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Originally posted by Tentickles
I am calling my representative and telling him if he does this I will come to his office and yell at him!!
Originally posted by BriggsBU
reply to post by alyosha1981
This is my state that they are discussing in this and I have to say that I am absolutely outraged. This is flagrant dishonesty. I'm so angry that I can not see straight. I'm going to write a rather heated letter to my representative, not that I think it will do any good.
This is just disgusting. It makes me want to tear my hair out that they would do things like this. It completely goes against the spirit of democracy. If someone isn't there to cast their vote when the vote comes up, then they should be marked as absent and abstaining for the vote.
The contemptible wench they interviewed says that things like this have to be done of necessity? That's absolute BS. Several of the illegitimate votes that were cast in the video weren't for people who weren't there, but were for people who simply didn't press their button fast enough.
And even if the person is there, they should not have other people voting on their behalf. If they aren't there, then they should simply be marked as not present and abstained as I mentioned earlier. I'm going to have to investigate to see what can be done about this, but I wager it's not much. For my part, I'm going to try and get this message out to as many people as I know.
Originally posted by spikey
reply to post by alyosha1981
You know what? I don't even live in the US and i'm both shocked and disgusted by what i've just witnessed!
I would say what i really feel here, but i don't think the moderators would let it through!
Bloody hell! What a disgusting, twisted, con job on not only the American people, but on the very fabric of democratic process!
I still can't believe they are so blatant about it either!
What IS going on with your politicians?!
Originally posted by Seany
reply to post by alyosha1981
they send young men and women overseas to fight and die for profit
and"this" turns your stomach, funny
Originally posted by bootsnspurs33
Are you serious or is this a joke,has no one ever heard of proxy voting? That's where a person or group of people who are not going to be able to be present ask other's to vote for them,it allows them to be some where different and still have their vote count. It's part of parlimentry procedure in political and business dealings,this reporter either knows this or she is an example of the lack of educated people leaving our universities and starting jobs they are NOT qualified for. It also shows how uneducated many of those who posted on this topic are.