dear_americans Ptolemy DCLVIII Please_vote! To do otherwise renders you a swine, before whom pearls have been cast. It is one thing to abstain from voting in a given race due to uncertainty. But to abstain from the process altogether literally constitutes `idiocy`. Yes, I'm feeling preachy. We've invaded a nation under the pretext of establishing a democracy, BUT HALF OF US DON'T EVEN VOTE OURSELVES! This is utterly preposterous, given how relatively effortless voting is. Or would you prefer to toil in a gulag, I ask you that. Please_vote. Non-voters are privately ridiculed by those who vote, by the way. 061106 ... stork daddy eh. it's california. other than props 87 and 86, i don't feel the need this time around. besides, i'm pretty sure doolittle and pombo are going down. i missed the absentee ballot, but i'll tell ya what, i'm gonna make an effort. 061106 ... Sarcasto Yeah, you're right. It's really not that important. Who cares, right? 061106 ... stork daddy well, it's not really that simple, but thanks for your thoughts. 061107 ... Strideo If I can get to my polling place before 7:00pm . . . I had to leave for work at 7:00am when the polls open and I get off at 6:00pm so if I'm not delayed on the way home I should make it. Not much time to spare though. ... 061107 ... Pto Employers are required to grant reasonable leave so one can vote... not that it always works that way. 061107 ... Strideo I managed it on my own in this case. I think I got to my polling place about ten minutes before it closed. ... 061109 what's it to you? who go blather from