I made a post about this on the Corduroy Ninja comics forums, but I thought it might warrant a blog post as well.
First of all, congratulations to Barrack Obama. This is the first time a president I have voted for has won. However, I think now that the elections are over, I’m officially changing my voter registration to Libertarian. I know I’m kind of losing out on the primaries by doing that, but I’ve totally lost faith in the two-party system (bot parties are the same these days anyway). I figure one more person registered for the best third party option out there can only help things. But I digress.
I went to the voting station last night after work and was pleasantly surprised to find no line at all. I punched the screen, voted for the people I knew anything about, and was on my way. Nice and easy.
But here is why I’m even writing about this. I got my “I Voted” sticker. Much to my dismay it also said, “Yo Voté”.
Is it really necessary to have Spanish subtext on our voting stickers? If I moved to Mexico, became a citizen, and voted in their elections and my sticker had a Mexican flag and read, “Yo Voté”, I really don’t think I’d need it to be subtitled in English for me to understand what’s happening.
To become a citizen of the United States of America, you are required to be able to “read, write, and speak English.” (US Immigration)
You have to be a citizen to vote. Therefore, I don’t think I’m out of line in my thinking that “Yo Voté” has no place on our stickers here in America.
November 5, 2008 at 6:37 pm |
There was a Libertarian running for Gov here. I wish I had more faith that he had a shot at winning. I always think that voting for a third party will make the person I really don’t want to get elected win. Anyway–i agree with your yo no vote thing.
November 5, 2008 at 8:25 pm |
I voted for a Libertarian for congress. He lost, but I still feel good about my vote.
November 17, 2008 at 2:25 pm |
I’m with Shelby. Now I know this is not likely to ever happen, but it is a possibility: the final count for president turns out to be a tie, a dead heat. Let’s say that happened with the 2008 election, which would have, once again, caused the Supreme Court to come into the picture. With the Supreme Court favoring the Republicans, who do you believe would have made it to the Oval Office? I have a sneaking suspicion that more democrats voted “third party” than did republicans. If the vote had been a tie, or even too close to call, by voting Libertarian, McCain would now be President Elect.
November 18, 2008 at 2:44 pm |
I don’t subscribe to that type of fear voting. I want to vote for who I think is best. And if the second best guy loses because of that, maybe he should try harder to be best next time.