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Do you wear the "I voted" stickers they give you after you voted?

Do you wear the "I voted" stickers they give you after you voted?

  • Yes

    Votes: 18 60.0%

  • no

    Votes: 12 40.0%
  • Total voters
    30
I have one on a guitar case somewhere...
 
Yes. I vote before I go to work and wear the sticker to show the students that I voted.
 
Fiddytree said:
In a community that is largely comprised of older citizens, it's never a bad thing to show you, a younger person, are involved in local politics.

Otherwise I vote via absentee ballot for general elections, and no sticker.
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LOL! I understand, but care to explain anyway?
 
99percenter said:
Just curious. I don't because i don't know what purpose it serves to let people know you voted.
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I don't think they give out those where I am? Sure, I'd wear it though. Why not? Flaunt your rights!
 
Yes I do...I am proud to use my right to vote. Even though I don't vote on one particular party...I do think it is important to exercise these rights for they may not be there in the future.
 
I don't because I usually vote in the evenings and will not be out in public, so not point in wearing it around the house. I would wear one though, my lab coat is already somewhat littered with pins and tags though so it's not foreign to me to wear something like that.
 
It reminds people to vote, especially in obscure easily forgot local elections
 
MarineTpartier said:
Sorry dude. It's the equivalent of the person you have to remind to apply the brakes while driving. I don't really want that guy pulling up behind me at the traffic light.
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I don't see the connection between voting and applying your brakes. Can you enlighten me here?
 
Mostly for the free ****. I got a cookie and some pens.
 
Dooble said:
This is still a free country, and some people need to be reminded of that. Thank God you're not in charge of anything.
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Yeah, why would anyone want an informed, intelligent, rational electorate? It's apparently better for people who have no clue what the issues are, what any of the positions of the candidates are, to run down to a polling place because they were shamed into it by some guy wearing a sticker.

Thanks for reminding us why we're in this mess.
 
disneydude said:
I do because its a peer pressure thing. It helps people get off their ass and get out and vote. If they see all of their colleagues have voted, they kinda feel like a loser if they don't. And I like my kids to see it...to help instill in them a sense of civic responsibility.
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The civic responsibility is not voting, it's being informed enough to make a rational vote. Stickers don't do that.
 
joko104 said:
LOL! I understand, but care to explain anyway?
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Well, we are a small, but active group of folks around here. There's some of that "young people don't care" feeling, and I grew up in a time when young people just wanted to get out of North Dakota (of course, things are changing). The nice old folk around here (well, there are some that are cranky) sometimes like to see a young buck interested in politics and the stuff that goes on around here. The responsible young fella thing.
 
Cephus said:
Yeah, why would anyone want an informed, intelligent, rational electorate? It's apparently better for people who have no clue what the issues are, what any of the positions of the candidates are, to run down to a polling place because they were shamed into it by some guy wearing a sticker.

Thanks for reminding us why we're in this mess.
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No. Thank you, Cephus. America would be in a veritable s*** hole if wasn't for your genius.

So who are you voting for, and why?
 
Cephus said:
The civic responsibility is not voting, it's being informed enough to make a rational vote. Stickers don't do that.
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The lack of stickers does it even less.

It's absolutely a peer pressure thing. Voter apathy is a huge problem in America, and I think the stickers still have some effect in shaming people on their lack of civic engagement. And you won't get people to be informed without first making them realize they actually should.
 
I've never been given one when voting. :shrug:
 
Where is the option for "sometimes"?


gavinfielder said:
Voter apathy is a huge problem in America,
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If a person is apathetic about who is in office, they shouldn't even be near a ballot.
 
They are pretty expensive, you know...
 
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I did just for a free coffee.
 
this is slightly irrelevant, but people should be able to register at the polls. If they can, i will wear the sticker.
 
rocket88 said:
I have one on a guitar case somewhere...
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A guitar case is a great place to collect all your stickers! My bass guitar case is loaded with 'em. Not the "I voted" stickers, but any bumper sticker I like.

In terms of the OP, I wear that sticker proud. I had the mishap of going to jail once during an election year, the weekend before the election. I arrived in my cell a couple minutes before the last group of inmates came back from voting absentee ballots. I didn't get to vote and I was pissed. After that situation, I make sure I get to the polls and vote. Nothing like being denied your right to vote because of something stupid.
 
iacardsfan said:
this is slightly irrelevant, but people should be able to register at the polls. If they can, i will wear the sticker.
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To have that logistical ability would be incredible, but eventually, that would be really good for democracy.
 
gavinfielder said:
Really?

I can't even count the degrees of both obvious and "entirely missing the point" this is.
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Sorry, but you are incorrect.
My point was a counter to yours. As in, there is no problem.
They shouldn't even be near the polls.

A person's lack of interest is not a problem, but a choice.
Which should never be looked upon as a problem.
 
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