<DIV>I think in mass, people's vote does matter. But the individual vote doesn't. In Idaho it doesn't matter on the national and state level either because the state always goes Republican. So I don't vote on the state and national side for that reason. I don't vote on local issues because, again, the election never comes down to one vote. If it was easier to vote, I would vote. But it is a hassle for something that brings no fruit. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I also believe that most the elections are rigged before they even get to the polls. I don't mean the polls are rigged, I mean money, the rules, and people in position determine who is going to win before you leave the house to vote. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Tom Ivie <the_ivies3@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">If you play the
game, you can't bet on it. It keeps you out of the Hall of Fame<BR><BR><B><I>Carl Westberg <carlwestberg846@hotmail.com></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <STYLE> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </STYLE> No, Donovan, that's too easy. You don't vote, according to you, because you do not believe that your vote does any good. But.......you exhort people to vote a certain way, and go so far as to predict winners and losers. While not voting yourself, because your vote does no good. Should we be flattered that, evidently, given that you excoriate certain candidates, praise others, and urge the populace on how to vote on levy issues, yet you do not vote, that our votes are more meaningful than any vote you may cast? Carl Westberg Jr.<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007
18:39:13 -0800<BR>From: donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com<BR>To: joekc@adelphia.net; vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] voting and the levy<BR><BR> <DIV>Joe,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You stated, "I don't understand how you can try to reason to do something that you won't even do?".</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Please Joe, do you mean to tell us there aren't things you tell your children, and students to do that you don't do yourself?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Should out of shape doctors not tell their patients to diet and exercise because they don't?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Further, I don't need to tell people not to vote, most of them already don't. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><BR><BR><B><I>Joe Campbell <joekc@adelphia.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=EC_replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">Donovan,<BR><BR>If you
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