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Age 38, Male
Real world
UMass Amherst
Boston, MA
Joined on 10/22/03
Posted by Evark - November 4th, 2008
So, who here voted? I sure hope if you're of age you registered to vote and either have already or have plans to before the day's end.
What are some of the local issues being decided on your ballots? Here in MA we usually have a couple questions to answer every year, this year the most important questions were repealing the state income tax, decriminalizing marijuana, and laws to end greyhound racing.
I voted. Our propositions were all tax related, nothing controversial. Voted for senator was well.
Yea, I filled out the entirety of my ballot. I think MA's ballots are the best. We have disconnected arrows that we simply connect to indicate our preference. Simple, easy to read, difficult to make a mistake.
i only know about the three state questions. i also voted for John Kerry for senate.
This was probably the first time I was interested in politics. This time was different though, because it was a change in U.S. history. I'm totally happy Obama is president, but I wish I could have voted.
:(
Hey, even though I live in MA so my vote is worthlessly watered down by all the other votes around here being for democrats, at least you weren't 3 weeks too young for the 2004 election. I probably should've helped Kerry's campaign or something.
I voted by absentee ballot about a month ago and I can't really remember what the issues were... I think one had to do with rewording some particular law which has to do with places that do payday loans... and another had to do with allowing people to use water from underground sources on their property... but other than that it was all fairly inane.
Yay for Obama! I stayed up until about 5am to catch the results!
So you're one of them dual citizens, eh?
I was about to respond to your 5am comment as if you were still stateside. I was thinking "why on earth... they knew about five hours earlier than that!" Yea... I'm kinda retarded. I was excited to see that Obama won, however. It's too bad you had to vote by absentee ballot, it was great when I was at the polling station to see all sorts of neighbors and neighborhood faces. Ran into a close friend of mine's mother that morning, she was talking about how she was goading her niece in Pennsylvania to vote.
Yep, O'biden here.
Got to love that absentee ballot. Unfortunately, Prop 8 passed. Not cool.
Yea, as a Masshole, I'm pretty much guarenteed to enjoy a gay tolerant beurocracy forever. It is a big setback, however.
Our ballots are fairly easy as well, just a box next to the name of who we want, press it and a green X lights up.
I know a ton of people who simply didn't vote at all. :-(
Fancy screen technology n' such. Here in MA our ballots are paper. Big, unwieldy, manilla-envelope-sized sheets o' paper.
Yes We Can.
America shows its "O" face.
I don't think time spent at the poll would have been all that pleasant for me, to be honest. The station I would have gone to was more likely than not filled with a whole bunch of old white people... they, no doubt, would have given me dirty looks.
I'm not a citizen, I just am allowed to live here... for a while at least.
Ha ha, I guess you get used to living in a progressive state. There was only one dude at my local polling station I recognized as voting for McCain, and I only recognize him because he's the town loon. Runs for mayor every other election year, usually to the effect of 50-100 votes.
So not a citizen, eh? I'd ask you what the process is for that, but since you're a rare visit I'm probably better served just looking that up.
You just have to get a Visa. When I first came over here, I had a prospective student visa, since I hadn't secured a position at a University yet. As soon as I got official confirmation that I was accepted I filed again for a Student Visa (just a regular one this time) which entitles me to be a legal resident for a year and a few months. That means I'm allowed to see doctors and use the NHS as well as have a job.
That's pretty much it, really. I'm not a citizen in that I can't vote or apply for benefits or anything of that sort. I'm just allowed to stay, work, go to school and see a doctor now and again.
Shhhh, I'm hiding in your blog history.
Earthshine
Obama/Biden 08
Also voted no on cutting state income tax, Yes on decriminalizing marijuana, and no on ending grey hound racing. their just going to ship them down south where they get even more abused.
Evark
Yea, you and I are pretty much entirely in line. Boston have a fourth question? Gloucester's was for the CPA (Community Preservation Act).