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[titusnowl]

Christ.  My vote doesn't matter, since I'm voting for Kerry in Texas, but I plan on going to the polls anyway on principle - IF I CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE THE DAMN THINGS ARE.  I've been attempting to call the elections administrator for twenty minutes.  Line's been busy.  Grrr.

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[jadis.livejournal.com]

Try here:

http://www.mypollingsite.com/

[thenixxi.livejournal.com]

i couldnt find any where either. KERRY 2004.

[sleepygirl18.livejournal.com]

i myself voted for kerry and i know several others that have done so in the state of texas. so you never know. :)

[chikkiboo.livejournal.com]

But then there are people like my coworker and several of my customers, who will, out of the blue, go flaming off on how Kerry is evil because he wants to take away our guns and, quote, "he's married to some French chick."

[(Anonymous)]

Your vote matters. Not in terms of affecting Texas's electoral college ballot, but in terms of demonstrating the strength of disapproval against Bush in his own backyard and send a signal to Republican operatives that the direction they've gone down these last years may lead them out of power -- and if they're smart, they'll pay attention to that. If you look at the early voting (http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/earlyvoting/) results for the most populous counties, turnout for 2004 increased by 40% over 2000, and historically, high voter turnouts have favored the challenger, so this may mean that Texas is much more contested than the pundits and campaign managers have anticipated. Just because some partisans are vocal, it doesn't mean they're in the majority.

Besides, away from the presidential contest, there are congresspersons, state representatives, and local offices to be decided (http://www.congress.org/congressorg/e4/).

[chikkiboo.livejournal.com]

I don't intend to vote in any of the local elections, because I've only lived in this district for three months and know nothing about anything. I don't want to go around voting randomly for people. There has been no advertising involving ISSUES or anything for the local elections - just little flyers with a picture of a smiling middle-aged white guy and his name, no other information. If that's all they can bother to do for their campaigning, I can't be bothered to vote for them.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, I hope you'll cast a vote for a U.S. representative, if one is running in your district (election for the two Texas U.S. senators won't be until 2006). Even if you don't know where a Congressional candidate stands on the issues, remember that a big reason the Bush administration has been able to push through its agenda is because the Republicans are also in control of both houses of Congress -- so, even if Bush wins this election, a Democratic majority in at least one house of Congress will serve to curtail his powers. And your vote here won't be nullified by an electoral college.