I've been disenfranchised today when I went to vote

**Warbird** · 11-07-2006, 10:52 AM

I'm a minority (asian). And I live in Ohio. The weather was typical Ohio weather, on/off rain with a light breeze. I drove out to my polling station to cast my votes. [sarcasm]I walked up to a couple of old ladies working the front desk and they asked me for my name and a form of ID [driver's license, state/ federal issued ID car, bank statement, birth certificate, utility bills, ect]. I was shocked! I've heard on the TV and radio for the past month that they will be asking for my ID before I could vote for proof of residency and proof of my citizenship. There I was, dumbfounding in hearing that they wanted my ID. I knew they talked about it all this time, but I didn't think they would actually ask me for it! Damn, did I ever feel disenfranchised. I mumbled under my breath as I pulled out my driver's license, the same license that I used to legally drive my car to the polling station. What made it worse was that the nice old lady had to adjust her glasses so that she could find my name in the registry to make sure I was a registered voter. The nerve of the government making this kind lady read through a book to find my name. Then she told me I had to sign my name in the registry as proof that I already voted. I actually had to sign my name! Of all the dirty downlow things to do. First they ask for my ID, and then they asked for my signature!? She was lucky I'm fluent in reading, writing, and speaking english; I do live in America after all. So I signed my life away [erm, I mean my John Hancock] and another nice old lady set-up the fandangled electronic voting machine for me so that I could vote. They must have spent a pretty penny on these machines, the screens where nice and big, easy to read thanks to the clear text and pretty colors. So I pressed the screen making my vote choices [no pregnent chads this time]. After all was said and done, the machine took my votes and turned off the monitor. I slowly walked away waiting for someone to ask if I wanted to vote again, just in case I didn't get it right the first time. I looked around, and no one offered me another vote. So I furiously walked out of the voting station feeling disenfranchised and infuriated. Please excuse me while I make my claim with the Ohio chapter of the ACLU. [/sarcasm]

And to think, the ACLU and other groups where bitching about the same Voter ID initiative in Arizona and New Mexico.

**third_shift|studios** · 11-07-2006, 10:55 AM

i didn't read the whole thing...b/c once i got to "i had to sign my name" i couldn't believe you were actually still complaining.

**Sarge** · 11-07-2006, 10:58 AM

I'm a minority also. I'm a white Anglo Saxon protestant in South Texas so I know exactly how you feel. Lets kill something or blow something up.

**Spaz** · 11-07-2006, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by Sarge

I'm a minority also. I'm a white Anglo Saxon protestant in South Texas so I know exactly how you feel. Lets kill something or blow something up.

good idea... i'm pissed because there is not a holiday called Spaz day...

**SSwt00SS** · 11-07-2006, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by Sarge

I'm a minority also. I'm a white Anglo Saxon protestant in South Texas so I know exactly how you feel. Lets kill something or blow something up.

sad thing is, you're right. middle class/upper middle class white males in the US are now the minority when it comes to just about anything...

**Sarge** · 11-07-2006, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by The Real Spaz

good idea... i'm pissed because there is not a holiday called Spaz day...

November 22 is Spaz day around here.....we all bang pots and pans and howl at the moon.

**Sarge** · 11-07-2006, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by SSwt00SS

sad thing is, you're right. middle class/upper middle class white males in the US are now the minority when it comes to just about anything...

Black is beautiful
and Brown is grand....but White is the color of the big boss man...
written on the front of the courthouse here....

**ss~zoso~ss** · 11-07-2006, 06:19 PM

lmao

WHIPE HOWER

WHIPE HOWER

**shady milkman** · 11-07-2006, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by third_shift|studios

i didn't read the whole thing...b/c once i got to "i had to sign my name" i couldn't believe you were actually still complaining.

god forbid they put in steps to "try" to keep elections legit.

**Reggie West** · 11-07-2006, 07:29 PM

You think you are disenfranchised now?

Watch " Hacking Democracy " you will shit your pants.

I can honestly say that the last 2 presidential elections have been absolute BS.

**Wulfe13** · 11-07-2006, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by Reggie West

I can honestly say that the last 2 presidential elections have been absolute BS.

And I can honestly say they haven't been BS!

Thanks for spouting off you opinion like it's some kind of fact...

**94z28l** · 11-07-2006, 08:51 PM

umm im pretty sure where he says [sarcasm] he's saying hes being sarcastic here and not serious and calling people who are serious about that

**05gtoautoX** · 11-07-2006, 09:35 PM

LOL, I think he is being sarcastic as stated above, I actually found it kind of funny.

**slo4mula** · 11-08-2006, 07:00 AM

Originally Posted by SSwt00SS

sad thing is, you're right. middle class/upper middle class white males in the US are now the minority when it comes to just about anything...

Being a minority has nothing to do with numbers. It has to do with who holds power, and that my friends is still whitey!!!

**Spaz** · 11-08-2006, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by ss~zoso~ss

lmao

WHIPE HOWER

WHIPE HOWER

**Element187** · 11-14-2006, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by Reggie West

You think you are disenfranchised now?

Watch " Hacking Democracy " you will shit your pants.

I can honestly say that the last 2 presidential elections have been absolute BS.

You're absolutely right... Al Gore and John Kerry had wayyyyyyy tooo many votes ... that sh*t was soooo rigged.