• Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 hours ago

    My voting plan is that I already took my absentee ballot to city hall for early drop-off. So from here on out my job is to encourage voters to turn out

    Incidentally, if you are in wisconsin, you can still register to vote right up through election day, as long as you are a citizen, and are not currently serving time or on paper for a felony. Go to www.myvote.wi.gov to register, find your polling location, find what’s on your ballot,etc. you can also request absentee ballots for no reason, however its too late in the year for those requests to be honored.

    I log in on new years day to register for absentees every year, and text everyone I know wishing them well and asking them to do the same, since we all vote that way now. Its my tradition. My birthday is right around the spring election, which has notoriously bad turnout and super high-stakes positions like supreme court, so I have them send me a photo of their voted sticker or at least send a text telling me they did it. Civic participarion is a gift that keeps on giving if we do it right!

  • Vandals_handle@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    Post office is federal government under administrative branch. Consider not mailing completed ballot and use ballot drop off instead.

    • kingofras@lemmy.worldOPM
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      24 hours ago

      Look it’s a 16 day old account on a non-US instance fear mongering people to not vote. How interesting

      You are handsomely making the point people need to vote early and organise themselves.

      • Cellery@quokk.au
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        23 hours ago

        Oh look it’s a 2.5 year old account who encourages status quo politics and can’t wait for yet another midterm!

        • kingofras@lemmy.worldOPM
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          22 hours ago

          I’m in debate mode, so bring it on. What’s your brilliant solution my friend?

          • kmartburrito@lemmy.world
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            21 hours ago

            You can’t really debate people that are brainwashed, unfortunately. Use your energy somewhere that it will matter. Let people that spew shit eat shit, as they typically do.

            Also, I encourage everyone on lemmy that run into pieces of brainwashed shit to block them. That way you cut down on the noise.

          • Cellery@quokk.au
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            21 hours ago

            Don’t vote, collapse, the rest of the world benefits. Seriously. Enough with the USA. Fine by me. If you’re in debate mode answer me this: if the United States falls, why would the rest of the world care?

            • kingofras@lemmy.worldOPM
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              20 hours ago

              If you’re in Straya, which your instance suggests, you should care a very great deal.

              Go type in Pine Gap somewhere.

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                16 hours ago

                Wait are you bringing Pine Gap as a point in favour to the US? “If the US falls so will global surveillance” should be something to be worried about? Lmao

                • kingofras@lemmy.worldOPM
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                  16 hours ago

                  It was a poor point on the assumption our friend was aussie.

                  Pine Gap illustrates the deep dependency of Australia on American military protection. If the US is further destabilised, then several former allies like Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan and others will have to find security partners with others, which incidentally is exactly what those type of accounts are rooting for.

                • kingofras@lemmy.worldOPM
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                  20 hours ago

                  Ok, well, let’s assume you’re here with us on earth –and let’s hope you’re not the obvious kiwi laughing at the demise of the world from a small couple of islands in the Pacific, that are actually giant dormant super volcanoes.

                  If you can see the US led destabilisation in just the last 18 months, which may be difficult, because there is so much news. And if you understand exponential curves, which is even harder, then you tell me how leaving trump in office is fun, entertaining, or healthy for the future of the human race?