The Command Post
2004 US Presidential Election
« ralphdontrun.net | Main | Bush Campaign Asks Kerry To Elevate The Negative Tone Of His Campaign »
February 22, 2004
| Theworldvotes.org

“Theworldvotes.org gives people all around the world a voice in the forthcoming U.S. Presidential Election.”



Posted by Oskar van Rijswijk at February 22, 2004 02:25 PM | TrackBack
Comments

Hey foreigners! Get that authentic US election experience! Cast a vote that will never be counted.

Posted by: dirk strom at February 22, 2004 02:33 PM

Why should they bother with that, when they can cast votes that won’t be counted in their home countries?

One could talk about, say the “elections” in Iran, or Haiti, for that matter, but where’s the fun in that?

MG

Posted by: MG at February 22, 2004 03:42 PM

Uh, a voice?!? Someone needs to call the clue line. When you get your US citizenship and can vote, then you have a voice, until then… Well I no more care about what you think about our elections than you should care what I think about yours.

Myria

Posted by: Myria at February 22, 2004 04:59 PM

Shall I go get a clue bat, Myria, so’s you can hammer ‘em with it? Might be fun to watch :-)

Posted by: CERDIP at February 22, 2004 07:41 PM

I’m amused that they hid the disclaimer that your vote does not count way at the bottom, and that they claim to be verifying the U.S. election is legitimate.

It seems like a good way to harvest email for spam though.

Posted by: Brian at February 23, 2004 08:33 AM

Dont bother guys. Dirk is still stuck on Florida. Judges in Missouri arbitrarilly ordering voting places to remain open extended hours in heavilly democratic districts doesnt bother him, but not counting every possible way until Gore wins Florida, and then stopping, well thats how democracy is sposed to work. In looney lefty land.

Posted by: mark buehner at February 23, 2004 09:53 AM

Obviously what’s needed is USAbstains.org — A site that will allow American voters to not bother voting in elections all over the world, including their own.

Posted by: Umbriel at February 23, 2004 10:12 AM

dirk Perhaps you could suggest that they write you in as a ‘Meaningless Candidate’ or would you rather just carp about it?

Posted by: Cap'n DOC at February 23, 2004 03:03 PM

“cast a vote that will never be counted”
You mean like instructing pollsters how to discard military absentee ballots?

Posted by: coastygirl at February 23, 2004 03:19 PM

Dirk,

Do you mean claiming on national television and radio that Al Gore is the for sure, projected winner in the state of Florida hours before the polls close as a means to make every vote count?

Posted by: Jeff MacMillan at February 23, 2004 06:40 PM

Post a comment

Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (Click here should you choose to sign out.)

As you post your comment, please mind our simple comment policy: we welcome all perspectives, but require that comments be both civil and respectful. We also ask that you avoid the extensive use of profanity, racist terms (neither of which we consider civil or respectful), and other boorish language.

We reserve the right to delete any comment, and to prohibit you from commenting on this site, if we feel you have broached this policy. As a courtesy, we will first send you an email noting a violation so you understand the boundaries. This will occur only once, however, and should we ban you from our comment forums we expect that ban to be permanent.

We also will frown upon those who suggest that we ban other individuals for voicing unpopular opinions, should those opinions be voiced in a civil and respectful manner. The point of our comment threads is to provide a forum for spirited though civil and respectful discourse … it is not to provide a forum in which everyone will agree with your point of view.

If you can live by these rules, welcome aboard. If not, then we’re sorry it didn’t work out, and thanks for visiting The Command Post.


Remember me?

(You may use HTML tags for style)