If you're 18 + are you registered to vote? I put this in DOG HOUSE because there are political threads in this folder. People are making comments about government and so I'm just curious if people are registered to vote (if you're 18 +). :)
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If you're 18 + are you registered to vote? I put this in DOG HOUSE because there are political threads in this folder. People are making comments about government and so I'm just curious if people are registered to vote (if you're 18 +). :)
I have never voted in my life. :o
I left Canada when I was 17, and have never been back long enough to register.
I didnīt even know there was a new Prime Minister until last summer. :o
I registered as soon as I turned 18 and I've voted in every election since. It's one of the important duties you have as an American.
Ditto for me . I have one kid regerstered one not. can't figure out why she doesn't.
Ditto for me. I insisted that my kids register too when they turned 18. :)
Well, I was registered until I moved two months ago. I need to go reregister soon! I've voted in almost all the elections since I was old enough to vote.
I figure you shouldn't complain about the government untless you do your part to form it. :D
I don't know about most states but I'm pretty sure that when you get your driver's license at 18 you are automatically registered to vote, or is it that you are automatically forced to register for a draft if it were to happen?
there is a new one again lol paul martin is gone and Harper is in.Quote:
I didnīt even know there was a new Prime Minister until last summer
and I am 18 and not registered to vote, not interested.
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Originally Posted by Fender963
It has been a long time since I aquired my license, but, I think it is still possible to acquire one at 16, 2 years before one is given the right to vote. And, two years before one could be 'drafted'. So, I don't think that is the case. I think it is possible to register to vote at the same time you renew your license, once 18, but, I don't think it is automatic. As for the 'draft'...I don't think the US has one any longer....but, I think males upon attaining the age of 18 are required to register with the selective service.
As for voting....it is a RIGHT, not an obligation. While I am registered to vote, and I do vote, I don't think anyone HAS to do it, if they feel some reason otherwise. Here, in my county, the jury duty is tied into the voter registration in the county. So, if you are not registered, you won't be called for jury duty. That might be a reason in and of itself NOT to register! :D
Yeah, I'm registered.
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Originally Posted by jackie
The same old dude was running the country for years (11 I think it was) until the new year (2006), not before :D I'm glade Mr. Money Pockets is gone & Mr. Family is in.
Oh I am most definitely registered to vote, and I do in every election. If you are eligible to vote, and choose not to, then please don't complain to me about the government, because it could have been YOUR vote that would have made a difference! :D
While I don't proclaim to be "all political", I do know that I like having a say in who is running our country. I may not always agree (even with those that I vote for), but at least I know I have done my patriotic duty! ;)
Good thread!
Just wanted to add that as an employee of my local Council on Aging, I am concerned about the new law requiring a valid picture ID for all voters. Many seniors don't have a picture ID if they no longer drive, and I am concerned that this may prevent them from being able to vote. Just a concern, and we are trying to get folks to the license branch for their picute ID before the May primaries.
I thought you guys had State ID??Quote:
Originally Posted by Donnaj4962
I swore I heard people saying they use their State ID to get into my country at the border.
I'm registered but I only vote when I'm well educated on what's going on.
OMG! Jean Chretien was PM FOREVER, now two new guys in the blink of the eye?Quote:
Originally Posted by cali
I leave the country and everything just falls to bits. :p
There aren't 2 new guys. It was Chretien (for about 11yrs) & as of Jan 2006 its Harper.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackie
Interesting. My Mom has a picture ID. Looks just like a license but it says NON-DRIVING ID (or something like that). Must be different in each state.Quote:
Originally Posted by Donnaj4962
You forgot Paul Martin. He was PM in between Chretien and Harper. Harper scares me silly, but that's a different thread!Quote:
Originally Posted by king2005
cali: you don't have to be registered to vote in Canada. You can show up on polling day at any voting station with proof of identity and vote.
I do vote, have at every possible opportunity since I turned 18. I believe it's a privledge we are lucky to have and if we don't exercise it, we will loose it. I also believe if you didn't vote, you shouldn't say anything about the government. That's how I got Stuart to start voting. He likes to talk politics, but I won't discuss it with people who don't vote. My mother always told me that silence is agreement and if I didn't like something I had an obligation to speak up about it. Not voting is silence in the political world.
oh ya, forgot about that fat old monster, he was good at taking money too... I don't know, I don't fear Harper, I think Martin just made him look bad & Harper being a nice quiet man didn't fight dirty like Martin did, nothing but BS just to make Harper look like he'll be the next Bush :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Glacier
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Originally Posted by king2005
My concern with Harper is his treatment of women and women's rights. I fully expect to loose my right to choose what happens to my body if he remains in power long term, especially if he wins a majority at some point. The minority status will keep him in check for now. He just appointed a white, upper-class, strongly pro-life, way right wing, MAN as Minister Responsible for the Status of Women!
I never understood what right & left wing means.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glacier
Honestly I have NO issues with a Man as Minister Responsible for the Status of Women, becasue he might have been the best choice out of all the people for the job. I'm also pro life (unless raped, or the mother is in lifes harm & has no other option but to abort), I strongly believe that if you fool around & get pregnat, tough titties. All the mother has to do is carry it to term & then put it out for adoption. There are SOOO many Canadians who cannot have children of their own (I might be one of them, stupid genes) & it pains me to watch people toss their babies in the trash when there are loving adults out there not able to have & want.
2 of my good childhood friends had a baby together. They didn't want it, so she gave birth & adopted it out. The adoptive parents are great! They love their new daughtor & are taking good care of her (my 2 friends are allowed to see her every now & then, so they can keep an eye on her & they have a school fund set up for her)...
I haven't been able to keep up with the news for quite a few months, so if theres other stuff you think is bad, do share (I'm trying to get updated, but its not easy), stupid move.
Edit: I'm against Feminests, as they try to make women better then men & not equals. NOT all women can be firefighters or police officers, I think if a woman can pass the same tests as a man then she is Equal! In Police Foundations the women have an easier test!!!!!! How is that equal? (made me quite mad)
I'm registered, And I hope that my One Vote will help make a difference in the near future for change.
I am registered for St Charles county, but not in Taney county because I just moved. Guess I should hop on that, eh?
So you guys can't just show up at the poll booth, flash your ID & then vote?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessika
Is registering a long process? Can you get denyed?
Well, when I turned 18 I just got a card in the mail. I registered to vote when I got my driver's license, then they mailed you a card telling you where to go to vote. I don't know if I have to re-register in a different couty (same state) but I will have to look into it.Quote:
Originally Posted by king2005
Its not really a long process, and I'm sure you CAN be denied, but I don't know the guidelines that would get you denied lol
I've been registered since I was 18, however I will admit about being bad when it comes to actually showing up to vote but I've made it in a few times.
Any time you move to a new municipality in the US you need to re-register to vote. You can be denied, there are states where felons are not allowed to vote, and you need proof of US citizenship.
To clarify about state issued IDs: as I understand it, they have an expirations date here in IN!!! Which means that a senior may have gotten a state issued ID when they first quit driving, but it may have expired! The law says that it must be a current and valid ID!
Hope that clarifies what I meant. :rolleyes: (I just assume you all know what I am thinking in my head!) :D
I have been registered to vote since I turned 18, and vote in every election. I feel that if you do not vote, you have no right to complain about government, and we all know how much people like to complain about the government. It is a Right, not a strict obligation, but I feel it is part of my responsibility as a citizen.
No, you are not registered to vote when you get your driver's license here, as we can get our license before we are 18, and our state has not enacted a Motor/Voter law. Some have. No, King2005, it is not difficult to register, you go to town or city hall, or other designated places, and fill out a piece oof paper. You may need to show some form of ID, and show ID again when you vote.
So many people fought so hard to get us the right to vote. People around the world die every day, fight and die to try to get their right to a vote, a voice in their own government and future. I am often ashamed at how low the voter turnout is for American elections, yet everyone always gripes and moans about government.
Well, if you are not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. And I'll have no patience for your complaining. Register, educate yourself on the issues, and vote!
I registered to vote a week after I turned 18.
Registering and voting is compulsory down here. Anyone who will be away, is ill or has any other reasonable excuse can apply for a postal vote so there's absolutely no excuse for not voting in Australia.
lol I know I dont have to technicaly be registered to vote, but during some elections reps will drop by the houses and ask how many people in the house are elgiable tovote, they get their names and give them a little ticket thing that siad when and where to vote, thats not for voting in general though, just for some elections to help keep things organized, so that is what I think of by being "registered" to vote. I could not have voted in the last election anyhow as I have no ID lol I was lucky to even get my cell phone with only a credit card and social insurence number.
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Originally Posted by Cataholic
Not any longer..........jury duty is also tied to having phone numbers. Even if you never register to vote, you can be called to jury duty by having a land line phone. Many states also put your name in for jury duty, I believe, for having a valid drivers' lisence.
They stopped making jury duty tied only to voting several decades ago because people stopped registering to vote so they wouldn't have to get called on jury duty. :rolleyes: ;) :p
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Originally Posted by lady_zana
Where I live, in Hamilton County, it is tied to voter registration. Not land lines. :D I wouldn't ever be picked to serve..I don't have a land line, and I am registered!
:) Of course I registered as soon as I was of age..
I'm registered to vote. I even voted absentee for some of the elections while I was in college. The way some of the recent elections have been so close (in the USA and Italy, for example) one vote really DOES count. If you don't vote, your country might end up like Iran with a whack job for a head of state.
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Originally Posted by smokey the elder
Imagine that. Wow. :D
I keep my registration current. I'm always really to vote. ;)
Im over 18 years old and not reg. dont see the need to.
they do as the dang well please anyway so why bother