what is absentee voting?
612497
Its where you vote by mail, so you don't have to go to the polling place.  You have to ask for an absentee ballot, and they mail you one.  You fill it out and mail it back.\n\nYou can get an absentee ballot if you think you might be away, or you're to sick to go to the polls, any kind of reason really.
945684
Your sample ballot tells you where to vote. If you don't have a sample ballot you have no business voting.
504578
If it is a Primary election, you can't vote on a candidate unless you are a member of that candidate's party. Being independant, you do not belong to any party and therefore you can't be involved in your party nominating a candidate. But you'll be able to vote in the regular election.
626196
People dont vote for many reasons.  I am a deputy registrar and am surprised when prople wont even register to vote. Some dont vote because they are afraid they will get called for jury duty, others because they dont feel there are any honest candidates.  I vote in every election, every time.
199650
It ensures you don't try to vote more than once. There are still holes in the system, but hopefully they worked out. I don't think it is right for dead people in Chicago to get a vote.
1061108
It means they are not in the gym or the bar or the cafeteria or the spa but are actually in the room but prefer not to vote because it may make them have to think or get off the fence or take consequences. it is short for PRESENT.
904740
Clerk opens it,  marks down that you voted, and puts your choices down on the list of all the absentee voters.\n\nThe list of these votes are sent in and included along with all of the early and regular voters in the totals.
1078167
of course everyones vote matters. Unfortunately, about 50% or more of the registered voters won't bother to get off their lazy bums to cast their ballot.
788094
People vote or don’t vote for a number of reasons.  Since I could first vote (1952) I have never missed an opportunity to vote (across three States), so obviously voting is important to me.  However, I would not apply the same to everyone.  Those who don’t vote simply make it easier for the rest of us to get our candidates and issues winning the vote.\n\nHowever, voting should not be the only rule of being proactive.  Do you (voters) know who is elected and appointed to positions in your own community.  Are you familiar with the budgets for the various jurisdictions?  Do you attend council meetings and county board of supervisor meetings?  Do you attend the work sessions for the various issues? \n\nIn opinion, voting is only part of the citizen’s responsibilities.  So if you are going to knock people for not voting, you should also knock voters who are not aware of what is going on in their own community.
817545
Because it's a right for us to see who were electing. Thanks to all those who fought for our right to vote, we can decide what to do. Voting means that you can control who you're voting for in the elections and if that representative does a lousy job, you can vote him/her out. Of course, it would be better if you had a field of options not like the average race where you have between 1 and 3 at the very least.
780249
Initially the Australian Electoral Commission will write to all apparent non-voters requesting that they either provide a reason for their failure to vote or pay a $20 penalty.\n\nIf, within 21 days, the apparent non-voter fails to reply, cannot provide a valid and sufficient reason or declines to pay the penalty, then prosecution proceedings may be instigated. If the matter is dealt with in court and the person is found guilty, he or she may be fined up to $50 plus court costs.
753676
What bothers me is the idea that a person can vote for Candidate A (the person listed on the ballot), and their party can instead choose to count that is if you had voted for Candidate B (the replacement).\n\nSeems to defeat the entire concept of voting, if the person you cast your vote (according to the ballot) for isn't the person who your vote is counted towards.
702091
It may be keeping track of who voted.  Are you logging in as a different user and attempting to vote?
773659
Ugh, yes.\n\n\nI recently moved counties and had to re-register. I followed the information listed on my voter's registration card today--to a defunct polling location. It was a high school that is completely under construction--there was no voting going on there at all. Funny that there wasn't a sign or anything directing people to the right place--I had to call 411 to connect with the voter registration office, was on hold for twenty minutes, finally found out my correct polling location--went to vote, mentioned they might want to put a sign up at the other location. They said they had sent out a mailing detailing the new polling location and all eligible voters had received it. Hmmm. . . funny. Not this registered voter. I stuck with it until I found out where I was supposed to vote--but I have no doubt that other people just went back home. \n\n grrrrr.
932392
you mean yesterday?\n\nand someone not getting the vote isn't quite a "civil war"... it may mean that they want to be more moderate, but I don't think that's a bad thing exactly...
229090
Very interesting question, Crappy (sorry for the shorthand). But to tell you the truth, it is already extremely easy for people to vote. If you can't find the time to vote for the people running your town, state, country - I really question your thought process. This is the greatest freedom given to the people of our country. It simply must be exercised. Especially in today's world of no excuse absentee ballots. I have not missed an election on any level since I have turned 18. This includes when I was away at college or working out of town on business. \n\nIn fact, I would go one step further (and will probably get bashed for this thought), but I believe that people should be made to take and pass a test on the candidates and their positoins on several key issues before they are allowed to vote. A bipartison comittee could mail out the answers to the test to the voters and make them available anywhere including the internet, but the important thing would be for people to know where the person they are voting for stands for on the major issues. They can take and retake the test as many times as they want, but I think if people were made to understand the candidates positions on key issues - we would have far more effective people elected and a far more informed populace...
1161740
What is an "ecetoral" vote? \n\nThis is like taking your car to a mechanic because it won't run and saying the stractor is gefunked.\n\nWhat you will end up with is a flivver job you didn't need.  Get it straight.