If you are entitled to, please vote. Politicians will not do anything to help you if you don't vote.

Before the election, get a sample ballot for your local area and research everyone on it, even if you think you already know about them.

If you can't be at the polls on election day, you can probably vote early or get a postal ballot. Additionally, if you expect difficulty with transportation, many community groups will take people to the polls for free.

#politics @alexbuzzbee voting legitimizes our democratic institution, which has totally failed. Nobody should vote, and those who do vote are shameful traitors.

@fluffy @alexbuzzbee The elections are obviously going to be rigged anyway. Even if they aren't rigged, everyone's going to assume they were, just like they did last time.

@Galena @alexbuzzbee Yes. There are countless scandals during every election. Its obvious to anyone who is paying attention that the american voting system is the most corrupt in the first world.

@fluffy @Galena Yes, it is broken. That is undeniable. But not voting doesn't help fix the problems at all. The system can be influenced and moved in the direction of fixing these problems.

@alexbuzzbee @Galena
>But not voting doesn't help fix the problems at all.
I never claimed it fixed any problems.

If you want to fix problems get rich and lobby.

@fluffy @Galena So if not voting doesn't help, why accuse voters of being "traitors?" That's extremely dangerous rhetoric.

@alexbuzzbee @Galena
>So if not voting doesn't help, why accuse voters of being "traitors?"
the consequences of not voting are not necessarily related to the behavior of voting. To wit: it's not always the case that if x is y then not x is not y. So I find this line of reasoning confused

>why accuse voters of being "traitors?"
Because legitimizing a corrupt institution enables it to further cause damage to the citizenry.

>That's extremely dangerous rhetoric.
Yes.

@fluffy @alexbuzzbee