i've always thought that if you don't vote, you don't have the right to complain about the way the govt is running things. whether or not that's true, it's certainly true that voting is important!
a friend texted me today that she wasn't sure which was worse: not voting at all or voting without knowing what she was voting for. she'd somehow forgotten to study up before the election and didn't really have the time today to vote. ...you know what i think about that! but back to her issue. which do you think is worse?
i told her that i thought voting without knowing what she was voting on was worse because a mis-informed (or uniformed, in this case) vote could count towards a "bad" candidate. a non-vote counts towards no one.
i do know that many people think differently tho. i read an article earlier today about how many floridians were coming out of the polls having voted just to vote, and not because they knew or cared about what was going on. randomly checking off boxes, as it were.
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I think you should vote to the best of your knowledge. Even if it's only one candidate or ballot issue and you leave the rest blank. That said, I am a permanent absentee voter for that very reason - I vote with my laptop open and research the issues before I fill out each bubble.
And yes, Florida sucks. Yesterday proved that.
this friend of mine doesn't keep up with politics. i don't think she'd be able to make an informed decision about any person, prop, or measure. but i do agree with you. i don't always vote on every item because i really don't know what's best.
curious - are you registered to vote in cali or florida?
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