What would happen if we all decided not to vote?

Question

To protest all the corruption and being on sides. If we all stood up and said that we refused to participate.

Who would be elected? Would the electoral college still vote?

Answer 1

the politicians and those benefitting from the corrupt system (corporate CEOS, the wealthy in charge of the politiians) would sill vote..they would count those votes and alter the counts via the machines software. The corpoate owned media would lie, bury the story, and inflate the numbers.

The only answer is paper ballots, hand counted at the precinct. I am highly involved in voter fraud here in Ohio..Had Bev Harris of black box voting.org here last weeek and have a three day conference on vote fraud etc. this coming weekend (a comic about what happened here called "cheated" just came out (see bob for governor on internet for the link). It tells the whole story..of Ohio 2004

Call your representatives (and any other representatives you can) email or call and ask them to cosponsor and support HB 6200. This was just introduced a week ago by Dennis Kucinich of Ohio (us congressman and presidential candidate in 2004) and would make it manditory that all presidential elections be hand counted at the precinct on paper ballots (the paper trails or optical scanned counted paper ballots will NOT prevent fraud)..this will --over a hundred ways to cheat using machines and just 6 ways with this way.

Since the vote does not count, emailing all the representatives about this bill and flooding them, telling all you know to do it, and contacting all blogs and chat rooms you are on will do way more than voting..if this bill (amendment to the help
America vote act) would pass (and republicans won't pass it) it would open the door for other high offices and issues to be done this secure way.

In the meantime, participate in citizen run parrallel elections (see

http://www.thelandesreport.com/VotingSecurity.htm

Both of these actions at this time do more than the rigged voting

As many people as voted should do these and it will make a difference perhaps..more than voting unfortunately does..the elections are rigged..four years of research and intense activism in this field have convinced me..

Answer 2

OK think about this.

100 people have a voting franchise. This means that in order to win the election, you must persuade at least 50 people to vote for you.

Now... assume that 90% of those 100 people do not vote, either because they believe the system is flawed, or they are jaded on the way the elections turn out, or they simply "don't have the time".

Now, I only have to persuade 6 people to vote for me. Not 51. It's MUCH easier to shine 6 people on, and convince them I'm the best thing since sliced bread... whereas if everyone was paying attention, I'd have a much harder time of it.

Conclusion: when a voting population boycotts voting, the government elected by that population gets WORSE, not better.

Make your voice heard. Write letters to your representatives. Tell them what you think is screwed up and needs fixing. If they don't address the issues... then when their term comes up and they run for re-election... vote for someone else.

Answer 3

I will never vote again while fraud-condusive electronic machines are being used. I refuse to be a party to the sham that has replaced our democracy.

Let the turnout numbers fall, I say. Diminish the "mandate" of the corrupt by refusing to play their game of fraud.

Answer 4

it may well be very stupid. we'd finally end up with unelected bureaucrats dictating each circulate you're making - somewhat like the ecu in basic terms worse. What democracy we've left, you could vote on a similar time as you have the liberty to accomplish that. in case you overlook correct to the privilege, that freedom would be taken away.

Answer 5

I have decided to not vote any more. I wish more people would follow my lead. I don't know what would happen, but we ought to try it.

Answer 6

if the people could not vote we would not be a democratic republic.

Answer 7

Too many of us already have and look at the mess...

Answer 8

"In a democracy, the people get the government they deserve."