Working Election '08 / A New Time for America Begins Today

[snowrabbit]

So yesterday, November 4th, 2008, was the presidential election here in the USA. The excitement and pressure of this election has been building for a little under two whole years and things have been feverish for several months now. There have been a lot of hurt feelings and attacking from both the Republican and Democratic parties, and I'm

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[snowrabbit]

Yessir. McGruff the Crime Dog was an actual write-in for Sheriff on one of the thousands of ballots we physically went through by hand. And that was just our one table! There were 20+ other tables, all with unique write-ins, probably.

I consider bizarre write-in names a form of protest. If someone wants to use their ballot to speak out, I support that, even though it could be considered a waste. One of the things we're told is that we can never assume intent because each ballot is technically anonymous once it gets to us. We'd get ballots where people would write in comments, as if someone official would personally deal with their ballot. We got some ballots where only the president was voted for and literally nothing else. We got some ballots where everything but the president was voted on. Also, there were ballots where it seemed like people filled in the holes with paintbrushes, making gigantic scribble circles way outside the lines.

Another way to look at it is to consider that a vote for a humorous write-in means that person isn't voting randomly for one of the real candidates. I'd rather have an uninformed voter not vote on an issue than to let them aimlessly fill in circles. Maybe people writing in Chuck Norris realize that. Speaking of Chuck, I don't believe I've seen his thought-a-day calendar. Got any good examples of entries?

[ashlandsou]

There are so many great ones. Mostly inspired from the website http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com/ .

A couple of my favorite from the front page of the website...
*When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.
*# Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.
*# Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.
*Chuck Norris destroyed the periodic table, because he only recognizes the element of surprise.

And my favorite from the front page...
*# Chuck Norris is so fast, he can run around the world and punch himself in the back of the head.

[snowrabbit]

Hahahaha yea I've heard of some of those. "Chuck Norris' tears are said to cure cancer, but we'll never know because he never cries." Love it.