This. 100% this. If you want progress, you have to stop and look at who will be in office in January. Donald Trump...or Kamala Harris. No other names will take that Oath of Office, and this was set back all the way in July. If you wanted Progressive McProgressivestein in office, that person needed to be ran in the Primaries for the Democratic Party in July, which meant that candidate needed to be introduced to people long before then, as early as January 2020. And if your idea candidate didn't win the Primaries, that means you couldn't convince enough Democrats to vote for your candidate, and if you can't convince Democrats to vote your guy or gal, how can you convince enough AMERICANS?

Not to mention you can't even go back and see what the people really voted. If someone sneaks a

if (vote == KamalaHarris.vote)
{
      DateTime currentTime = DateTime.Now; 
      If (currentTime.Seconds % 3 = 0) 
           DonaldTrump.voteCount += 3;
      else
           KamalaHarris.voteCount += 1;
}

into closed source code, you've got fuckery that will take a computer scientist to find, and no way to unfuck the election.

I prefer my paper ballot, thank you, though I'll allow it to be scanned by a computer, as long as the computer is checked for fuckery like the above first.

One more absolutely not.

Let's follow two votes. Vote #1 was cast in Colorado.

• It starts as a paper ballot sent by standard ("snail") mail from our election division to me, the voter. I am notified it's coming.
• I mark this ballot like I would an exam, just with a blue or black pen and not a #2 pencil. I'm going to do this in front of my computer, with ballotopedia open and key issues already marked.
• I drop this ballot off at the Election Division drop box. I am notified they received it.
• If there are problems, I am notified that I need to come in and 'cure' them.
• Once it's accepted, I am notified, and then it's scanned in to a tabulator. Once it's scanned, it's stored in a secure box.
• On Election Day, it's counted, and the results are posted.
• If the election is close, or there is real evidence of criminality, the ballot is retrieved from its secure box and electronically or hand-counted again.

Vote 2 was cast in Louisiana.

• The voter must go to a designated voting centre on a voting day.
• The ballot is voted on an electronic machine that does not generate a paper trail.
• The vote counts are stored within the voting machine.
• If the election is stolen, there is no way to go back and check. The machines say what the machines say, and it's trivial to engage voting shenanigans without any paper trail to track it down.

I'm going to fight hard for my system, buddy. You can keep your internet voting.

Pretty much....

You might not care about climate change, but climate change cares about you, and it's gonna knock down your house. :3

With full Southern energy. ;)

What a very ironic post by this poster. It says everything we've been saying. So either the poster doesn't read the articles it posts, or it agrees with me about wasted votes, and is just posting and commenting to piss people off. Really, not great form here.

Yes. A vote for a third party candidate is a wasted vote in the US Presidential election. It's a wasted vote in everywhere but Alaska and Maine, honestly, and is a wasted vote there if you don't vote the major party as a second or third or whatever vote. Sure, you might vote a third party in order to express dissatisfaction for both major party candidates or a preference for a minor party candidate, but it won't move the needle. Voting isn't a single person thing, because you have an infinitesimal influence in the election: 1/150,000,000 for the Presidential election, made even worse if you factor in the Electoral College. The key to getting what you want is convincing others to join you, and voting tactically so that you get the guy or gal you can have a conversation with in office.

With how touchy the Mods are about us criticising Monk here, I suggest you clarify who the fat ass is. 🤣 It certainly applies to the Trumpster Fire, that's for sure.

Honestly, the media will amplify this jerk because it generates clicks and views, and thus advertising dollars and engagement. It'd be nice if we didn't amplify this jerk here at lemmy, but ... well, I expect the 'I do what I want hur' response any minute now, so here we are. Trump amplified. The BS persists.

Sometimes, the only appropriate response to a given news article is:

-or-

Uh...not a great idea.

Suppose my parents made the decision to move to Alaska instead of Colorado for my birth, then moved to Colorado where I grew up. I'd be asked to vote in Alaska's elections, despite having no ties there, no stake in the outcome, and no reason to care about the issues. And if I'm to vote a Colorado ballot, why not let me vote that ballot from Colorado? If I want to go to a family reunion, I'll go to a family reunion. I don't need to be forced to go to one by being forced to vote in a state I no longer live in.

Some will be violent. Some will be vocal. Some will grumble and move on. The violent ones will be the ones who make the evening news. They may also cause serious disruptions.

For the most part, I think you should prepare for disruption equivalent to a blizzard or hurricane. Stock up on canned foods. Get containers for water. Order Life Straws if you don't have them already. Stock up on batteries and charge any rechargeables you have. Make sure you know where your flashlights are. Load up on propane tanks for your grill and have a plan for how to use your grill safely. Add to that self-defence tools in case of civil disturbances in your area -- we're going to keep non-lethal but still painful self-defence tools for our self-protection. And then wait things out and try to stay safe. Check in on your neighbours, and stuff like that. I wrote an article on what I think you should do to survive Election 2024 with more details.