Unable to read and write how does he vote?

Question

My son cannot read and write - how does he keep his dignity and his democratic right to vote in the upcoming election. Why should he bother to register to vote?

Answer 1

To vote, he only needs to know how to put an X in a box. You could vote first and tell him the choices of candidates. He can then go into the booth and select his choice from the order that you have informed him. As for bothering to register, he has the right to vote for somebody that he believes will put money into dyslexia research and projects that can help people like himself. Therefore, his vote is valuable to him and others in the same postition.

dno43 - It appears that you are not educated enough to vote. He may not read and write but he can still speak and listen. As far as I'm concerned, he could be as well educated as Prof. Steven Dawking, which makes him more intelligent than you. Only ignorant, uneducated, racist, biaist, discriminative pigs like yourself believe they have the right to say who can vote and who can't. I hope they remove the right for you mother and father to vote because they are too old and could be senile. I'm not normally ageist but in your case, I'll make an exception. Every person that is within the scope of the regulations (age, address etc.) and has the right to vote, has the right to vote regardless of what others think. Finally, all those that voted for George Bush should be barred from ever voting again, on the grounds of insanity.

Answer 2

In many states you can now register over the net, and vote by mail. Check out your state:

http://www.votesmart.org/election_president.php

If your son has something like dyslexia.....

{ For those that don't know, dyslexia is a widely spread eye condition that absolutely refuses to let very intelligent people unscramble letters into words. I have a very smart friend, who has a good job that suffers immensely from this condition.}..
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....I would consider checking out the "Absentee Ballet" system in your state.

Many elderly shut-ins vote this way.

He should register because every vote is important. My wife & I recently Re-registered as Republicans to be able to vote for Ron Paul in the primary elections, and went to the county elections office.
It is not illegal in my state to fill out his registration card for him, if he has a birth certificate or valid form of I.D.
Good Luck!
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P.S. R O N P A U L may be a little easier to see, for a dyslextic.
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Answer 3

Write the name of the local candidate representing the party he wants to vote for on his hand (in capital and lower case letters). Then he can match the name to the box to tick on the electoral form. Or call the AEC for advice.
I wonder how blind people vote... thanks, you just gave me an idea for a question :)

Answer 4

Not to be rude, for I don't know the specifics of his situation, but matter-of-factly, he should not vote. Our system relies on an educated public voting. If he can neither read nor write, what are the chances he is educated about the issues of the day and the candidates' positions? There are already too many people voting based on what others say, or what the NY Times says, or what Rush says...People need to educate themselves before stepping into the booth.

Answer 5

Don't worry, our President can't read, right, or string together a sentence...and look how far he's gotten.

Answer 6

good question, ask a republican,

Answer 7

"he" how about "she"?