This blog is about hacking, circumventing rules, going outside the norm. Voting in the USA is about participating in a system that has been underway for a couple of hundred years. Not only is voting a long-standing institution, but it is a bureaucratic one, and I despise paperwork.
Despite my reluctance to fill out forms, I think that voting is essential. I joke that casting a ballot is your ticket to complain for the next four years, but it is crucial. When I needed money in college, I worked for a company employed by the RNC (Republican National Committee), and I learned more about politics in that place than school. I agreed with half of the things they stood for back in 2004, but they have changed their tune, and so have I. They are the party standing in the way of civil rights, liberty, and freedom. They twisted narratives to make people feel comfortable with bigotry and racism in our highest offices, and blatantly silenced the press—definition of fascism.
I don't think the democratic party is perfect. A lot of elected officials, democrats included, have shown themselves to be corrupt and sleazy. I did not vote for them. I learned almost two decades ago that there are more democrats in the USA than republicans, but more republicans get to the polls. Both parties know this, and through bizarre laws, like the electoral college and gerrymandering, we get even races. Voter reform would change the political landscape, and I would welcome it.
If you are a citizen in the USA and want to talk about politics, I will ask if you voted. I won't ask which direction you voted, but I won't spend any time on you if you didn't. Earn your right to make a fuss.
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Completed projects from year 3
Completed projects from year 4
Completed projects from year 5
Completed projects from year 6
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Despite my reluctance to fill out forms, I think that voting is essential. I joke that casting a ballot is your ticket to complain for the next four years, but it is crucial. When I needed money in college, I worked for a company employed by the RNC (Republican National Committee), and I learned more about politics in that place than school. I agreed with half of the things they stood for back in 2004, but they have changed their tune, and so have I. They are the party standing in the way of civil rights, liberty, and freedom. They twisted narratives to make people feel comfortable with bigotry and racism in our highest offices, and blatantly silenced the press—definition of fascism.
I don't think the democratic party is perfect. A lot of elected officials, democrats included, have shown themselves to be corrupt and sleazy. I did not vote for them. I learned almost two decades ago that there are more democrats in the USA than republicans, but more republicans get to the polls. Both parties know this, and through bizarre laws, like the electoral college and gerrymandering, we get even races. Voter reform would change the political landscape, and I would welcome it.
If you are a citizen in the USA and want to talk about politics, I will ask if you voted. I won't ask which direction you voted, but I won't spend any time on you if you didn't. Earn your right to make a fuss.
Voting during a pandemic
The rest of the posts for this project have been arranged by date.
First time here?
Completed projects from year 1
Completed projects from year 2
Completed projects from year 3
Completed projects from year 4
Completed projects from year 5
Completed projects from year 6
Completed projects from year 7
Disclaimer for http://24hourengineer.blogspot.com and 24HourEngineer.com
This disclaimer must be intact and whole. This disclaimer must be included if a project is distributed.
All information on this blog, or linked by this blog, is not to be taken as advice or solicitation. Anyone attempting to replicate, in whole or in part, is responsible for the outcome and procedure. Any loss of functionality, money, property, or similar, is the responsibility of those involved in the replication.
All digital communication regarding the email address 24hourengineer@gmail.com becomes the intellectual property of Brian McEvoy. Any information contained within these messages may be distributed or retained at the discretion of Brian McEvoy. Any email sent to this address, or any email account owned by Brian McEvoy, cannot be used to claim property or assets.
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2020-10-05
2020-10-05
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