Comments by "SmallSpoonBrigade" (@SmallSpoonBrigade) on "" video.

  1. Why should people be forced to vote? It's supposed to be the responsibility of the politicians and political parties to earn the votes. If nobody earns the vote, then the voter shouldn't have to vote at all. The reason why so few people vote in the US, isn't because it's hard, or inconvenient, you see low voter turnout even in states like mine where the ballot literally shows up in the mailbox along with relevant guides to help understand the various items on the ballot. And, you can then either just slip it in the mail with no stamp required or drop it off at one of the many locations. And we still have low turnouts because the parties and the candidates aren't promising the things that the voters want, and when they do, they aren't following through on it. Forcing the people who aren't voting to vote, just makes the system even less reliable.
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  2. The better question was why he's being listed on the ballot at all. He dropped out a while ago and pledged to Trump. I'm guessing it has to do with the timing of the announcement versus the deadline to get the ballots printed.
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  3. That's what not voting in spite of being eligible means. But, in practice, neither major party seems to recognize it as such and neither party is interested in going after those potential votes.
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  4. Well, I mean that is more or less what an election is, a legally binding survey.
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  5. There are a lot of options and it's one of the reasons why the Secretary of State is often such an important office, they're usually the ones that are involved with running the elections and making the statewide decisions. Around here we get a scantron style ballot where you fill in the bubbles to indicate your vote. You can then X that out if you made a mistake and mark a different one. They generally pre-process the ballots to the point where they can turn the machines on the moment the clock hits 8pm and the voting closes. Although, that mostly means that you're no longer allowed to put ballots into the collection bins and you needed to have a postmark by then as virtually nobody votes in person any more unless they need assistance.
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  6. Yes, although, I'm not necessarily sure that the precinct is any different in number of voters than other states, it may be physically larger in some parts of the state to have enough people to warrant a precinct.
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  7. That's mostly because TX doesn't really want young people or those that have jobs to vote.
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