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On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 08:44:52 -0700, Paul S PersonI disagree. If there is no candidate that represents my view, I would be doing democracy a disservice by voting. By not voting, I send a clear signal that the current politicians are of low quality and/or incompetent, and that they in no way deserve me participating in the system.
<psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>One of the Initiatives I voted on (ballot in mailbox [one of the new>
ones where the sliding slope is replaced with a slot] yesterday, will
be picked up today, should be getting the "we got it!" email tomorrow
or Thursday) involved some changes to how a major natural gas seller
is required to behave. The most interesting arguments were:
1. If you don't pass this, "they" will take your natural gas away.
2. If the power goes out, gas furnaces and stoves keep working.
Our house doesn't have gas, and I can confirm that, if the power goes
out, so does the furnace, the water heater, the stove, and so on.
Also, as became evident some years back when the connections were
marked with little blue flags for some reason and our house was the
only one I went past that didn't have them, a very large number of our
neighbors /do/ have natural gas, so I would not be surprised if it
passes.
I'm from BC (Canada) and had our provincial election Saturday. I voted
in the advance poll at our local recreation center which is about 2-3
miles from home and fairly close to my favorite grocery store. Can't
recall whether I voted first shopped after or vice versa but it was
the same trip away from home. My candidate didn't win but that's not
the point - far better to have voted and lost than not to have voted
at all.
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