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[quote=teacherSD]I had a politics professor in college who said that not voting was a waste.[/quote]
I tend to agree. Seems to me if you don’t vote the message you are sending is I can’t be bothered. But that’s not the message I want to send. I want to send the message, “Damn right I care, I just can’t stand the choices you’re offering and I’m fed up with it.”
[quote=teacherSD]The professor disagreed and said a better form of protest was to go to the voting booth and turn in a blank ballot.[/quote]
I think if this was publicized it could be very successful. But in today’s environment, I think it would just be taken as, “Look at this idiot, he’s too stupid to fill out a simple ballot.” If there was an organized movement to turn in blank ballots as a protest, then I’d do that in a heartbeat.
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I think CA should adopt the system Nevada has had since 1975. They have a “None of the Above” choice for all statewide races. It is tallied and occasionally makes enough votes to count. (1986 the Reid/Santini race scored a 3.62% None of the above tally). The Reid/Angle race is currently polling with 10% None of the above.
