Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Voting - many would rather complain than act

I posted the following to http://www.facebook.com/occupyvotingbooths. I have not had a single reaction. But there are plenty of other posts complaining about politicians, those who would limit voting, and the big money driving politics.

I'm disappointed with most of the postings in this community. We have plenty of places to complain about the state of politics and the abuse of power. I was hoping this community would be more focused on getting people out to vote rather than blaming others for our low election turnouts.

I was hoping that people would be suggesting letters to the editor, meetings to get out the vote, and links to stuff to help people to get the vote out - like T-shirts and bumper stickers.

Besides Occupy Voting Booths 2012, how about

Be the demōs in democracy!
Vote!

The only vote that doesn't count
Is the vote not cast!

Don't like any of the candidates?
Vote for Wright In!

You signed the recall petition,
Now vote!

A majority of a 60% turnout
could be less than
31% of the eligible voters!

Getting fewer votes than no-shows
Does not a mandate make!

(There's gotta be a better way to say this last).

Probably none of these will go viral, but one of you clever people must have something that will be repeated on both NPR and FoxNews.