Michael Pollak wrote:
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> On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Doug Henwood wrote:
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> > I've been voting for 34 years now, and except when I was pretty young,
> > never expected it to change anything. Wonder why I keep doing it.
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> I imagine it's for the same reason most of us political motormouths to it.
> Because it's easier than not voting.
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> There is a large class of people who will rag on you if answer the question
> "Who did you vote for?" with answer "I didn't." You could argue with them,
> if you wanted. You could beat them even. But it's more work than voting.
> Or at so you probably concluded early on and now it's habit.
Really? The last time I voted was 1964, and it hasn't been any trouble at all. I registered to vote in the '88 primary, & have gone to the polls off & on to keep my registration alive, but merely cast a blank ballot. I voted from '52 through '64, but came to my senses after the invasion of the Dominican Republic.
Carrol