First question is pretty much taken care of - I'll not get into that... Second question is looking for troubles that aren't even there I think. I'd hardly call THAT intimidation. And there wasn't any intimidation in Florida in 2000, the hearings looking into the matter could not find a single person in the entire state that could even hint they were intimidated. The reports of dogs and hoses were probably some knee-jerk reaction story by Fox News (they tend to report things WAAY too early in the fact process, and draw wild conclusions). The third I understand WAAAAY too well. I waited for HOURS in 2000 to cast my "wasted vote". The reasons were many, and will be repeated for a LONG time (since there will never be a "show your damned ID so we know you can vote" system put in place). As a result, I'm doing the early voting thing too. Sure, I won't get the "I voted" sticker, but that also means I'll not have to tell everyone who asks me "Who'd you vote for?" to mind their own troubles. How *I* vote shouldn't concern anyone but me, and it's usually a few months before I tell anyone how I voted.
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Date: 2004-10-15 09:16 pm (UTC)Second question is looking for troubles that aren't even there I think. I'd hardly call THAT intimidation. And there wasn't any intimidation in Florida in 2000, the hearings looking into the matter could not find a single person in the entire state that could even hint they were intimidated. The reports of dogs and hoses were probably some knee-jerk reaction story by Fox News (they tend to report things WAAY too early in the fact process, and draw wild conclusions).
The third I understand WAAAAY too well. I waited for HOURS in 2000 to cast my "wasted vote". The reasons were many, and will be repeated for a LONG time (since there will never be a "show your damned ID so we know you can vote" system put in place). As a result, I'm doing the early voting thing too. Sure, I won't get the "I voted" sticker, but that also means I'll not have to tell everyone who asks me "Who'd you vote for?" to mind their own troubles. How *I* vote shouldn't concern anyone but me, and it's usually a few months before I tell anyone how I voted.