Write in your own name



... or mine :rolleyes:

But then when the challenger is elected for lack of your opposition, you end up worse off than you were.

It is worrying that an intelligent, informed citizen who clearly gives a damn about things can seriously examine two candidates for the highest office and find both of them so unappealing that he would rather not vote at all.

Equally, in the subsequent discussion, no body even bothered to try convincing him that candidate X is worthy, but focused on other options and the impact of not voting. Candidate cynicism is accepted as a rational position.

The system is not well. Danged if I know what to do.

It has to be fixed from the bottom up, starting at the local level, by the majority of the voters taking an active role.


I guess we're fucked.

Fixing the campaign funding issues would do a lot towards fixing the types of candidates we get to choose from.

When Plan A (finding an appealing candidate) doesn't work, there are still 25 letters left in the alphabet. We have many other lesser; yet, valid criteria to comprise plans C - Y even though they progressively narrow in scope. Plan Z has just one criteria: vote for the candidate least likely to cause a distraction by getting impeached. Not voting at all is for real world dropouts who make excuses for spending too much time in their own little corner or some virtual world.

Aaaaand I just found out that the third parties made a late legal challenge and they will be on the ballot after all.

I don't think I will vote for them but the shenanigans still bother me.