those pesky hyphens sabotage your democratic rights.  Any changes that need to be made to your record must be made BEFORE election day.  VoteForChange.com

- if you are using electronic voting machines, DOUBLE and TRIPLE CHECK that your votes were tallied correctly.  there have been several cases of voters who intended to vote democrat ended up selecting republican candidates by mistake.  Ask if the electronic voting has any sort of paper trail.  If not, try to get a paper ballot.

- again, if you can, VOTE EARLY.  it is the very best way to ensure a fair and accurate election.

- call your family, associates, accomplices, friends, enemies, frienemies, and anyone else who can vote, and make sure they do!

I hope at least some of these are helpful, even the ones that are fairly stating the obvious.

If y'all have anything to add that i might have missed, please do so below.

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Here's a pic from the Obama rally Angie and I attended yesterday.  Over 100,000 people.  It was insane.  Unfortunately, we were not able to actually see him, since we were too far back.  But we heard him, and took part in a MASSIVE we-space, so it was totally worth it.

 

Corey W deVos
(dj rekluse)

Managing Editor, Integral Naked
Writer, Content Producer, and Audio Manager, Integral Life
Managing Editor, KenWilber.com

"Include the Values, Negate the View!"