yes yes yes, but all that stuff aside.....all I want is a day off work. If voting is as important as everyone says it is, then election day should be a holiday to facilitate the process.
> > Brian wrote: > > I disagree with all that other stuff......but as to your final point....why > > isn't election day a national holiday? Seriously. Is there a valid reason I > > don't know of???? > > > > Is this an American thing? Do other countries have holidays on their > > election day? > > Yes, but notice we're not recommending the electoral college for Iraq! > All this thing does is get the candidate to focus on a number of > battle states while ignoring everywhere else. Did the candidate got > to Wyoming, Idaho, Alaska, Mississippi? Nixon was the last candidate > to go to Hawaii and then only because he promised to visit every > state. > > It also encourage a 2 party system with it's winner-take-all design. > For example, Ross Perot got 25% of the vote, but zero electoral votes. > How is that the will of the people? > > Besides, what's the upside to it? > > Overall it seems to me that if we're the greatest democracy then it > should show. We should have the latest voter technology, national > holidays (parties) for elections, federally funded elections, TV ads > that must include a tail with fact analysis from an independent group > such as factcheck.org, and other stuff that's smart. > <snip> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=36 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:133818 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
