You can't complain if you don't vote so are you going to vote and complain or not vote and keep quiet?
822935
Done and done now let the complaining begin... lol
1132493
Do your civic duty, it's the price of being able to vote.  You might not be chosen anyway.
857048
I do worry about it.  I'm pretty sure that if Al Gore's former company made the Diebolds and the Dem's started winning you'd hear some very vocal protests from the other side.\n\nHere's a link to an article about a study on the 2004 elections: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0411/S00229.htm\n\nIf you vote by absentee ballot you can be sure of a paper record of your vote.  It's too late for this election but request an absentee ballot for the next election.
398760
Personally, I believe if a person doesn't know what they believe and why they believe it they should NEVER VOTE and NEVER COMPLAIN.  This goes for those who agenerallygree with me  also.
714200
Of course no one should tell you how to vote, but they should be telling you why to vote for a particular individual. I tend to be all over the place when I vote, and it's because I look at the issues and the individual and make a decission accordingly.
807159
I agree. People who dont vote should keep their mouths shut.
208144
I vote in every election. If you don't vote, you have no right to complain about what you get for government.
762016
I agree with most of what you say.  Yes, vote.  However, don't vote with your heart so much as with your mind.  Feelings come and go.  Truth is eternal.
1051273
It should not be. Nor do I think voting should be a requirement to voice your opinion.\n\nA vote is saying that you affirmatively approve one candidate over another. If none of the people on the ballot are ones that I actually support, I wouldn't vote for them.\n\nHowever, because I am still stuck with whatever laws the majority-elected government chooses to enact,  I absolutely have the right to voice my opinion about those. Especially since I don't actually have the opportunity to vote for most of those laws directly.
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.
970307
At last a voice of reason!  Voting only enslaves you to this bastardized political system we have today.  If you feel you must vote, do as I did and vote for Popeye or NOTA.  You must be blind not to see how both sides are playing you against each other.  No substance at all, only emotional knee jerk reactions.  Wake up people.  We are not free and the illusion of freedom is dwindling.  Most sit back and allow more and more rights/freedoms to be removed every day.  To those  of you who are saying "you can't complain if you don't vote" I say this - don't cry to me when the fascist state removes the veil it's been hiding behind.\n\n\nPay no attention to the man behind the curtain.\n\nLong live economic anarchism
910962
Yes, how can we be a country of the people if the people don't talk.  I might not agree with others but they should vote to make sure the people's will is being followed.  I like to think I am in the majority, but I do conceed I might not be.
743777
Change always comes slowly but you absolutely always have to vote. If you dont, you have no right to complain.
686401
it is just that everyone has the right to vote\neveryoen has teh right to state their opinion.\n\nsome countries voting is complusary and u get fined if you dont vote
443298
I think that some young people do not want to vote because they find voting being meaningless but yet, they are the ones who complain a lot about the government. I believe that if you do not vote, DO NOT Complain on what is happening where you live.
156640
Yes, I do. Local and national elections. So that means I get to whine and pule and complain as much as I want about those in office I didn't vote for, right?
870072
You know.. My 6 year old asked me why I vote this morning.  My answere is very simple... I like to complain, and the only way that i feel like i have a valid excuse to complain is if i atleast vote.  So for me Voting allows me to complain about things be it politics or anything else.