Reply #11: This is an important component of any hope for a legitimate "next time" [View All]

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Since the Nov. 2 farce, how many MORE voters will disenfranchise themselves?

I spent election night talking with a neighbor who is young and well-informed, very savvy about all the subjects DU'ers discuss, and somehow convinced that since corporations run everything, it doesn't matter which party is in power. (He's a recovering Right Winger who was a kid in the Reagan Nightmare, so.....) I couldn't get him into the "Anybody but Bush camp."

What multiplier would we use for the people he represents? x100; x 1,000; x 10,000?...x1,000,000?)

Re-encouraging voters will be very important, along with having legitimate voting mechanisms. Paper trails won't matter if folks (especially new generations of savvy cynics) don't vote.

Please, DU, don't misunderestimate the psi-ops impacts on the voting public of the second hijacked election.


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