can sommebody cut and paste the results article please. or didnt they do that?? i was out of town

that's what I meant...

greengina8-ps- the truth hurts when it hits close to home...

Having to write a comment like that makes me wonder if the truth hitting close to home is your own home.

I agree Seabee. I really wonder about the 31% who voted to keep the Frankenstein veto intact. They were either confused by the wording or thought it was a good idea to keep it. A scary situation either way.

CLAP CLAP.....
HARAH for seabea!!.......

I get so sick about hearing of low turnout...I'd MUCH RATHER have a low turnout myself. That way my vote MEANS more, and is not cancelled out by some bafoon, who shows up not knowing a thing about the candidates, or issues. HERE, HERE for low turnout!!

Why the disappointment with low voter turnout? Chances are, the majority of people that did vote actually have a clue about the candidates and their positions. Wanting higher turnout so the numbers look better is just plain stupid. Uninformed/uncaring people have no business being near an election booth on election day.

I think that we should go back to voting by men only.

Yes, I see. Thank you. Sometimes I come off as a bit forward.

Oh, adult children. That makes more sense. I agree with you, but you will find that parents are sometimes sensitive about advice from others on raising their children, even if the advice is good and given with good intent.

garyprimer-They vote because they want to; I don't have to force them. They understand their civic duty.

This is a strange forum to object to suggestions.

Do you make your children vote?

ps- the truth hurts when it hits close to home...

mommyopes-no intention to offend anyone. But, I am not politically correct by any means.
Parents should teach their kids, though, and not leave it up to others to do it for them. Education begins at home, and school is an extension of that.

If you don't think your vote matters, look at the Beloit City Council election results. One of the winning candidates beat one of the losing candidates by just two votes. Somewhere in Beloit there are two people who made a difference (or three people who could have made a difference but didn't).

happycamper wrote...."If you choose not to vote keep your opinions to yourself."
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Elections and voting have gotten to the point of being directly equated with money. You need look no further than special interest contributions, third party ads. campaign spending, etc.....
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Therefore, voting shouldn't be the determining factor on expressing opinions, money should.
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So, when they stop taxing me, I'll stop expressing my opinion.

When women tell me they don't think it's important to vote, I always remind them that they've had the right to do so for just over a generation! I ask them to remember, on election day, those early Suffragettes who did suffer so much in the prisons being beaten and force-fed just for OUR right to cast a vote. Democracy always fails when people lose their "vested interest" and fail to participate. What a horrible message we send to the rest of the world when our citizenry doesn't practice what it preaches.

It may be apathy but it could be satisfaction i.e. everything is pretty much OK.

But to the ones who don't vote but complain anyway: By not voting, you in effect voted for the winner merely because you didn't vote against him or her.

It sure would be nice if we could tell the people who didn't vote to shut up!
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I do think it should remain a personal choice, though. Even though very democratic countries such as Australia have fines for non-voters, I disagree with this on principle.
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There is another interpretation. One could just as easily say that most of the non-voters think things are going just fine and will be well-managed without their participation. I don't know that they would agree with this if you asked them!

greengina8-Since everyone has an opinion, my opinion is the last sentence you wrote was in poor taste. Not cool to "suggest" what other parents should do. Kind of contradicts your sentence that everyone has an opinion.

Not satisfied, but apathetic.

It is our right as American citizens whether or not to vote. Anyone can have an opinion. And any one persons vote does matter. Contrary to popular belief, one person can make a difference.
I personally don't understand why more people don't vote.
I instill in my children a strong sense of civic duty and responsibility. I also encourage them to think for themselves and not to play follow the leader, and to question everything. I suggest other parents do the same.

Indifference is a big problem, but, it's not the only reason so many didn't vote. By not voting, some people may be saying that it makes no difference how you vote, or that "none of the above" is not on the ballot so why vote for someone you don't support just because he may not be as bad as the other guy. Some may have been unaware that there was yet another election since there was an election a little more than a month ago. Most people who did not vote, I believe, don't think of voting as a civic duty, but as an option they can take or leave as they see fit.

We might have to consider the fact that low voter turnout means people are more satisfied than we'd like to admit.

We need to create a program, if you vote your opinion counts. If you choose not to vote keep your opinions to yourself.

If it would help, I would be willing to vote for someone else as many times as is necessary. As it is at 20% turnout, I really got to vote for five people including myself.

I voted but I noticed that out of possibly 7 or 8 races in all but two of them the candidates ran unopposed. In fact it seemed that all of the local races offerred only one candidate. I can't help but think turnout would have been higher if there had actually been more choices to make.