tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post4953960118542059559..comments2024-03-13T13:29:33.800-05:00Comments on SocraticGadfly: Russell Brand and not votingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post-45583787703160863562013-10-26T06:38:12.959-05:002013-10-26T06:38:12.959-05:00"Pat Paulsen for President"."Pat Paulsen for President".PDiddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post-51625981902058903692013-10-25T17:23:32.853-05:002013-10-25T17:23:32.853-05:00You make a good point, and that's what I norma...You make a good point, and that's what I normally do when "not voting," is actually to show up, but not vote on a particular race. I don't know how Brand handles "not voting," but it does sound like, for him, it's not voting at all, doesn't it.<br /><br />Back in the days of paper ballots in smaller town Texas, I deliberately wrote someone in on a ballot, on a race that didn't allow for that. Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post-7975053538992737842013-10-25T15:52:54.713-05:002013-10-25T15:52:54.713-05:00There are alternatives to 'not voting' tha...There are alternatives to 'not voting' that do a better job of sending the message Brand intends. For example, various public referenda are often on the ballot; that is as direct as US democracy gets and should never be overlooked. If there are indeed no candidates at all worth your vote... to show up at the poll, register, and cast an empty ballot best accomplishes the objective (because you will be recorded as an 'undervote' in each race). But there's bound to be someone you can support; even in the ongoing Houston, TX mayoral election, there is a Green AND a Socialist Workers Party candidate on the ballot.PDiddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.com