Get out and vote, you bastards.

[chronarchy]

May the gods of my people hear my prayers;
as we go to the polls to choose our leaders,
may it be with wisdom.
       -Ceisiwr Serith, A Book of Pagan Prayer
It is always very nice to know that there's a book of Pagan prayer out there that's got some useful stuff in it. I took mine to the polls this morning, and prayed before I began voting. I

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Gods of our people

[druidevo]

Shouldn't Progress be in there too somewhere, maybe more as a mount for either Liberty or Democracy then as on equal footing.

And shouldn't Gods be capitalized?

Re: Gods of our people

[chronarchy]

Well, as a complete title, then rather than capitalizing "Gods", I'd captialize "Gods of My People" as one proper phrase. Instead, I captialized "Teutates", which literally means "god of the tribe." (I didn't bother to decline it to make it plural.)

As for why I didn't actually capitalize "gods of my people", well, I was quoting Cei, who was not really describing a specific set of deities that were devoted to this cause, I think. I merely tacked that on as my personal meaning.

And yes, Progress would be another. I have provided, by no means, a complete list. :)

[chronarchy]

Nope. But I imagine I know what it's kinda about.

[gypsydove]

ditto, what is the project? I am a fan of his works...but have never heard of the project...

if you could enlighten me either, here or email (enoettil@hotmail.com) I would very much appreciate it....

thanks..

[singingwren]

I feel pretty ignorant for saying this, but, uh, do I vote too? I'm confused. I'm not from around here, but I did register for Franklin County for the Presidential election, so I... assume I am eligible here? I've gotten no information about voting whatsoever, not even where the hell I am supposed to go and when. Maybe people just know that or something, but as someone who doesn't get a newspaper and just moved so politicians haven't found her yet, I am pretty much ignorant! Help? >.o

[chronarchy]

If you are registered here, then yes, you vote here.

I have something that i took with me to the polls as part of my "who's what on the ballot" if you want it: it's a complete list of democrats. I never recommend voting a straight ticket, but it'll at least give you an idea of who each candidate is.

To find your polling place:

http://www.co.franklin.oh.us/boe/apps/voter/index.asp#location

That'll get you where you need to go.

Polls are open from 6:30 AM to 7:30 PM.

Don't tell them that you moved. You can fill out a change of address after the vote. So long as you're not cheating the system by voting in more than one place, you're fine.

[singingwren]

Haha, thank you for being my good citizenship sugardaddy. XD

[chronarchy]

You know me: I fixate on important things, like getting people out to vote. I could care less, generally, who they vote for, but damnit if I don't think you should vote.

[chronarchy]

harangue people anyway! I would!

[chronarchy]

Haha. Yes, I can see that being wonderfully satisfying :)

[ceolnamara]

I called my brother a quadzillion times to try and get him to register.

He was uninterested. But, I suppose I can understand- it wasn't til I came to OSU and accidently got put into the JGI program that I really cared about anything political.

[chronarchy]

Is he registered for the Selective Service? If he's willing to register for that, shouldn't he seriously take an interest in registering to vote so that he can decide whether he ever gets called up?

That's a primary reason I registered.

[ceolnamara]

I have no idea, to be honest. I imagine it'd be something my father'd make him do- if he remembered to do it.

I suppose I have another thing to ask him about.

Why did I set myself up as his policia? Ah, right. Love. Silly emotion, that.

[chronarchy]

Haha. He's got to register SS, because if he doesn't he basically jepordizes his entire future. You cannot, for instance, get FinAid if you don't register and don't have a valid excuse (like being a woman).

They're very picky about making people register for the draft. My card went in about a year before I turned 18, I think.

I registered to vote my first day on campus, through the College Republicans (even though I wasn't technically 18 at the time).