>>>And if you're too lazy to do your research for yourself on his voting record regarding manipulating agriculture, here's a link:
http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_keyvote_member.php?vote_id=3174
I somehow doubt AuntB would ever be lazy enough to need to reference left wing Manifesto propaganda.
Sheeple do though.
The
Millennial Manifesto
a Youth Activist Handbook
by, for, and about
the millennial generation.
Including:
I. Introduction 1
1. Millennial Revolution (History & Voting) 13
2. Raising Giants (Internet, Culture, & Media) 25
3. America's New Corps (Volunteerism & the Environ.) 41
4. Hip Hop Human Rights (Civil & Human Rights) 51
5. Small World (Globalization & Internationalism) 65
6. Render Unto Caesar (Religion & Values) 75
7. Playing With Fire (Guns, Drugs & Prisons) 85
8. We The People (Money, Class, Corps, & Unions) 97
9. Public Trust (Education, Health, Retirement, & Taxes) 107
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Youth Activism Resource:
Youth Vote Coalition
The Youth Vote Coalition is a national, nonpartisan, diverse coalition of organizations established to increase civic participation and political activity among youth. If you want support with your voting efforts, start here.
www.youthvote.org
If IRV legislation were to pass, then it would enable people to vote guilt-free for third or fourth party candidates and also protect the major parties from losing an election to a party that does not command a majority of the population's support. It is revolutionary because it would guarantee a majority vote for the victor without the expense and negative effects of a runoff election. To win, it would be more difficult to appeal to a small set of “base” votes and win over their support; you'd actually have to get people to consider you as their second pick, too. This could also lead to cleaner campaigns since candidates would need to appeal to a broader base. IRV is particularly useful in primary elections when you have multiple candidates. The 2003 MoveOn.org web primary for the Democratic Party resulted in no clear winner of the nine candidates, despite the fact that Dean received almost 44 percent of the vote, nearly doubling the second place finisher.4 If MoveOn had used IRV, which would have been especially easy online, then the organization could endorse a candidate who commanded a majority of the voters support.
The technology is available to make such voting possible and easy. It is currently being used in San Francisco, as well as in other cities and countries all over the world. Most importantly, it is being done in dozens and soon hundreds of college student government elections all over the country. By the time Millennials start running for President, IRV will be used in elections. With our increasingly diverse society, we will need to use a method that guarantees an election winner supported by a majority of the voters.
Voter Turnout
While there are a number of proposals out there to increase voter turnout, there are also many people who argue that we don't need greater turnout. Their argument is that it is better to have well informed voters than simply more voters. This is all well and good, but why can't we have both!?
The government should actively look at ways to promote voting. For example, elections could be held on a Saturday, or over a two-day period. Polls could be open longer. Youth could be recruited to be poll workers to help teach the basics of democracy to our generation. The average age of poll workers in Palm Beach County, Florida is 72-years-old;5 nationally it is 68-years-old.6 This is over three times the age of your first time eighteen-year-old voter! Recent election law is beginning to address the poll worker problem, but we can bridge this gap if we take the initiative.
Online Voting
Online voting could revolutionize participation. Imagine this scenario: during lunch, you check out espn.com to see how your fantasy football team is doing, pay your cell phone bill online, and still have time to go vote, too. Online voting would increase the information voters have access to. With access to candidates' bios, incumbent voting records, and party platform information easily available at the time of voting, there would be no excuses for not making an educated vote. It sure would make absentee voting easier, too. Some people are concerned about the costs of this system, the ramifications of the digital divide, voter intimidation, and the authenticity of each vote. But the technology is there to do this and to make it legitimate.
In 2000, Youth E-Vote sponsored an online election with students from kindergarten to twelfth grade. Fifty-six percent of over one million registered students voted for George W. Bush to become their President. The experience was a very positive one for the Millennials involved. “If you think about it, all of us will be casting votes over the Internet someday -- we may as well begin now!” noted Bryant Hall, a participating high school junior from Galesville, Maryland.7
Already, the Net is educating the public a great deal. Project Vote Smart is an outstanding, non-partisan organization located in Montana. They are using web pages (vote-smart.org) and 1-800 numbers to provide non-partisan candidate information. The League of Women Voters has a great site with similar content as well. Dnet.org tells you all about the candidates who will be on your ballot on Election Day. Sadly, many politicians and professional political advisors are fighting against these online systems. Project Vote Smart gives candidates an opportunity to say where they stand on a wide variety of issues, but candidates fear that their opponents will use this information against them. If say-nothing television commercials have replaced meaningful efforts to take stands on issues, then it is long past time for reform. If candidates are working to keep you ill informed, then we have to rise up and demand a better system!
Youth Activism Step #10
Maintain Momentum
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Full Manifesto available for downloading Here
It's a record of his vote. Nothing more.
Are you saying it's a lie? I'm a sheeple for finding a source that indicated his vote?
Spell it out here for me.