Friday, October 31, 2008

Houston, We Have A Problem!

Let me see if I understand this. We can cast votes from space, but a lot of folks have to wait in line for 10 hours to vote early. Key word being, "early". What's it going to be like on election day?



How is this any different from a poll tax?



Here's an idea, if you've already voted. Go to the polls again and donate water and chairs to help everyone make it to the finish line.



Hang in there folks. Wait all night if necessary.



As important as we say our democracy is, and as much as we shove it down the throats of others, you'd think we would demand a better system. If there is one thing we can all agree on, it's that this whole system is fucked up. Why don't we have a nationalized system of voting? Why don't we have a paper trail in many places? What, did we say, man, that whole Florida thing in 2000 was hard, we had to recount those things for weeks. Let's make it so we don't have to do that again. Why don't we have same day voter registration? Why isn't election day a fucking national holiday?

Whoever the next president is, if they don't do anything else, fix this joke of a process we call democracy!

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